The tariff threats against major trading partners preview geopolitical strategies that Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent has articulated, with a dash of corruption thrown in.
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Blood and Treasure
Today on TAP: The infighting grows fierce as Trump keeps searching for a Treasury secretary.
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The Bulls in Trump’s China Shop
Today on TAP: His China policy nominees are a relative oasis of competence, with a mix of sensible policy ideas and outlandish ones.
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Crypto-Backed California Republican Attacks Opponent for Owning Crypto
It’s part of a Vietnamese-language red-baiting campaign by Rep. Michelle Steel, who faces a stiff challenge in California’s 45th Congressional District against veteran and pharmacy owner Derek Tran.
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Cutting Through the Granite
Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former Biden antitrust official, is bringing a message of fighting corporate power to New Hampshire’s notoriously prickly voters.
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Trump’s Made-in-China Bibles
Today on TAP: The imperative of Trump’s price-gouging (selling $3 Bibles for $59.99) meets the Holy Word.
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Harris Has a Manufacturing Agenda—in a Fact Sheet
Her speech on the economy was guarded. The details laid out by the campaign paint a brighter picture.
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Everything You Wanted to Know About World War III but Were Afraid to Ask
For generations, we thought fear of nuclear holocaust would prevent world war. Is that faith obsolete?
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White House Takes Action on Trade Loophole Exploited by Chinese E-Commerce
Shein and Temu make hundreds of millions of shipments using a de minimis exemption from tariffs and inspections. That could be coming to an end.
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Donald Trump Doesn’t Know What Donald Trump Is Doing
Tariffs are a good example of the fact-free abandon of today’s Republican Party.
