MadAboutPolitics.com - Featured News

What’s most striking about President Trump’s tariff war is that he’s being pressured by some of his closest advisers and supporters to end the crusade that has upended the world economy.

It’s not just media conservatives like Ben Shapiro, Rich Lowry, Ben Domenech and the Wall Street Journal editorial page. It’s longtime wealthy donors like Ken Langone, co-founder of Home Depot, who denounced the tariffs and cited the 46 percent levy on Vietnam as an example of "bull****," telling the Financial Times that "right now what everybody’s terrified of is a...

The tariffs are a huge blow for countries like Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia that rely on exports.

Four people died and six were seriously injured when two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast in 2023.

The UK is now a major market for cocaine in Europe - and that's affecting people around the world.

Peter Navarro had described Musk's electric car company as a "car assembler" rather than manufacturer.

The BBC's James Landale looks at how Iran might respond to Trump's threat to agree to a deal or face military action

President Trump's tariffs on imports from dozens of countries came into force Wednesday, including 104% on goods from China, dramatically ramping up a potential global trade war. The tariffs took hold at 12:01 a.m. EDT.

Asian financial markets resumed their slide, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 falling 5%.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a fifth straight day of losses on Wall Street, with S&P 500 futures down 2.17%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures off 1.89% and Nasdaq Composite futures 2.12% lower as of 1:20 a.m., according to Yahoo Finance.

Following...

Business owners say the rapid change in US trade policy, including major tariffs on China, has left operations in flux.

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariffs on global imports into the United States take effect Wednesday, reshuffling a global economic order that has largely stood for generations.

The mere announcement of the duties last week sent shock waves through global markets and caused trillions of dollars in paper losses. Now, consumers and investors alike will begin to gauge the actual impact on the U.S. economy as the cost of the import taxes starts to flow through supply chains and into businesses and household budgets.

The average tariff faced...

The country of Liechtenstein is tucked away in a valley between the Swiss and Austrian Alps. It's so tiny you could fit it four times over into New York City and still have room to spare.

But in trade, it punches above its weight.

This alpine paradise is home to several world-class makers of premium products, and that's made it a target for President Trump's tariffs.

Among the country's exports are power tools, cables, connectors and high-quality fillings and false teeth. Everything will now have a tariff imposed at the US border of 37% — which...

More than 150 people are injured as rescuers continue search for survivors in Santo Domingo.

Four people died and six were seriously injured when two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast in 2023.

The AP was prevented from accessing the White House over its continued use of the term "Gulf of Mexico" in its coverage.

Efforts are now under way to recover the animals and bury them to prevent further spread.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says Indian start-ups need to focus more on deep-tech innovations.