China’s 84% tariffs on US products come into force amid market relief after Trump pauses steep tariffs elsewhere Business live – latest updates China says Donald Trump’s trade war with Beijing “will end in failure” for Washington, hours...
Falling demand suggests loss of financial confidence in US as Donald Trump escalates trade standoff with China Business live – latest updates US government bonds, traditionally seen as one of the world’s safest financial assets, are...
The DoJ is investigating, with Cal-Maine’s profits nearly eight times as high as at the start of the bird flu outbreak The US’s largest egg producer has reported soaring profits as consumer prices hit record highs thanks to avian flu –...
Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s escalation of a trade war, including 104% tax on Chinese imports, as markets plunge toward global recession Late-night hosts recap Donald Trump ’s escalation of a trade war that many expect will lead to a...
The second Trump administration was backed and is staffed by two major – and widely differing – ideological projects The start of the second Trump administration has been chaotic, to put it mildly. It is difficult for Americans to...
Beijing vows to ‘fight to the end’ as president claims ‘many’ countries are seeking a deal with US Donald Trump is poised to unleash his trade war with the world on Wednesday, pressing ahead with a slew of tariffs on the US’s largest...
As the great American self-own rages on, the super-rich are beginning to break rank. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s gone suspiciously quiet Trade Wars, Episode V: The Empire Shoots Itself in the Foot. As the world financial markets fail to...
President’s effort to rapidly shrink federal government is already reaching private sector as recession fears loom Americans are grappling with climbing costs, falling sales and dwindling work as Donald Trump moves to overhaul the...
China’s government says it will 'fight to the end' if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs in response to Beijing's retaliatory measures. A spokesperson for the Chinese foreign...
This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage here EU ministers are in Luxembourg to consider the European Union ’s response to Trump’s sweeping tariff regime amid continuing market turmoil and heightened fears...
New Civil Liberties Alliance says president’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs is unlawful US politics – live updates A libertarian group that has been funded by Leonard Leo and Charles Koch has mounted a legal challenge...
It’s hard to say if the president truly knows what he’s doing. But there is a precedent for the US causing short-term chaos and reaping long-term gain It’s less than a week since Donald Trump’s sensational announcement that he was...
Follow major developments of the second Trump administration’s first 100 days, brought up to date weekly Donald Trump has completed an extraordinary return to power as the 47th president, vowing to impose his vision and re-altering the...
Whether among executives, lobbyists or university trustees, an elite backlash to the Trump administration won’t work. It’s up to working people to resist Few historical analogies exist for Donald Trump ’s newly announced tariffs . The...
Commerce secretary insists on CBS that tariffs will ‘stay in place’ as treasury secretary tells NBC negotiation is possible Senior officials within Donald Trump ’s administration gave conflicting messages on Sunday about the US...
Recession fears are mounting, and anxiety is high – but the president remains unmoved by criticism of his trade plans Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, Americans have grown used to high drama and rapid-fire headlines, as...
Protesters gather at more than a thousand events across the US and in cities abroad, such as London, Berlin and Paris. This blog is now closed. Hundreds of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday as part of global...
The US president’s tariffs are vengeful and impetuous – and will have immense costs with no clear goal With the huge and painful tariffs that Donald Trump announced on Thursday, “Tariff Man” is acting like a paranoid 12-year-old bully...
Trump’s economic assault on the world stunned economists and sent stock markets into a spiral. Who will pay the price? Donald Trump ’s vast overhaul of US trade policy this week has called time on an era of globalization, alarming people...
Slumps on S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq cap dismal day for global indices but US president doubles down on tariff plan Wall Street suffered its worst week since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis five years ago as investors worldwide balked...
All three major US index funds close down as Apple and Nvidia, two of US’s largest companies, lose combined $470bn US stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors parsed the sweeping change in global trading following Donald Trump’s...
The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no sense The tirade was astonishing. On Wednesday afternoon the world watched as the leader of its most powerful nation...
The US president has expelled his own country from the rules-based global trade system that America itself created For the world’s already embattled trading system, it is as though an asteroid has crashed into the planet, devastating...
Four GOP senators rebuke president by voting to rescind 25% Canada tariffs, prompting praise from Democrats US politics live – latest updates The first signs of an internal US political backlash against Donald Trump’s declaration of a...
Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade deal Canada will retaliate against “unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US...
Donald Trump has introduced eye-watering tariffs on countries around the world. Will they ‘make America wealthy again’? Richard Partington reports Donald Trump is on a mission to ‘make America wealthy again’. Speaking outside the White...
European markets and US futures dip sharply after news triggers sell-off across Asia Global stocks have fallen sharply and the US dollar hit a six-month low after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs against the US’s global trade...
Leaders around the world have reacted with a mix of a mix of confusion and concern after Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners, upending decades of US trade policy and starting a possible global...
Australian prime minister surprised after external territories – including tiny Norfolk Island and remote islands home to penguins – targeted by US president Analysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists A...
There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade war It was Jeopardy!, or The Price Is Right, come to Washington. On an unseasonably chilly day in the White House Rose Garden,...
President to impose ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest trading partners and says new charges will bring about ‘golden age’ Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US...
President promised liberation yet may have plunged the US into recession and the world into an economic scramble Donald Trump is finally making good on his campaign promises to “build that wall” – but instead of steel fencing along the...
While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to champion It would be “liberation day” in the US, the White House announced. Well, we shall see. Yet...
US president’s erratic approach has fuelled a dizzying array of tariff measures, before pausing or changing them, prompting a chaotic series of responses Donald Trump is sending shock waves through the global economy by waging trade wars...
Data says 34% of those in US stopped purchasing breakfast staple and won’t buy again until costs lower to $5 a carton As egg prices have reached record highs, about a third of American consumers have stopped buying them in response to...
Can moderate Democrats, plotting their path back to power, convincingly make a populist pivot? Progressives have plenty of bad ideas that should be axed, but populism without an economic promise is a bloodless bleat. It wasn’t long ago...
Sir Richard Branson’s airline returns to profitability but says consumer uncertainty is hitting bookings Virgin Atlantic has warned of a slowdown in demand for transatlantic travel, prompting a further fall in the share price of rival...
After myriad false starts and much fluctuation, the lingering question is not how far Trump can take his trade wars, but how far he will Donald Trump won back the White House with a promise to transform the US economy. Millions of...
This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policymaking meeting in November.
The number of extra bedrooms — defined as a bedroom in excess of the number of people in a home, and even including one for an office — has reached a new high.
The shooting of Brian Thompson has unleashed a torrent pent-up of anger towards insurers, renewed calls for reform and reignited a debate over U.S. health care
Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general pick, casting doubt on whether the ethics panel would share its report.