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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC on March 19, 2025.

Trump’s Latest Tariff Stunt May Be His Most Deranged Yet

The president’s trade war frenzy continues, now framed as liberation—only without the nylons and cigarettes.

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Trump stands at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.

His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.

An illustration of Donald Trump pouring gasoline on an electric car and getting ready to light it on fire, symbolizing his desire to kill the electric car industry

Is the American Electric Car Already Dead?

Trump is cutting power to the EV industry. It’s unclear if it can recover.