Trump’s Tariff Goal Is to Eliminate Trade Deficits. Economists Have Doubts.
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Trump’s Tariff Goal Is to Eliminate Trade Deficits. Economists Have Doubts.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Behind President Trump’s decision to hit some of America’s largest trading partners with stiff tariffs is his fixation on the trade deficit that the United States runs with other nations. But many economists say that is a poor metric for judging the quality…

Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated
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Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It is a fool’s errand to try to rationalize President Trump’s obsession with tariffs. This is not to say that people haven’t tried. There are any number of theories that seek to explain Trump’s preoccupation with tariffs and trade wars. Perhaps he wants…

Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s
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Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2016, running for president and pressed for details on how he would handle some of the world’s knottiest security issues, then-candidate Donald J. Trump had a simple formula for defanging the Iranian nuclear program. Barack Obama’s negotiating team, he said, should have…

Trump Administration Freezes  Billion for Cornell and 0 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
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Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell and $790 million for Northwestern amid civil rights investigations into both schools, two U.S. officials said. The funding pause involves mostly grants from and contracts with the Departments of Agriculture,…

Analysis: Trump’s Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy
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Analysis: Trump’s Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the breadth of the Trump revolution has spread across Washington in recent weeks, its most defining feature is a burn-it-down-first, figure-out-the-consequences-later recklessness. The costs of that approach are now becoming clear. Administration officials knew the markets would dive and other nations would…

Trump Maintains 104% China Tariffs as U.S. Officials Signal Openness to Talks
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Trump Maintains 104% China Tariffs as U.S. Officials Signal Openness to Talks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s next round of punishing tariffs on some of America’s largest trading partners was set to go into effect just after midnight on Wednesday, including stiff new levies that will increase import taxes on Chinese goods by at least 104 percent. Mr….

Elon Musk Calls Peter Navarro a ‘Moron’ in Escalating Tariff Fight
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Elon Musk Calls Peter Navarro a ‘Moron’ in Escalating Tariff Fight

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk slammed President Trump’s top trade adviser as “dumber than a sack of bricks” on Tuesday as tensions between the two exploded over wide-ranging tariffs that have upended the global economy. Mr. Musk directed the criticism at the trade adviser, Peter Navarro,…

Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks
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Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in the past listed the three main threats facing Israel as “Iran, Iran and Iran.” He has largely staked his career on being Israel’s protector against Iranian nuclear ambitions, has openly confronted Tehran in recent months and is…

Wall Street Bursts With Anger Over Tariff ‘Stupidity’
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Wall Street Bursts With Anger Over Tariff ‘Stupidity’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Wall Street billionaires are not used to being on the outside looking in. But that is where they find themselves after President Trump ignored their appeals to call off his tariff plans which they fear could endanger the economy. With the backdrop of…

With Trump’s Return, Netanyahu Faces Fewer Restraints On Gaza Than Ever
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With Trump’s Return, Netanyahu Faces Fewer Restraints On Gaza Than Ever

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There was a time, not long ago, when Israel’s resumption of the war in the Gaza Strip three weeks ago — a renewed offensive that has already claimed more than a thousand casualties — would have unleashed fierce Western pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu,…