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Trump’s Tariff Strategy Just Ran Into a $105 Billion Contradiction
Imports hit a record $420.8 billion and the monthly U.S. trade deficit widened 13.7% in August, complicating a strategy sold…
Watch: Susan Collins Spends a Debate Trying to Separate Herself From Trump
Maine’s first Senate debate made the Republican incumbent’s central problem visible in real time: she needs to prove independence from…
The Brief: Republicans Spend to Survive as Trump Tries to Sell the Economy Again
A billion-dollar Republican war chest, a president touring factories and a Maine senator running away from Trump’s shadow are all…
Republicans Have $1 Billion. What They Don’t Have Is a $1 Billion Message
The GOP’s financial advantage is extraordinary. The fact that so much of it is being spent defending terrain Republicans once…
Trump Made the Midterms About Himself — Now Republicans Are Testing the Cost
The Dallas convention was supposed to transfer Trump’s personal political power to Republican candidates. Weeks later, one Trump-backed Senate contender…
Trump’s Canada Tariffs Triggered a Trade Rush — and Exposed the Limits of Economic Pressure
Canadian exporters raced to beat new 50% U.S. tariffs, helping produce a surprisingly large August trade surplus. At the same…
Trump Escalates the Canada Trade War — and Republicans Feel the Blowback
The White House wants greater economic leverage over Canada. Bombardier’s thousands of American workers are showing why deeply integrated economies…
Trump Wants the Midterms to Be About Him — Republicans May Not Have a Choice
The president’s unusual Dallas convention is designed to transfer his personal political power to Republican candidates. With his approval sagging,…