Molly Ball
Senior Political Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Molly Ball
Both parties’ transformations on tariff issues have been whiplash-inducing to longtime players in the trade space. “The shift in elected Republicans’ attitudes on tariffs has been one of the most remarkable I’ve seen on any issue,” said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a nonprofit supported by the steelworkers’ union that lobbies for protectionist policies. Read more:
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Molly Ball
As GOP bends to the president’s populist vision, laissez-faire is out of styleThis week, a Republican senator tried to get his colleagues to stand up for free trade—and failed. Just two fellow Republicans joined Sen. Rand Paul’s resolution to repeal the worldwide tariffs President Trump imposed last month in a Wednesday vote, while 49 opposed the move.
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2 weeks ago |
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The White House tempered its position on key issues this week, as polling suggests voters are souring on Trump’s steering of the economyThis week, President Trump said he had “no intention” of seeking the ouster of the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell—despite having called for his “termination” just a few days earlier. Hours later, he allowed that tariffs on China were “not going to be that high”—weeks after escalating them to 145%.
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1 month ago |
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Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:14 / 1:46When Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet held a town hall in Golden, Colo., on Wednesday, he expected to hear from people enraged by what’s happening in Washington. But the name on his angry constituents’ lips wasn’t necessarily Donald Trump. For some, it was the head of the Senate Democrats, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
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