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Catherine Rampell

New York

Opinion Columnist at The Washington Post

Special Correspondent at PBS NewsHour

Evening Co-Host at The Weekend Show

Syndicated op-ed columnist @washingtonpost, commentator @cnn, special correspondent @newshour. Previously econ/theater NYT. Econ, immigration, tax, politics etc

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  • 1 week ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Catherine Rampell

    By Catherine Rampell Who will tell the emperor he’s buck naked? Not his Cabinet. Not his donors or corporate executives. And certainly not Congress. After President Donald Trump launched his multifront trade war – leading to one of the worst market massacres since World War II – his closest confidants and aides have been unwilling to call him out or rein him in. Worse, some have egged him on.

  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Catherine Rampell

    Trump is killing one of our strongest exports (washingtonpost.com) Trump is killing one of our strongest exports By Catherine Rampell 2025041511002300 President Donald Trump says he wants to reduce our trade deficit. Yet he's destroying one of our winningest exports: higher education. Colleges and universities are among America's most competitive international exporters.

  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Drew Goins |Molly Roberts |Catherine Rampell

    How to escape the era of ‘TikTok tourism’ (washingtonpost.com) How to escape the era of ‘TikTok tourism’ By Drew Goins; Molly Roberts; Catherine Rampell 2025041412000000 Tourism to the United States has dipped in response to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration and uninviting foreign policy positions. Meanwhile, the president's tariff agenda is making some Americans too anxious about their finances to travel.

  • 1 week ago | santacruzsentinel.com | Catherine Rampell

    These tariffs, just not those tariffs. This has been the mealymouthed critique of President Donald Trump’s trade wars from many Democrats this past week. They awkwardly triangulate between bashing Trump’s catastrophic ideas and touting support for their own similarly spirited, if scaled-down, ideas. No wonder their message is falling flat. Trump’s current tariff regime — including “only” 10%  levies on 70 countries, plus 145% on China — will devastate the U.S. economy.

  • 1 week ago | keysnews.com | Catherine Rampell

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Catherine Rampell
Catherine Rampell @crampell
11 Apr 25

RT @BridgetCambria8: Welp. This morning (at 1am) my US citizen wife received an email notice revoking her (never applied for) “parole?” and…

Catherine Rampell
Catherine Rampell @crampell
10 Apr 25

got a head start on the "exploding the economy" bit

Howard Lutnick
Howard Lutnick @howardlutnick

The Golden Age is coming. We are committed to protecting our interests, engaging in global negotiations and exploding our economy.

Catherine Rampell
Catherine Rampell @crampell
9 Apr 25

RT @mattyglesias: Together we can crush neoliberalism https://t.co/kNlT0hbsL5