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 partly as a way to shrink…
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India Is Testing the Limit of Trump’s Tariff Leverage
Washington wants trade concessions and changes to India’s strategic behavior. New Delhi wants U.S. market access without giving up autonomy. That is why a deal that…
Skydance’s Editorial Independence Board Has One Problem: Skydance Chooses It
The new safeguard for CNN and CBS News sounds formidable: five veteran journalists policing editorial principles. The corporate structure underneath it is much less independent than…
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push Is Now Entangled With a Multibillion-Dollar Oil Deal
The diplomatic channel between Washington and Moscow is no longer only about territory, ceasefires and security. New reporting that a potential Lukoil transaction entered the talks…
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 time, the Bombardier fight is reminding…
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 make clean political victories difficult.
Putin Entertains Trump’s Peace Push — Then Russia Turns the Pressure Back On
U.S. envoys left Moscow and Kyiv with what Volodymyr Zelenskyy called worthwhile ideas. Russia then resumed deadly attacks. The sequence exposes the brutal logic shaping the…