Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: tariffs

Trump’s tariff tsunami

The better-prepared industries and countries put up their own protective walls. The rest take out their lifejackets and hope for the best.

‘Financial insecurity runs deep’: Americans blame Trump economy for rising hardship

New polling and data reveal deepening financial strain across the U.S. under Trump’s second term, with many blaming corporate power, deregulation, and GOP-backed policies for rising prices and declining economic security.

Corporations exploit Trump’s tariff chaos to raise prices as global economic...

As new tariffs drive up costs for food, steel, and manufacturing inputs, corporations are using the trade war as cover to inflate prices and profit margins while working families foot the bill.

How ‘tariff man’ is bringing back the Gilded Age

America’s cycles of capitalist excess and social reform.

Seven things Tom Cotton needs to learn about China 

Here's what Senator Tom Cotton's recent book on China got all wrong.

Republican budget shifts wealth to the top as workers pay the...

New congressional analysis reveals massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans while working families shoulder cuts, tariffs, and rising costs under GOP economic plans.

More than a dozen US officials sold stocks before Trump’s tariffs...

Ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.

Amazon walks back tariff transparency plan after Trump calls Bezos

After reports surfaced that Amazon might show consumers how much tariffs contribute to product prices, Trump intervened personally—and the plan was scrapped within hours.

The disintegration of North America

Director Michael Moore was trying to satirize the U.S. penchant for invading other countries.

Trump’s tariff chaos triggers global backlash, economic turmoil, and growing revolt...

Critics say president’s abrupt reversal on sweeping tariffs shows lack of coherent strategy and deepens damage to workers, consumers, and U.S. global standing.

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
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Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.