By Andrew Ackerman, Federica Cocco · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling “reciprocal tariffs” is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade deficits – and, for that matter, they say that goal doesn’t make sense, either. But the administration is defending its […]
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Economists say the way Trump calculated tariffs makes no sense
By Andrew Ackerman, Federica Cocco · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling “reciprocal tariffs” is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade deficits – and, for that matter, they say that goal doesn’t make sense, either. But the administration is defending its […]
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Stocks plunge and businesses recoil after across-the-board tariffs
By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war sent stock markets reeling as investors, companies and Americans fretted about rising costs from an onslaught of new tariffs. U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday, with the S&P 500 dropping more than 4 percent and the Nasdaq down 5 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial […]
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Stocks plunge and businesses recoil after across-the-board tariffs
By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war sent stock markets reeling as investors, companies and Americans fretted about rising costs from an onslaught of new tariffs. U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday, with the S&P 500 dropping more than 4 percent and the Nasdaq down 5 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial […]
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Trump announces 10 percent tariffs on all imports, additional taxes for some 60 countries
By David J. Lynch, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a new 10 percent tariff on all imported goods along with an additional punitive import tax tailored for each of about 60 countries that his advisers say maintain the most unfair barriers against U.S. products. The president’s long-awaited […]
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Trump announces 10 percent tariffs on all imports, additional taxes for some 60 countries
By David J. Lynch, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a new 10 percent tariff on all imported goods along with an additional punitive import tax tailored for each of about 60 countries that his advisers say maintain the most unfair barriers against U.S. products. The president’s long-awaited […]
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Thurmond set a record opposing civil rights. A Black senator broke it.
By Petula Dvorak · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from South Carolina who was an unabashed segregationist, broke with the […]
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Thurmond set a record opposing civil rights. A Black senator broke it.
By Petula Dvorak · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from South Carolina who was an unabashed segregationist, broke with the […]
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3 takeaways from the Wisconsin and Florida elections
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The first big elections of 2025 were held Tuesday, giving the first major indicator of where the country stands since President Donald Trump’s 2024 election win six months ago. Wisconsin held a much-watched and expensive state supreme court race featuring a very heavy dose of Elon Musk, while Florida […]
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3 takeaways from the Wisconsin and Florida elections
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The first big elections of 2025 were held Tuesday, giving the first major indicator of where the country stands since President Donald Trump’s 2024 election win six months ago. Wisconsin held a much-watched and expensive state supreme court race featuring a very heavy dose of Elon Musk, while Florida […]