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Canada and China Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs, Amid Fears of Trade War

Sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump threatened economic upheaval for consumers and businesses in the United States on Tuesday as the country’s biggest...

How Retaliatory Tariffs by China, Canada and Mexico Could Harm American Farmers

A trade war with China during President Trump’s first term hit American farmers hard. This time, it could be worse.On Tuesday, China’s Ministry...

Senate Democrats Call for Investigation Into Emil Bove

Senate Democrats on Tuesday asked a New York committee that disciplines lawyers to investigate whether the acting deputy attorney general violated rules of...

Mexico Gave Trump Much of What He Wanted. Tariffs Came Anyway.

Facing the threat of tariffs from President Trump after he took office, Mexico bent over backward to comply with his demands.Almost immediately, the...

Trump Threatens Columbia With Millions in Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims

The Trump administration is threatening to cut tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Columbia University, making the school the first...

Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble

President Trump made one of the biggest gambles of his presidency Tuesday by initiating sweeping tariffs with no clear rationale on imports from...

Trump Administration Pushes to Slash I.R.S. Work Force in Half

The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to shed as much as 50 percent of its staff, according to four people familiar with the...

Germans Agree to Borrow More for Military, in Sharp Response to Trump

Ever since the Berlin Wall fell and the country reunited, Germans could be expected to keep budget deficits relatively low, military spending even...

A Straightforward Climate Fix Hits Another Setback

For the oil and gas industry, cutting emissions of one of the most potent greenhouse gases was supposed to be relatively straightforward.But last...

Senator Elissa Slotkin Will Deliver Democratic Response to Trump’s Speech

Senator Elissa Slotkin, a first-term Democrat from Michigan, will deliver her party’s response to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress...

Trump’s New Tariffs Could Strain Collection of Customs Fees

The sweeping tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese products that President Trump imposed on Tuesday could strain the system that collects import duties...

Conservatives Hobble Iran’s Moderate President, Stoking a Political Crisis

Iran’s conservatives have ousted two high-profile officials, throwing President Masoud Pezeshkian’s new, moderate government into turmoil and raising questions about its survival.The showdown...