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index.feed.received.today — 3 avril 2025

Trump goes full gameshow host to push his tariff plan – and nobody’s a winner

3 avril 2025 à 01:35

There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade war

It was Jeopardy!, or The Price Is Right, come to Washington.

On an unseasonably chilly day in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump stood with a giant chart listing which reciprocal tariffs he would impose on China, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other hapless contestants.

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© Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

index.feed.received.yesterday — 2 avril 2025

Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours

2 avril 2025 à 07:12

Democrats have appeared lame and leaderless for 72 days, but then Cory Booker stood up and did something

“Would the senator yield for a question?” asked Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.

Senator Cory Booker, who on a long day’s journey into night had turned himself into the fighter that many Democrats were yearning for, replied with a wry smile: “Chuck Schumer, it’s the only time in my life I can tell you no.”

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© Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/EPA

© Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/EPA

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs, upending decades of US trade policy

President to impose ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest trading partners and says new charges will bring about ‘golden age’

Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has called “liberation day”.

Trump said he will impose a 10% universal tariff on all imported foreign goods in addition to “reciprocal tariffs” on a few dozen countries, charging additional duties onto countries that Trump claims have “cheated” America.

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© Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

© Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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