Before the oppressive summer heat descends on Atlanta, therapist Brittanee Sims usually gets her thick, curly hair braided at a salon to preserve her healthy mane. But it’s more expensive this year. So she’ll only pay for her teenage daughter and son to get their summer hairdos. Not having braided hair “creates more of a…
US stocks have fallen out of the Top 40 with investors worldwide this year – and chart watchers can blame President Trump’s flip-flopping song and dance on tariffs. This year through May 20, Chinese stocks are up 19.9% while neighboring South Korea’s are up 14.3%. Europe’s are up 22.3% including Germany’s, which are up 20%….
President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology products, not sneakers and T-shirts. Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey, Trump said he agreed with comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 29 that the US does not necessarily need…
Home Depot is holding firm on its promise to keep prices steady despite mounting pressure from tariffs, even as President Trump escalates his public feud with major retailers like Walmart and Mattel by warning consumers of potential price hikes. The home improvement giant has been quietly working with suppliers to shift production away from China…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump took a victory lap at the White House Monday before jetting off on a three-country tour of the Middle East, where he’s expected to try to drum up more investment in the US. Trump claimed credit for averting a nuclear war in the Indian subcontinent, forcing Ukraine and Russia…
Donald Trump was already playing with economic fire with his tariff plan, something that is all but certain to stoke some degree of inflation, and slow the economy at least in the short term. So why would he threaten to throw gasoline on the blaze over his weird flirtation with a millionaire’s tax, something that…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said emphatically Tuesday that Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale, ever” in an Oval Office meeting with President Trump, moments after Mr. Trump called the border between the U.S. and Canada “artificial” and romanticized the idea of Canada joining the U.S. Mr. Trump said he and…
President Trump’s tariffs have sent the US agricultural industry into a “full-blown crisis” as canceled orders from China are forcing farmers to lay off workers or shut down their businesses, according to a trade group. China last week made its largest cancellation of pork orders since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, halting a shipment of…
