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West Coast Ports Brace for China Tariffs to Dent Import Volume Within Days
Census Bureau data released on Tuesday showed a surge in U.S. imports starting last fall, from $268 billion at the end of October to $343 billion at the end...

Penske Shakes Up Leadership of South by Southwest
SXSW, which began as a music festival in Austin, Texas, in 1987, has expanded to a two-week event that now features three tracks of programming: music, film and interactive....

How Trump May Unintentionally Cut Carbon Emissions
President Trump has expressed little interest in fighting climate change. One of his key cabinet officials has even sought to evaluate whether humanity benefits from a warming climate, in...

Federal Watchdog Reveals Dozens of Inquiries Into Trump’s Withholding of Funds
An independent federal watchdog has opened more than three dozen investigations into the Trump administration to determine if it has illegally withheld billions of dollars in congressionally approved funds,...

Trump to Sign Executive Order Walking Back Some Auto Tariffs
President Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday that will walk back some tariffs for carmakers, administration officials said, removing some levies that Ford, General Motors and others...

Are Shein and Temu Prices Going Up? What to Know as Trump Ends De Minimis Tariff Loophole
A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and filling customs forms is closing on...

U.S. Gas Industry Pushes Back on Trump Shipbuilding Rules
Another rift has opened between the U.S. oil and gas industry and President Trump, this time over new rules designed to encourage domestic shipbuilding and undermine China’s maritime power.This...

Trump Administration to Use Federal Lands for Affordable Housing
Follow live updates on the Trump administration.During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pledged to quickly bring down prices for American households, including making housing more affordable.“We’re going to...

Adidas Warns Sneakers Will Cost More in the U.S. as Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect
The German sportswear company Adidas said on Tuesday that the increase in tariffs would lead to higher prices for its sneakers and sportswear for U.S. customers.“Since we currently cannot...