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Trump tariffs come into effect in ‘seismic’ shift to global trade
‘Baseline’ 10% import levy takes effect at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday, with some higher tariffs to begin next week US customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump’s unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start … Read more
America’s Brexit? Trump’s historic gamble on tariffs has been decades in the making
Trump’s economic assault on the world stunned economists and sent stock markets into a spiral. Who will pay the price? ‘It could’ve been much worse’: how UK avoided a bigger blow from Trump tariffs Donald Trump’s vast overhaul of US trade policy this week has called time on an era of globalization, alarming people, governments … Read more
Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain
A record number of humanitarian workers were killed last year. My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds Jagan Chapagain is secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of paramedics Which was … Read more
Senate GOP pushes Trump budget framework through after marathon vote series
The Senate passed a framework for a sweeping bill promoting President Donald Trump’s agenda after an hourslong series of amendment votes during which Democrats sought to put Republicans on record on issues like tariffs and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). It passed mostly along party lines in a 51 to 48 vote around 2:30 … Read more
Trump’s 10% tariffs on UK come into effect as Starmer weighs response – live
Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next week ‘It could’ve been much worse’: how UK avoided a bigger blow from Trump tariffs “This is the single biggest trade action of our lifetime,” said Kelly Ann Shaw, a trade lawyer at … Read more
Marketing’s ‘woke’ rebrand has ultimately helped the far right | Eugene Healey
Our industry must reckon with how we’ve trivialised activism by turning it into comms strategy – only to abandon it Nobody likes to admit we need marketing, but the discipline has always been necessary to match people with the products and services that fulfil their needs and desires. It started simply enough, with us focusing … Read more
Senate kicks off all-night ‘vote-a-rama’ as Democrats plan to press GOP on Trump, DOGE
The Senate kicked off a marathon vote series on Friday night, which Republicans need to get through in order to approve their changes to the House’s plan for President Donald Trump’s budget. The endless amendment votes began after nearly a day of debate concluded. Republicans passed a key motion on Thursday to begin the process, … Read more
DOGE says GSA saving $1M by converting decades-old information storage technology to digital records
The U.S. General Services Administration has saved $1 million by converting decades-old information storage technology, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday. In a post on X, DOGE said that the agency, which supplies office space, transportation and other basic services to federal agencies, saved money by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes to permanent modern … Read more
Dem prosecutor lets off illegal immigrant charged with strangulation, kidnapping
A Democratic prosecutor in Fairfax County, Virginia, dropped a felony charge against a twice-deported illegal immigrant charged with strangulation and kidnapping, cutting a plea deal that let him off with a misdemeanor. According to local outlet ABC7 News, Democrat Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano advertises on his website that “wherever possible, Steve will make charging and … Read more