news2shortsThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has downplayed the impact on global markets of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Speaking at a press conference during a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels, Rubio said the US needed ‘to get back to a time where we’re a country that can make things’ • Business live – … Read more
Data about Trump’s tariffs suggests the U.S. economy is not ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing, and that it would take years to ramp up production capabilities.
The UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, has suggested the US president Donald Trump’s recent announcement of tariffs against the country’s trade partners takes US policy back to ‘something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century’. Lammy said ‘all options’ were on the table for the UK in responding to the White House’s decision, but … Read more
China announced a 34% tariff on all U.S. imports on Friday, escalating trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
EXCLUSIVE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce plans Friday afternoon directing the state to pursue “strategic” relationships with countries announcing retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., urging them to exclude California-made products from those taxes, Fox News Digital has learned. Sources in Newsom’s administration told Fox News Digital the announcement is a direct response to President … Read more
Elite schools like Harvard weigh the costs of standing up to Trump as some, such as Princeton, signal it won’t concede The day after the Trump administration announced a review of $9bn in federal contracts and grants with Harvard due to what it claimed was the university’s failure to combat antisemitism on campus, the university’s … Read more
His failure in Wisconsin could provide a model for the defeatist Democrats. Instead of fearing him, they should make him a symbol It’s important to relish the little pleasures in life, like the knowledge that somewhere, Elon Musk is sad. On Tuesday, the world’s richest person faced an unmistakable rebuke from the public when voters … Read more
Two lawmakers introduced a resolution to repeal a 2024 Biden rule that closed a ‘low volume exemption’ loophole A new Republican plan would exempt many new toxic Pfas or “forever chemicals” from health and safety review, a move criticized by opponents because it would allow the dangerous man-made substances to be used and sold with … Read more
Economic fallout is growing after stocks plummeted on Thursday in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping new reciprocal tariff plan. JP Morgan is now predicting a 60% chance of a global recession if the tariffs continue. NBC’s Christine Romans reports for TODAY.
More than half a billion dollars in federal funding to Brown University is being halted by the Trump administration over the Ivy League’s response to antisemitism since Hamas’ 2023 attack in Israel. A White House official said nearly $510 million awarded to the university through federal contracts and grants is on the line, The Associated … Read more
