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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Dan Grossman
The online chat forum Reddit may not be the best place to find attributable data. But if it's opinion and sentiment you're looking for, then it's perfect. Reddit is where Scripps News met Paul Douglas. In October, he visited Disneyland, rode the rides, got some merchandise, and had a quintessential American experience — the last U.S. experience according to him, at least for the next four years.
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2 weeks ago | 
mirrorindy.org | Dan Grossman
John Clark, 64, is an artist, writer and creator of the Indy zine “pLopLop.” He has a thing for transforming old paintings. He might take a thrifted painting of a sailboat, for example, and paint a colorful bird peeking over its sail. On May 9 and May 10, you can enter into Clark’s playful, surrealistic world at “I Painted Too Much!, a Pop-up Show and Sale” featuring nearly 400 paintings, plus drawings, sketchbooks and memorabilia at Storage Space Gallery.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Dan Grossman
From tariffs to government layoffs and significant stock market fluctuations, uncertainty surrounds the economy during President Donald Trump’s second term. On his third day in office, Trump announced his economic intentions at the World Economic Forum, a declaration that has since shaped the landscape of the economy during his first 100 days. “If you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then very simply you will have to pay a tariff,” President Trump said.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Dan Grossman
Americans continue to have a bleak outlook on the economy. Consumer sentiment fell for the fourth straight month, according to a survey from the University of Michigan. The index of consumer sentiment in April was 52.2, down 8% from March and down 32% from January.
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4 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Emily Hanford-Ostmann |Dan Grossman
In a tariff game of who will blink first, President Donald Trump is posturing that his gaze will be the strongest. "I have great respect for China, but they can't do this," President Trump said from the Oval Office earlier this month. "We're going to have one shot at this, and no other president's going to do this — what I'm doing."The "this" he's referring to is hitting dozens of countries with new tariffs, but none more than China, with tariffs on products from the country now pushed to 145%.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Dan Grossman
The back-and-forth U.S.-China tariffs escalation shows no sign of slowing down. The U.S. has now imposed tariffs of 145% on goods from China. Beijing countered by raising tariffs on American imports to 125%. "This is two very large countries going at each other. And if it doesn't stop very quickly, then I don't think it's going to stop really at all," said economist Sasha Tomic. Consumers are already starting to see the impacts. Take Chinese tech company Anker.
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1 month ago | 
kbzk.com | Simon Kaufman |Dan Grossman
The back-and-forth U.S.-China tariffs escalation shows no sign of slowing down. The U.S. has now imposed tariffs of 145% on goods from China. Beijing countered by raising tariffs on American imports to 125%. "This is two very large countries going at each other. And if it doesn't stop very quickly, then I don't think it's going to stop really at all," said economist Sasha Tomic. Consumers are already starting to see the impacts. Take Chinese tech company Anker.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Jennifer Glenfield |Dan Grossman
At least one industry is cheering the efforts behind the Trump administration's reciprocal tariffs — warm water shrimpers. Shrimpers in the U.S. have been fighting a losing battle with imported shrimp for years, but now they see a step in the right direction to balance the industry.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Dan Grossman
Americans will likely look back at the past week as one that was pivotal in shaping the U.S. economy and remaking the world trade order. But they'll have to wait to gauge to what extent it changes. "There's been so much economic news this week, it's hard to get a sense of what's big, what's huge, and what's humongous," said University of Michigan professor of economics and public policy Justin Wolfers. The new tariffs that President Trump announced on Wednesday, were humongous, Wolfers said.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Dan Grossman
Buying a new car has never been more expensive. The average sticker price was just over $48,000 in February, according to Kelley Blue Book. With President Donald Trump's tariffs, that price is expected to rise by thousands more. "Yes, cars are more expensive than they were a generation ago, but we didn't have things like a square inside the dash that can tell you where you are and where to go at any given moment," said Brian Moody, executive editor of Kelley Blue Book.
