3 h. ago UK entering difficult period as country awaits Trump Liberation Day, minister warns

The UK is entering a difficult period as the country awaits Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on “Liberation Day”, a Labour minister has warned.

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4 h. ago Trump live: Wisconsin result marks massive blow to president just hours before ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement

Elon Musk-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court election candidate has been defeated at the ballot box by liberal judge Susan Crawford

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27 h. ago Trump aides ‘caught by surprise’ after president reveals he’s settled on ‘Liberation Day’ tariff plans: Live

Global markets brace for Trump’s impending announcement of his reciprocal dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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28 h. ago Trump live: ‘Liberation Day’ tariff plans remain under wraps despite president saying he’s ‘settled’ on strategy

Global markets brace for Trump’s impending announcement of his reciprocal dollar-for-dollar tariff agenda

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30 h. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump tariff 'Liberation Day' to hit UK, Cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds admits

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he expected 'every country in the world to be subject to what the US is calling World Tariff Day'

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30 h. ago Donald Trump tariff 'Liberation Day' to hit UK, Cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds admits

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he expected 'every country in the world to be subject to what the US is calling World Tariff Day'

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33 h. ago Trump news live updates: Recession odds up as President’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

President also says that reciprocal ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will impact ‘all countries’, sending unease through financial markets

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36 h. ago Trump news today: Recession odds up as President’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

President also says that reciprocal ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will impact ‘all countries’, sending unease through financial markets

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39 h. ago Recession odds are increasing as Trump pushes his trade war further, top financial firm says

Recession fears mount as Trump set to begin ‘Liberation Day’ tariff agenda this week

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44 h. ago Trump’s ‘liberation day’ of tariffs is coming. What does it mean for U.S. consumers?

Sweeping tariffs could hit the U.S.’s largest trading partners outside of North America

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49 h. ago Clean energy spending boosts GOP districts. But lawmakers are keeping quiet as Trump targets incentives

We asked 18 Republicans whose districts benefit most from Biden’s IRA climate law if they back Trump’s demandsBillions of dollars in clean energy spending and jobs have overwhelmingly flowed to parts of the US represented by Republican lawmakers. But these members of Congress are still largely reticent to break with Donald Trump’s demands to kill off key incentives for renewables, even as their districts bask in the rewards.The president has called for the dismantling of the Inflation Reduction Act – a sweeping bill passed by Democrats that has helped turbocharge investments in wind, solar, nuclear, batteries and electric vehicle manufacturing in the US – calling it a “giant scam”. Trump froze funding allocated under the act and has vowed to claw back grants aimed at reducing planet-heating pollution. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Trump has promised tariff ‘liberation day’. Americans aren’t so sure

Even the president’s supporters are sceptical of new levies to be imposed on trading partners on April 2

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55 h. ago Trump's worldwide tariff threats spark global stock market tailspin: Shares slump over fears trade war will lead to recession

Trump is due to receive tariff recommendations on Tuesday and has promised to unveil a massive tariff plan on Wednesday, dubbed 'Liberation Day'

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67 h. ago Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms, but voters want him to focus on lowering prices, poll says

President equally divides country overall but most disapprove of his handling of economy

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3 d. ago UK responds to Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariff threat

Home Secretary Yvette Coope rdid not rule out the UK government hitting back with tit-for-tat measures but said talks were ongoing to reach a deal with the White House

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3 d. ago White House officials are quietly freaking out about Trump upcoming 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement

White House officials are increasingly alarmed ahead of Trump's April 2 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement, uncertain of its scope or targets with a series of conflicting signals from the president.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump declares US 'cannot do without Greenland' after JD Vance lands

Donald Trump's vice-president JD Vance's visit to Greeland has been scaled back from original plans to tour the island after a row with the governments of Greenland and Denmark

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5 d. ago Donald Trump is moving fast and breaking things, but that may result in a better US | Simon Jenkins

The chance of the president succeeding in his radicalism is small, but amid the chaos are challenges to convention that were overdue“Move fast and break things” was Mark Zuckerberg’s motto in launching Facebook 20 years ago. It seemed the antithesis of management-school custom and practice. But it worked, to be imitated after a fashion by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other digital tycoons with similar success. Donald Trump is now seeing if it works in government.The smart money in Washington was that after the fiasco of Trump’s first term, his second would see a more emollient president, one careful of his reputation. He would reach out, consult, become a peacemaker, in his desperation to become a Nobel president like Barack Obama.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Donald Trump's top team HUMILIATED as MORE bombshell war messages released

Further texts have been leaked from Donald Trump's top security team after a major national security blunder saw a journalist added to a group chat discussing US military strikes on Yemen

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7 d. ago Donald Trump breaks silence on leaked messages fiasco with 11

Trump on Tuesday in a brief interview with NBC News' Garrett Haake downplayed the incident as "the only glitch in two months" of his administration "and it turned out not to be a serious one"

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