Apr 03 Worker rights agency chief signals shift of focus to Trump's campaign to stamp out By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage, Associated Press The initial steps taking by Andrea Lucas, acting chief of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, have earned her backing from the Trump administration. Continue reading
Apr 03 5 places Trump has targeted for tariffs even though they have few or no exports By Rod McGuirk, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have touched rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic, tiny tropical islands and a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was targeted. Continue reading
Apr 03 Calls for global trade talks from countries around the globe as Trump tariffs cause worry By Elaine Kurtenbach, David McHugh, Associated Press The measured responses from key trading partners highlighted a lack of appetite for an outright trade war. Continue reading
Apr 03 Dow tumbles more than 1,600 the day after Trump's major tariff announcement By Stan Choe, Associated Press Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 6:46 How Trump's sweeping new tariffs could shake up U.S. and global economies By Amna Nawaz President Trump escalated trade wars with a new set of sweeping tariffs for about 60 countries. During a speech in the Rose Garden, the president declared a national economic emergency as the legal justification for the new tariffs. Trump says… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 8:33 What election results in Wisconsin and Florida tell us about voter sentiment By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens A trio of off-cycle election results show the president and his party losing political ground, even as they won two of the three races. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins has a look at the message sent by voters in Wisconsin and… Continue watching
Apr 02 WATCH: Senate passes resolution to undo Trump's Canada tariffs in rare Republican rebuke By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The Senate’s legislation has practically no chance of passing the Republican-controlled House and being signed by Trump, but it showed the limits of Republican support for Trump’s vision of remaking the U.S. economy by restricting free trade. Continue reading
Apr 02 WATCH: Trump announces broad tariffs at 'Liberation Day' White House event By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34 percent tax on imports from China and 20 percent on the European Union, among others — that threaten to dismantle much of… Continue reading
Apr 02 Musk could be headed for White House exit amid turbulent times at DOGE By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have recently suggested that the billionaire entrepreneur's time in the administration might be running out. Continue reading
Apr 02 Trump pressures Senate Republicans to oppose Democratic resolution that would nullify Canada tariffs By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Senate Republicans are facing pressure Wednesday from President Donald Trump to oppose a Democratic resolution that would nullify the presidential emergency on fentanyl he is using to implement tariffs on Canada. Continue reading