Tariffs

In this May 10, 2019, file photo, a container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk. A Chinese state news agency said U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators promised to create “favorable conditions” for carrying out a truce in their governments’ tariff war during a phone call.

Low-cost packages to start feeling the weight of Trump tariffs

Brady Knox · May 2, 2025 8:53 am

Construction workers work at a residential building site in Chicago

Economy added 177,000 jobs in April: The key facts and figures

Zach Halaschak · May 2, 2025 8:31 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.

Fairness & Justice

Trump’s tariff revenues won’t allow lower taxes

James Rogan · May 2, 2025 6:00 am

Delusions of grandeur: How presidents misread mandates and miss their moments

Isaac Schorr · May 2, 2025 5:12 am

Trump tariff rollout flummoxes congressional Democrats

Jeremy Lott · May 2, 2025 5:07 am

A bit over 100 days in, what part of the economy can Trump still blame on Biden?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · May 2, 2025 5:00 am

In this March 27, 2014 picture, a Mercedes-Benz vehicle sits inside a car-carrier before being hauled away for distribution from the company's Vehicle Processing Center in Baltimore. After sales slumped in January and February because of the brutal weather, automakers hope a rebound in March get them back on track to sell more than 16 million cars in the U.S. this year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mercedes announces US-made vehicle line following Trump tariffs

Ross O'Keefe · May 1, 2025 7:47 pm

Trump McDonald's

McDonald’s suggests ‘uncertainty’ in Trump economy to blame for biggest drop in domestic sales since pandemic

Emily Hallas · May 1, 2025 5:02 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at a National Action Network event in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Kamala Harris’s speech shows she learned nothing from her election defeat

Christopher Tremoglie · May 1, 2025 3:25 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) departs a pen and pad with reporters at the U.S. Capitol May 1, 2025.

Schumer claims ‘win’ after tariff vote fails over attendance miscalculation

David Sivak and Samantha-Jo Roth · May 1, 2025 2:57 pm

Vice President JD Vance speaks before swearing in John Ratcliffe as CIA director in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington.

Vance casts second tiebreaking vote to kill Trump tariffs rebuke

Annabella Rosciglione · May 1, 2025 1:57 pm

GM CEO says shift back to US started before auto tariffs

Jenny Goldsberry · May 1, 2025 12:30 pm