5 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 11 unhinged Donald Trump moments after he gets unexpected medical procedure

Donald Trump gets a curiously clean bill of health, slaps 100% tariffs on China ...and something weird has been going on with Melania and Putin

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10 h. ago Fears of new global crash grow after Donald Trump terrifies markets by threatening 100 per cent tariff on China

The S&P 500 plunged 2.7 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 878 points, and the NASDAQ Composite slid 3.6 percent by the closing bell in New York.

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10 h. ago Crypto crash: Bitcoin and Ethereum plummet after Trump imposes 100 per cent tariffs on China

The Wall Street stock market also recorded its biggest single-day losses since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs in April

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23 h. ago Trump imposes extra 100 PERCENT tariff on China: S&P suffers biggest wipeout since Liberation Day

Donald Trump has announced a 100 percent tariff on all Chinese goods.

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23 h. ago Markets tumble as Trump escalates trade war with 100% tariff on China ‘over and above’ current rates

Stocks had been dropping all day after Trump announced a ‘massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products,’ to counter the country’s new export controls on rare earth minerals

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23 h. ago Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare

President accuses China of ‘very hostile’ moves and says additional tariffs could come on 1 November ‘or sooner’Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional US tariffs of 100% on China from next month, accusing Beijing of “very hostile” moves to restrict exports of rare earths needed for American industry.Wall Street fell sharply after the US president reignited public tensions with the Chinese government, and raised the prospect of another acrimonious trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Trump reignites trade war with threat of additional 100% tariff on China

President says measures will include export controls on software and take effect from November 1 ‘or sooner’

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23 h. ago Donald Trump threatens extra 100% tariff as he retaliates against China

President says measures will include export controls on software and take effect from November 1 ‘or sooner’

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24 h. ago US stocks close sharply lower after Trump threatens new China tariffs

Biggest one-day drop in S&P 500 since April brings weeks long rally to a halt

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26 h. ago Trump’s long threatened shutdown layoffs have started, Russell Vought says

White House says “thousands” of workers could be affected

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28 h. ago Copper Slumps in London as Trump Threatens New China Tariffs

Copper Slumps in London as Trump Threatens New China Tariffs  Bloomberg.com

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29 h. ago Trump threatens ‘massive’ tariffs on China amid critical minerals dispute

US president signals he may cancel planned meeting with Xi Jinping over the move

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47 h. ago Trump live: President threatens to cut ‘very popular Democrat programs’ as shutdown drags on

Trump said the hostages in Gaza will be released early next week

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3 d. ago Donald Trump deal to make NHS pay more for medicines will 'harm UK patients'

Britain is about to agree to pay 25% more for drugs after Donald Trump threatened sanctions and Big Pharma threatened to pull out of the UK

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3 d. ago Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee Business live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies.Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The Latest: Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House

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4 d. ago Trump labels Democrats ‘insurrectionists’ as he threatens ‘Grim Reaper’ Vought to start cutting American jobs in ‘4 to 5 days’

Trump made the incendiary comments during a bilateral meeting alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

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4 d. ago Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as Bondi faces Senate – US politics live

Legal wrangles over troop deployments continue with attorney general also likely to face questions over Epstein filesThe US government shutdown entered its second week as the Senate again rejected rival bills to restart funding and Donald Trump suggested he might be open to negotiating with Democrats over the healthcare subsidies they have put at the heart of the stalemate.A fifth Senate vote to advance a Republican-written bill that would reopen the government failed on a 52-42 tally – well below the 60-vote threshold needed for advancement. The Democrats’ proposal was defeated in a 50-45 party-line vote. No lawmakers changed their votes from recent days, though there were a handful of absences.A career federal prosecutor in Virginia has told colleagues she does not believe there is probable cause to file criminal mortgage fraud charges against New York attorney general Letitia James, according to a person familiar with the matter. The prosecutor, Elizabeth Yusi, oversees major cri...

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4 d. ago Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops

Warning to use 19th century law comes as president faces legal setbacks in efforts to put soldiers on streets of US cities

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6 d. ago Trump’s bullying of Latin America isn’t part of any plan – he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing | Simon Tisdall

The president’s threats to attack Venezuela are regressive, dangerous and almost certain to backfireRunning for president in 2024, Donald Trump vowed to avoid costly, often disastrous overseas US military interventions like Iraq and Afghanistan. This was a key plank in his isolationist “America first” platform. Yet within months of his inauguration, US forces were bombing Yemen and Iran. Looking south, Trump threatened to seize the Panama canal. Now, the Pentagon is gearing up for attacks on “terrorist” drug cartels deep inside Colombia and Mexico. Of most immediate concern is a possible renewed White House effort to forcibly impose regime change on Venezuela.Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s hard-left authoritarian president, believes this effort is already under way. He says the US is waging “undeclared war” on his country after several deadly strikes on Venezuelan vessels in international waters. Trump notified Congress last week that the US is engaged in “armed conflict” with drug car...

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