16 m. ago Tariffs live: Trump unveils 10% reciprocal tariff on imports from UK and 20% on EU in global trade shake

Donald Trump has announced a reciprocal tariff of 10% on Britain

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27 m. ago Trump hits UK with 10% tariff and sets blanket 25% rate for foreign cars

US president Donald Trump believes putting the levies on imports of foreign goods will protect American businesses.

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36 m. ago Glen Powell addresses Sydney Sweeney dating rumors after she attended his sister’s wedding

Powell and Sweeney were both seen at his sister’s wedding last weekend in Dallas, Texas

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50 m. ago Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ imperils the world’s broken economy – and him | Martin Kettle

While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to championIt would be “liberation day” in the US, the White House announced. Well, we shall see. Yet even if one puts the noise and nastiness that accompany a Donald Trump announcement to one side – in this case tonight’s pronouncement that there will be an executive order announcing “reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world”, a 10% tariff on the UK and 20% on the EU – the significance of the theatre is hard to miss. Whether they presage the US’s liberation, or instead the disintegration of the global trading order, Trump’s tariffs add up to an attempt to transform a badly broken economic model. And that is something that affects us all.Trump’s announcement was awash with insult and rambling nonsense. The rest of the world had looted, raped and pillaged, had scavenged and ransacked America – shocking claims if they had come from any othe...

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52 m. ago Air traffic controllers to get more support after a fight and latest near miss at Washington airport

Air traffic controllers at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport will be offered crisis counseling and additional supervision after a fight in the tower and another alarming near miss two months after a midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter killed 67 people

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52 m. ago Grealish and Marmoush on target as Manchester City ease past Leicester

Billed pre-game as the injured Erling Haaland’s capable stand-in, Omar Marmoush’s response was to score Manchester City’s second goal against a weak Leicester, who are heading for the relegation trapdoor.Pep Guardiola adores the Champions League so this was business accomplished in the bid to seal a qualification berth: victory lifts City to fourth. Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Trump confirms 25% levy on all foreign automakers and vows to impose ‘reciprocal’ tariffs worldwide – live

US president says new tariffs will become effective at midnight ETDonald Trump’s planned tariffs will be negative across the world, with the damage depending on how far they go, how long they last and whether they lead to successful negotiations, the European Central Bank head, Christine Lagarde, said on Wednesday.The Trump administration on Wednesday is set to announce “reciprocal tariffs” targeting nations that have duties on US goods. That move would come after it slapped new import levies on products from Mexico, China and Canada – the top US trading partners – as well as on goods including steel and autos.Wisconsin beat the billionaire.Wisconsin cannot be bought. Our democracy is not for sale. And when we fight, we win. Congratulations, @CrawfordForWI Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal chats for national security work – report

National security adviser and team shared ‘sensitive information’ in group chats on app, sources tell PoliticoUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and his team have created at least 20 different group chats on the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate sensitive national security work, sources tell Politico.The revelation, which cites four people with direct knowledge of the practice, follows heightened scrutiny of the administration’s handling of sensitive information after the Atlantic recently published messages from a chat that included the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, sharing operational details of deadly strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Two more law firms reach deals with Trump to avoid executive orders: ‘They’re all bending’

Settlements, one with Doug Emhoff’s firm, come as many fear Trumps’s effort to target firms affiliated with his rivalsTwo more legal firms have reached agreements with Donald Trump to avoid executive orders that could significantly harm their business.The settlements come as many have expressed deep alarm at the president’s effort to target law firms affiliated with his political rivals and see the actions as a thinly-veiled anti-democratic effort to intimidate lawyers from taking cases hostile to the administration. Continue reading...

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91 m. ago Social Security's acting leader faces calls to resign over decision to cut Maine contracts

The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner is facing calls to resign after he issued an order that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for Social Security numbers at a federal office rather than the hospital

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1 hour ago Coronation Street's Sue Devaney breaks silence on exit as she admits concerns over plot

Debbie Webster actress Sue Devaney confessed she had some initial 'concerns' over her exit storyline on Coronation Street that will see the character diagnosed with dementia

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1 hour ago HMRC benefit increases happening in April 2025 including child benefit and minimum wage

Different HMRC benefits, along with the National Minimum Wage, are increasing this month - full list of new rates

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2 h. ago Uplift in minimum wage rates will benefit up to 2,500 workers in West Lothian

The National Living Wage has risen by 77p per hour to £12.21

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2 h. ago NBA reportedly investigating Ja Morant over finger gun gesture v Warriors

Grizzlies star has been suspended twice for handling gunsMorant and Warriors’ Hield both given technical foulsThe NBA is investigating a gesture made by Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant that could be construed as mimicking shooting a gun, ESPN reported on Wednesday.Morant extended his left arm and was seen using the finger gun gesture to taunt members of the Golden State Warriors during Tuesday’s game. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'I love JK Rowling' stickers put after showing of gender critical film was cancelled at university were not transphobic 'dog whistle', tribunal told

Academics Deirdre O'Neill and Michael Wayne are suing the University and College Union (UCU) after its Edinburgh branch said their film Adult Human Female was an attack on transgender identity.

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2 h. ago In A Minecraft Movie, Jack Black is like a desperate clown at an underattended children’s party

Jason Momoa also stars in this underwhelming adaptation of the hit video game

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2 h. ago Man who escaped ICE detention in power outage gets caught on a Denver bus

Immigration authorities say the second of two men who escaped from a Colorado immigration detention center during a power outage last month has been arrested

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3 h. ago Trump hours away from unveiling global tariffs in possible shake

US president claims tariffs part of a ‘liberation day’ that could include levies for China, Brazil, India and the European UnionDonald Trump’s planned tariffs will be negative across the world, with the damage depending on how far they go, how long they last and whether they lead to successful negotiations, the European Central Bank head, Christine Lagarde, said on Wednesday.The Trump administration on Wednesday is set to announce “reciprocal tariffs” targeting nations that have duties on US goods. That move would come after it slapped new import levies on products from Mexico, China and Canada – the top US trading partners – as well as on goods including steel and autos.Wisconsin beat the billionaire.Wisconsin cannot be bought. Our democracy is not for sale. And when we fight, we win. Congratulations, @CrawfordForWI Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Jessie J reveals how string of heartbreaking health woes 'kept her balanced'

The 37-year-old singer was at Advertising Week Europe in London on Wednesday when she discussed her health woes, which included a heart disease, a stroke and a miscarriage

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3 h. ago Trump to announce ‘liberation day’ tariffs on US trading partners

US president set to shake global trading system with announcements from White House

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