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  • President Donald Trump speaks during an "Invest in America" roundtable with business leaders at the White House, Monday, June 9, 2025, in Washington.Economy

    Trump’s tax bill backfire: Foreign companies could avoid U.S. investment over steep hikes

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought speaks to reporters at the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    White House asks Congress to claw back all of $9.4 billion in approved spending targeted by DOGE

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • 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 the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Republican senators, investors and even Elon Musk have doubts that Trump can fix the national debt

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • 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)Politics

    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 gesturesPolitics

    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)Politics

    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)Retail

    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)Economy

    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 TrumpPolitics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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 podiumPolitics

    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)Finance

    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)Politics

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

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press