Posts by Amelia Frost
Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
[ad_1] After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and somewhat surprising response: “So what?” The question underscored the Trump administration’s argument that America has the upper hand in a trade war with China given how reliant its economy is on exports to the United…
Read MoreAutoworkers Union Chief Gives Trump’s Tariffs a Mixed Review
[ad_1] The head of the United Automobile Workers union voiced partial support on Thursday for the Trump administration’s tariffs, saying targeted duties on other countries could help bring some manufacturing jobs back to the United States. But the union’s president, Shawn Fain, described President Trump’s across-the-board global tariffs as “reckless.” In an address to U.A.W.…
Read MoreUS Firm Says It Brought Back Extinct Dire Wolves
[ad_1] They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively — they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species. A Texas startup called Colossal Biosciences made a big splash this week by releasing footage of canines they say are dire wolves, a species…
Read MoreUber’s Annual Lost and Found List Includes a Mannequin Head and Chain Saw
[ad_1] It may surprise some to learn that New York is the most forgetful city when it comes to ride shares. So says Uber, which has released its ninth annual Lost & Found Index — a hilarious, surprising and occasionally gross list of stuff riders left behind in cars last year. (Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles…
Read MoreMan Utd And Spurs Draw In Europa League, Rangers Hold Athletic
[ad_1] Manchester United conceded in stoppage time to draw 2-2 away to Lyon on a bad night for goalkeeper Andre Onana in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday, while Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 with Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers held Athletic Bilbao. The build-up to United’s game in France had been dominated…
Read MoreChallenge to Trump’s Tariffs Funded by Groups Linked to Charles Koch and Leonard Leo
[ad_1] Among those opposed to President Trump’s tariffs on imports from China: a legal group funded by some of the biggest names in conservative politics. Last week, a Florida business owner challenged the Trump administration’s moves in court, arguing that her company, Simplified, which makes notebooks and planners, was harmed by the dramatic trade war…
Read MoreTikTok Fuels ByteDance Revenue As US Ban Looms: Report
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump says tariffs that he imposed on China derailed a deal that was coming together for China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s operations in the United States AFP TikTok’s international revenue boomed last year as China-based parent ByteDance faced a deadline to sell the app or have it banned in the United…
Read MoreStocks Fall as Tariff Pause Fails to Quell Wall Street’s Worries
[ad_1] The stock market resumed its slide on Thursday, as the White House clarified that Chinese imports would face a tariff of 145 percent, prompting renewed investor angst over an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The S&P 500 fell 3.5 percent, a day after recording its best gain since 2008. The…
Read MoreStunt Design Becomes a New Oscars Award Category
[ad_1] There will soon be a new category at the Oscars: achievement in stunt design. Starting with movies released in 2027, for the ceremony the following year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor the people who make some of the most memorable and audience-pleasing moments. It is recognition that to many…
Read MorePressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
[ad_1] Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were allowed into the country under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Now, the administration is taking drastic steps to pressure some of those immigrants and others who had legal status to “self-deport”…
Read MorePatients Need Trump To Keep Medicines Exempt From Tariffs
[ad_1] The White House recently imposed sweeping new tariffs on a wide variety of imported goods. The good news for patients is that pharmaceutical products are not subject to these so-called “reciprocal tariffs” — for now. But that soon may change, as President Donald Trump has suggested that we’ll still see pharma-specific tariffs “at some…
Read MoreVideo Shows Helicopter Poking Out of Hudson River Moments After Crashing Into Frigid Water
[ad_1] A helicopter carrying at least six passengers crashed into the Hudson River near New York City on Thursday, authorities reported. BREAKING: A helicopter crashed in the Hudson River near New York City on Thursday afternoon, and fatalities have been reported, law enforcement sources told ABC News. At least four people were on board, according…
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