32 h. ago Trump aides draft proposal for 20% tariffs on ‘most imports’ to US as Liberation Day deadline looms: Live

Trump’s team says it is still weighing options as the president prepares to announce a sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and a global trade war

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39 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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9 d. ago Spain vs Netherlands LIVE: Nations League updates as penalties loom in dramatic quarter

A late Mikel Merino goal means that Spain head into the second leg with a slight advantage

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2 w. ago House Democratic leaders reiterate opposition to Republican funding bill as shutdown deadline looms – live

At least eight Senate Democrats would need to vote with Republicans to move the bill forward ahead of midnight deadline to fund governmentChuck Schumer to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdownDanish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen rejected on Friday president Donald Trump’s latest remarks about annexing Greenland, saying the Danish autonomous island could not be taken over by another country.“If you look at the Nato treaty, the UN charter or international law, Greenland is not open to annexation,” he told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump news live: White House taunts ‘totally screwed’ Democrats over looming government shutdown

President threatens 200 percent tariffs on European wines and champagnes if tax is upped on U.S. whiskey

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2 w. ago Trump live updates: Government shutdown looms as Democrats say they won’t back GOP spending bill

The European Commission and Canada have both issued retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump’s trade war

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3 w. ago Republicans to put government funding bill up for House vote ahead of looming shutdown deadline – live

Republicans need unanimity to pass the legislation because of razor thin House majority as Democrats expected to unanimously vote against itPolls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as US President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island.The self-governing region of Denmark is home to 56,000 people, most from Indigenous Inuit backgrounds, and occupies a strategic North Atlantic location. It also contains rare earth minerals key to driving the global economy, AP reported. Continue reading...

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