After talking tough during campaign, Trump appears to ease up on China at start of presidency
On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods ...
Trump Keeps Davos Man off Balance
He offers threats to Putin, flexibility for Xi and even an olive branch for Iran.
How Much Do Tariffs Matter?
Their economic effect is minimal, but reordering the world-trade system would be dangerous.
In the early going, Trump 2.0 approach on foreign policy is to talk loudly and carry a big stick
Donald Trump in his first week back in the White House has offered an early preview to his second-term foreign policy ...
"A new low": WSJ editorial board slams Trump for leaving ex-staffers open to assassination
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump for leaving three of his former foreign ...
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President Carter had to balance employers’ demands for foreign workers with pressure to restrict immigration – and so does Trump
The AFL-CIO, an umbrella group that most U.S. unions belong to, and the United Farm Workers, a labor union, pressured the Carter administration for immigration enforcement. They were engaged in heated ...
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Trump and the Perils of Ungoverning
As U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House, it already seems clear that his second term will look little like ...
Firings, freezes and layoffs: A look at Trump’s moves against federal employees and programs
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the firings a “chilling purge,” while GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally ...
It’s Donald Trump’s world now to win or lose
President Donald Trump is taking a more assertive role on the global stage, aiming to establish Washington as an aggressive ...
State Department Freezes Most Foreign Aid
The State Department began freezing foreign aid as President Trump ordered earlier this week, but said it would exempt ...
Trump’s valuable blow to DEI, there was no ‘Biden doctrine’ and other commentary
President Trump “wants to pivot from his predecessor’s obsession with racial differences, as do millions of Americans,” ...
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As President Donald Trump readies new tariffs, we examine the impact of his first-term tariffs
Since taking office Jan. 20, Trump has threatened still more tariffs, proposing 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada, an additional 10% on China and 25% on Colombia after that country initially refused ...