Copper, critical minerals, 'Trump effect' and...

U.S. government debt tops $40 trillion for the first time, adding to fears of a brewing fiscal crisis. The IDF investigates its own troops over five incidents involving the deaths of Palestinians, including the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza. A cancer vaccine for m ...  Show more

Canada gets a last-minute reprieve from new U.S. tariffs. A new poll finds most Americans think President Trump and his family are cashing in on the presidency. Disney takes the Trump administration to court over what it calls politically motivated attacks over its broadcast lice ...  Show more

First: Trade war. Trump slaps sweeping new tariffs on American adversaries and friends. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on what it means for you. Plus: The political blowback and another dizzying week. Trump unveils a strict hiring freeze and FBI purge and a botched fund ...  Show more

Tariffs and Trade Policies: President Trump has implemented tariffs on various countries to protect American jobs and industries. Despite media criticism, Trump's approval ratings have increased, particularly among young voters, independents, Democrats, and black voters. The tari ...  Show more

Just as soon as President Donald Trump started applying sweeping tariffs on trading partners, legal challenges to them started piling up. We listen in on the Supreme Court proceedings that might end them. America’s gender gap in labour-force participation is growing for the first ...  Show more

As Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs take effect, our correspondent explains how one of America’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2025/04/04/apple-gets-caught-in-a-trade-war-nightmare?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_conten ...