How Trump’s One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy

In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation. World Trade Organization, Trump, Donald J, United States, Protectionism (Trade), United States Politics and Government, International Trade and World Market, United States Economy, Customs (Tariff), Economic Conditions and Trends In starting a process to impose reciprocal…

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NIH Research Grants Lag Behind Last Year’s by $1 Billion

After weeks of disruption to scientific federal grants, the National Institutes of Health has fallen behind in funding research into treatments for deadly diseases. United States Politics and Government, Federal Aid (US), Research, Cancer, Politics and Government, National Institutes of Health, Baldwin, Tammy Suzanne Green, Trump, Donald J, Murray, Patty NYT > Health ​After weeks of disruption…

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Trump Pushes Tariff Threats on Global Scale

With less than a month in office, the president has pursued trade actions that could shatter the global trading system and dwarf the trade measures he took over his entire first term. Protectionism (Trade), International Trade and World Market, Customs (Tariff), United States International Relations, United States Economy, Trump, Donald J With less than a month in…

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Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?

The Fed’s short-term rates matter, but the main action now is in the 10-year Treasury market, which influences mortgages, credit cards and much more, our columnist says. Banking and Financial Institutions, Government Bonds, Interest Rates, Stocks and Bonds, Protectionism (Trade), Content Type: Service, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Immigration and Emigration, Personal Finances, Federal Reserve System, Treasury…

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Overlooked No More: Lena Richard, Who Brought Creole Cooking to the Masses

She hosted a cooking show years before Julia Child was on the air, tantalizing viewers with okra gumbo, shrimp bisque and other Southern specialties. Cooking and Cookbooks, Black People, Biographical Information, Small Business, New Orleans (La), Richard, Lena (1892-1950) She hosted a cooking show years before Julia Child was on the air, tantalizing viewers with okra gumbo,…

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Jim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81

He was among those targeted by the investigation that consumed much of Bill Clinton’s presidency. But his conviction was later questioned. Tucker, Jim Guy, Deaths (Obituaries), Whitewater Case, Clinton, Bill, Starr, Kenneth W, Arkansas, Governors (US), United States Politics and Government, Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel), Ethics and Official Misconduct He was among those targeted by the investigation…

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