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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an event at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil vows retaliatory tariffs against US if Trump follows through on 50% import taxes

July 11, 2025 at 7:45 a.m.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost...

President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against Bolsonaro

July 9, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics...

FILE – Shoppers shop electric rice cookers imported from Japan and Korea at the H Mart in Niles, Ill., April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

President Trump puts 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, plus new import taxes on five other nations

July 7, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday placed a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos and...

FILE – President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Analysis shows President Donald Trump’s tariffs would cost US employers $82.3 billion

July 2, 2025 at 9:01 a.m.

An analysis finds that a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump’s current tariff plans, a sum that could be...

President Donald Trump arrives for a formal dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A whirlwind 48 hours: How Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together

June 24, 2025 at 4:51 p.m.

In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.

President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen.

Trump holds out reported Israel-Iran ceasefire deal as validation for his gamble of US airstrikes

June 23, 2025 at 8:58 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday declared the “12 day war” between Israel and Iran as likely ending in a ceasefire.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to destroy the country’s nuclear program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump is open to regime change in Iran, after his administration said that wasn’t the goal

June 22, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Sunday called into question the future of Iran's ruling theocracy after a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites, seemingly contradicting his administration's earlier...

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Calgary International Airport, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Calgary, Canada, ahead of the G7 Summit. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump to depart the G7 early as conflict between Israel and Iran shows signs of intensifying

June 16, 2025 at 7:29 p.m.

World leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Canada scrambled Monday to find a way to contain the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

FILE – A Canada flag, left, and an Alberta flag flap in the breeze with Wedge Mountain in the background at the site of the G7 Leaders meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta, June 2, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, file)

As President Trump goes to G7 summit, other world leaders aim to show they’re not intimidated

June 14, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

Trump's return to the White House has disrupted global affairs — with the latest evidence being Israel’s attack on Iran to thwart its nuclear ambitions.

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)

Can President Donald Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk have doubts

June 1, 2025 at 2:32 p.m.

President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax...

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