Olivier Knox

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President Donald Trump’s global trade war enters a new era this weekend, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer kick off talks in Switzerland with China’s top economic official. The high-stakes discussions – seemingly the first significant person-to-person talks since Trump imposed tariffs of 145% on Chinese goods earlier this year and Beijing retaliated with duties of 125% on American products – come as those tariffs threaten to smother Sino-U.S. commerce.

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A small band of lawmakers has lined up behind legislation that would curtail President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs, challenging the White House on what has emerged as a defining theme of his second term. One of them is Rep. Jeff Hurd, a Republican from Colorado.

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President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz – turning the national park and museum in San Francisco Bay back into the notorious island prison it once was. But Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman says a better move would be to restore current jails and prisons. “You don't need so much Alcatraz as you need a serious investment in jails and probably prisons,” Hochman says by telephone.

1 week ago | usnews.com | Olivier Knox

President Donald Trump envisions a world in which Americans pay more for fewer goods, he may or may not have to follow the Constitution, he won’t seek an unconstitutional third term and he may extend TikTok’s lease on life in the United States. Those are just a few of the takeaways from Trump’s latest interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, a wide-ranging exchange in which he takes responsibility for the state of the economy – for the good parts, anyway.

1 week ago | usnews.com | Olivier Knox

Rep. Tom Suozzi is a longtime Democrat. But that doesn’t mean he’s solely focused on President Donald Trump. He thinks his party needs to lean in on messaging for the future, not just on opposing the current president. Suozzi, 62, represents New York’s third congressional district, a position he first held from 2017 to 2022 before he left for an unsuccessful bid for the New York governorship in 2022.