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May 12, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Just Caved on China Tariffs—Big-Time
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Chinese goods would only be subject to a 30 percent tariff, down from 145 percent.
May 12, 2025
Casey Quinlan
Don’t Expect Much Trade-War Pushback From Corporate America
With firms facing economic uncertainty and caught in the political crossfire, customers who want transparency about the cost of goods have never had it so hard.
May 9, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Has Total Meltdown After MSNBC Exposes Tariffs Disaster
Here’s the MSNBC segment that caused Trump to lose it.
May 9, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Manufacturers Say Trump Has Made Opening U.S. Factories Impossible
Donald Trump’s tariff chaos is to blame.
May 9, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Supposed U.K. Trade Deal Gets Trashed by Surprising Person
Even the far-right knows Donald Trump’s deal is garbage.
May 9, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Gives China Major Tariffs Concession Before Talks Even Begin
Donald Trump is so desperate to get a trade deal with China that he’s already backing down.
May 8, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Vance Just Made Trump’s Dolls Comment Even Weirder
JD Vance took Donald Trump’s comments to an even more nonsensical place.
May 8, 2025
Timothy Noah
The Big Winner of Trump’s Much-Hyped Trade Deal Is ... Not the U.S.
It’s a great day to be an Anglophile. But the global economy is still on the verge of a ruinous trade war.
May 8, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Exposes Own Idiocy With Comment About Looming Shortages
Donald Trump had a mind-blowing defense for the pending supply shortages.
May 8, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Admits He’s Wildly Exaggerating Benefits of U.K. Trade Deal
Trump’s trade deal with the United Kingdom isn’t even official yet.
May 8, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Melts Down Over Federal Reserve’s Five-Alarm Warning on Economy
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that there was a high risk of stagflation.
May 7, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Federal Reserve Rings Every Alarm Bell About Trump’s Economy
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has delivered an alarming warning about Trump’s tariffs causing stagflation.
May 7, 2025
Marin Scotten
Ford Hikes Car Prices Thanks to Trump’s Reckless Tariffs
Consumers are already seeing the costs of Trump’s trade war.
May 7, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Treasury Sec. Says Kids Need to Suck it up for Greater Good
Scott Bessent defended Donald Trump’s doll comments, saying it would be for the greater good.
May 7, 2025
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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump’s Tariff Tirade Reveals How Badly He’s Screwing MAGA
As a confluence of Trump policies is set to clobber rural America, a veteran Democratic organizer talks about whether his party has a new opening to win over rural voters.
May 7, 2025
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Rants About Young Girls’ Dolls Just Got Weirder and Darker
Who actually wants to work at a Barbie doll factory in America, anyway?
May 7, 2025
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump’s Odd New Tariff Musings Show How Badly He’s Screwing His Voters
As a perfect storm of Trump policies is set to hit rural America, a veteran Democratic organizer reflects on whether his party can capitalize to peel off some of Trump’s lockstep rural support.
May 6, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Accidentally Admits He Hasn’t Made Any Trade Deals
Donald Trump has continually insisted that deals over his tariffs are coming.
May 6, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Canada PM Gives Trump Middle Finger on Wild In-Person Statehood Pitch
Donald Trump pitched statehood to the man who was just elected by campaigning on rejecting statehood.
May 6, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Trashes Canada Just Minutes Before Prime Minister Visits
Donald Trump continues to insist that Canada needs the United States.
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