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President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump pushes back at new TACO acronym that says he ‘Always Chickens Out’—’It’s called negotiation’

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

Donald Trump gestures

Middle East investment promises balloon to $7 trillion as Trump keeps jacking up the number

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to journalists after his phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Sirius Park of Science and Art outside Sochi, Russia, on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks will begin immediately following call with Putin

By Zeke Miller, Josh Boak, and others

FILE -Shoppers outside a Walmart store, Feb. 7, 2025, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski), File)

Trump’s tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more, his Treasury chief acknowledges

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

A Walmart store is shown, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump tells Walmart to ‘EAT THE TARIFFS’ after retail giant warns on price hikes from higher import taxes

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

Donald Trump

Trump softens on China trade war, suggesting an 80% tariff ‘seems right’

By Seung Min Kim, Josh Boak, and others

President Donald Trump, center, with from l-r., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Vice President JD Vance, and Britian’s ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, making remarks on a trade deal between U.S. and U.K. in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump cuts tariffs on U.K. cars, steel and aluminum but keeps 10% base duty while Britain trims its taxes on 2,500 U.S. products

By Josh Boak, Chris Megerian, and others

FILE – U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump’s conflicting statements confuse tariff picture—is it ‘strategic uncertainty’ or is he unclear what he wants?

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump engage in a meeting at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian PM Mark Carney and President Donald Trump agree to disagree about Canada becoming the 51st state: ‘It won’t be for sale. Ever.’

By Rob Gillies, Josh Boak, and others

Donald Trump at podium

Trump’s 2026 budget claws back $163 billion in domestic spending while boosting national security

By Lisa Mascaro, Josh Boak, and others

President Donald Trump arrives to welcome the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team to the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says his relief on 25% auto tariffs is bid to help carmakers ‘during this little transition’ to building in U.S.

By Josh Boak, Alexa St. John, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 30: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters from the Resolute Desk after signing an executive order to appoint the deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump also signed a memorandum ordering an immediate assessment of aviation safety and ordering an elevation of what he called “competence” over “D.E.I.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s own contradictions on his tariff plan could lead to enormous consequences for Americans

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart of “reciprocal tariffs” while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Half of Americans are very worried the U.S. is headed toward a recession—and point the finger to Trump’s tariffs

By Josh Boak, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, and others

Javid Moghaddasnia, director of customer engagement, discusses American Giant clothing while being interviewed at the company’s showroom in San Francisco, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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3 in 4 Americans think Trump’s trade policies will increase prices: ‘This whole tariff war is just a losing situation’

By Josh Boak, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, and others

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump doubles down on claim he can remove Fed chair Jerome Powell: ‘If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast’

By Christopher Rugaber, Aamer Madhani, and others