Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different
In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs
12:14 AM on 04/08/2025 ABC Politics Buffeted by Trumps tariffs, Hill Republicans are desperate for a deal
Key senators encouraged the president to quickly secure trade agreements amid mounting Wall Street losses and rising political anxiety.
04:15 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump threatens additional 50 percent tariffs on China
The move escalates ongoing tit-for-tat retaliation with Beijing that followed the president's sweeping import tax rollout last week.
11:42 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories EU agonizes over using its trade bazooka to hit back at Trumps mega tariff
The bloc has an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other as it prepares for a tough encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump.
03:36 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
“Europe is always ready for a good deal,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
10:56 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump plows ahead as markets plunge
Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation to challenge the president’s aggressive tariff regime.
12:00 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Wall Street titans push back on Trump's trade war
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
06:49 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories A Former GOP Education Secretary Thinks People Will Notice Trumps Demolition Job
Margaret Spellings says the president’s effort to slash the Education Department is a big mistake.
05:00 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump asks Supreme Court to block judges order requiring US to bring back man who was wrongly deported
The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia’s deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.”
12:07 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats look to ride anti-Musk sentiment to victory in Virginia next
High off its victory in Wisconsin, the party looks to November.
04:45 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Appeals court blocks Trump from firing two leaders on federal boards
The decision almost certainly tees up another Supreme Court showdown over the power of the president to control every aspect of the executive branch.
09:28 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories An anti-Trump Republican for governor tries to defy gravity in New Jerseys primary
Jon Bramnick is running to the right on immigration against his rivals for the GOP nomination.
05:00 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn't true.
The health department has no plan to mass reinstate employees it cut earlier this week.
07:39 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Therell Be a Shock: A Congressman Who Sells Cars Predicts Pain and Then Acceptance of Higher Prices
Rep. Mike Kelly says this is a long overdue "wake-up call" about America’s job-killing trade imbalance.
10:00 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories The Hidden Loser in Trumps Auto Tariffs: Domestic EV Manufacturing
The president’s new tariffs on imported vehicles and his plans to kill a popular tax credit will likely torpedo demand for vehicles made by American workers.
12:00 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Justice Department seeks to restrict testimony of fired pardon attorney
The Justice Department is attempting to use executive privilege to prevent its fired pardon attorney from telling Congress about the circumstances of her departure, and dispatched armed deputy U.S. marshals to her home to deliver restrictions on her te...
01:26 PM on 04/07/2025 ABC Politics Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he's facing charges
A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof "rent-a-hitman" website, according to the Department of Justice.
05:06 AM on 04/07/2025 CNN US News Family of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributors
The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021.
02:54 PM on 04/07/2025 CNN US News GOP prepared to block vote to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciary
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.
06:03 PM on 04/07/2025 CNN US News Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in place
A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night's deadline for the court to act approaches.
12:35 PM on 04/07/2025 CNN US News
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