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US firm BlackRock poised to acquire Panama Canal ports

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President Jose Raul Mulino has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when he said in his address to Congress that his administration was “reclaiming” the Panama Canal. Trump was referencing a deal announced Tuesday for a consortium led by the U.S. ...

Trump wants to use ‘God Squad’ to increase logging in national forests

President Donald Trump wants to increase logging in national forests and on public lands, including by bypassing endangered species protections. To do that, the federal government would have to activate a seldom-used committee nicknamed the “God Squad” because it can approve federal ...

Wall Street falls again

Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out all the gains since Election Day for the S&P 500. The Trump administration imposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday and doubled ...

Trump: 25% tariffs on Mexican, Canadian imports to start today

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that 25% taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada would start today, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war that already showed signs of pushing up inflation and hindering growth. "Tomorrow — tariffs 25% on Canada and 25% ...

Tariff worries pressure stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled Monday and wiped out even more of their gains since President Donald Trump ’s election in November, after he said that tariffs announced earlier on Canada and Mexico would take effect within hours. The S&P 500 dropped 1.8% after Trump said there was ...