24 h. ago ‘Scary times’: New York shopkeepers plan ‘astronomical’ price hikes under Trump tariffs

Small businesses that import goods brace for steep price increases that they have to pass on to their customersIt’s just two days since Donald Trump launched his extraordinary tariff assault on the world in a bid to rebuild the US economy and roll back an era of globalization. But already shopkeepers are bracing for recession, and their customers spending less, as they prepare to increase prices.“We’re going to have to put our prices up and people aren’t going to like it,” said Ian Anderson, store manager at Tea and Sympathy, a UK grocery store, restaurant and fish-and-chip shop stalwart in Manhattan’s West Village. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Donald Trump launches bizarre 'gold card' with his face that costs a jaw

The US President proudly flashed his new visa on Air Force One.

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26 h. ago Trump’s attacks on law firms are an attack on law itself | David Cole and Amrit Singh

In unprecedented orders, the president is targeting lawyers simply for filing cases he opposes. And firms are surrenderingIf you are systematically engaged in lawbreaking, lawyers can be very annoying. They sue, and their suits may lead courts to declare your actions illegal.So Donald Trump, who has launched his second term with a blizzard of blatantly illegal actions, many of which have been suspended by the courts, has decided to address the problem at its root. He’s targeting lawyers, punishing them for doing nothing more than filing lawsuits he opposes, or hiring lawyers he does not like. He has issued unprecedented executive orders penalizing five of the nation’s major law firms, and more are likely to come. These tactics, blatantly illegal, are designed with one goal in mind: to chill lawyers’ willingness to challenge his illegal actions. They are a fundamental attack on the foundation of the rule of law. And they are achieving their purpose, not because they are legal – they ...

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29 h. ago Donald Trump unveils bizarre new 'gold card' with his face that will cost you $5million

The US President showed off his new visa on Air Force One. The $5 million card features his face, his name and the huge price tag splashed over. Trump also bizarrely claimed he was the first person to buy the residency permit

Economics

36 h. ago Bromance on the rocks as Conor McGregor launches into furious Donald Trump rant

Conor McGregor has taken aim at the EU and Donald Trump, accusing the president of 'trying to destroy Ireland' with his new tariffs on Irish exports and urging the country to leave the EU

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45 h. ago Unhinged Donald Trump issues bizarre 'PATIENT LIVED' rant after 'Liberation Day' tariffs bombshell

Donald Trump launched a bizarre rant claiming the 'patient lived, and is healing' after unveiling punitive tariffs on all imports - but his move has sent US financial markets into meltdown

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45 h. ago Donald Trump in unhinged 'patient lived' rant after 'Liberation Day' tariffs bombshell

Donald Trump launched a bizarre rant claiming the 'patient lived, and is healing' after unveiling punitive tariffs on all imports - but his move has sent US financial markets into meltdown

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9 d. ago Donald Trump 'will launch vitriolic attacks on press with even more force' after war texts leak

Donald Trump will likely be preparing a savage attack on The Atlantic and editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, after the embarrassment of having Signal war texts leaked, it's been claimed

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2 w. ago Europe doesn’t need Trump to form a western alliance – and one is already taking shape | Martin Kettle

Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drumAn Atlantic alliance without the United States? It sounds like a contradiction in terms – Hamlet without the prince. Yet this is the improbable, disjunctive world we now inhabit. It is the one in which our children and grandchildren will live their lives. Like it or not, the systemic shock launched by Donald Trump is our new reality. Absolutely nothing about Trump’s latest phone call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday has changed that.Europe’s scramble to respond to Trump’s return to power was driven initially by the urgency of maintaining support for Ukraine. Most of the focus was diplomatic: keeping US military aid and intelligence flowing, shoring up damaged channels between Washington and Kyiv, engaging quietly with both Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to both encourage and deter, while moving very publicly to take up more of the security burden. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago What to know about Yemen's Houthi rebels as the US steps up attacks on Iran

The United States under President Donald Trump has launched a new campaign of intense airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels

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2 w. ago Airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis may continue for weeks, US officials say

At least 31 killed and up to 100 injured after Trump orders strikes on Sana’a and Saada in response to shipping attacksUS officials have said airstrikes launched by Donald Trump against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis may continue for weeks, after a first round on Saturday killed at least 31 people and injured up to 100 more.The strikes, which aim to punish the Houthis for their attacks against Red Sea shipping, are Trump’s first such use of US military might in the region since he took power in January. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Video: Donald Trump’s US Central Command strikes against ‘Iran

Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday, 15 March, warning "Hell will rain down upon you" if the Houthis do not abandon their campaign.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump makes chilling threat to Houthi rebels as US launches airstrikes on Iran

The US hailed "brave" US warfighters in a post on Truth Social he said are "right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses"

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3 w. ago The US Postal Service helped build the Black middle class. Trump could end that legacy

Trump is expected to privatize the USPS, where Black people make up 29% of the staff, and cut down on the number of jobsIn recent weeks, the fate of the United States Postal Service (USPS), a revered and vital public institution, has been uncertain. Since the start of his second presidency, Donald Trump has launched major changes to the federal government. Along with billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the president has carried out widespread layoffs at agencies such as the Small Business Administration and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with the purported goal of cutting costs and boosting efficiency. Now, Trump is turning his focus to the post office, an agency he has long been critical of and one that he may be privatizing.In addition to delivering upwards of 343.5m pieces of mail and packages a day, the post office is responsible for administering official government forms such as passport applications, and providing banking...

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