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

Trump pledged to liberate the nation from higher prices, and is betting tariffs won’t raise them too high, for too long

President promised liberation yet may have plunged the US into recession and the world into an economic scramble

President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" and "Make America Wealthy Again" announcement sent stock futures tumbling on Wednesday.

President Trump announced a ‘minimum baseline tariff’ of 10 per cent on countries to ‘help rebuild the US economy

A Republican congresswoman was called out by Fox News host John Roberts, who audibly laughed while reminding her that Elon Musk spent "$25 million of his own money" advocating on behalf of the Republican candidate in a judicial race who ultimately lost the election.

Retaliation may not be needed as Britain likely to be ‘front of the queue’ in agreeing deal to redraw trade relationship

While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to champion, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

During Donald Trump’s first term as president, the United States lurched from the absurdity of his lies to the use of his office for personal financial gain, his schoolyard insults and his utter contempt for critics. His term ended with his irresponsible and dangerous incitement of the assault on the…