Trump’s proposed 10% tariff plan would shake up every asset class: Strategist

Trump’s proposed 10% tariff plan would shake up every asset class: Strategist

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in advance of the New Hampshire presidential primary election in Rochester, New Hampshire, U.S., January 21, 2024.  Mike Segar | Reuters Markets need to begin thinking about the structural impact of Donald Trump’s proposed 10% tariff increase, which “shakes up every asset class,” … Read more

Wall Street opposition to Trump collapses, as ‘pipe dream’ of primary defeat ends

Wall Street opposition to Trump collapses, as ‘pipe dream’ of primary defeat ends

In this 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump stands next to Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., left, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Donald Trump surges toward the Republican nomination, many Wall Street executives have made a … Read more

Abortion fight puts Vice President Harris at the center of the 2024 election campaign

Abortion fight puts Vice President Harris at the center of the 2024 election campaign

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is taking center stage in the Democrats’ renewed push for abortion rights during this year’s election and she will mark the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling on Monday in Wisconsin. It will be the first in a series of events hosted by Harris, and it comes … Read more

In Generation Z, a new kind of voter emerges, focused more on issues, less on parties – National

In Generation Z, a new kind of voter emerges, focused more on issues, less on parties – National

When the country next elects a national government, there will be about 4.5 million Canadians under the age of 30 eligible to vote, a group that demographers have labelled Generation Z, and that pollsters here and around the world say engage in politics in different ways than older voters. The arrival of Generation Z — … Read more

Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Donald Trump

Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign event at the Chrome Horse Saloon on January 14, 2024 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday, two days before the New Hampshire primary. … Read more

Haley fires back at Trump attacks as New Hampshire primaries near

Haley fires back at Trump attacks as New Hampshire primaries near

With U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at his side (L), U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a working lunch with ambassadors of countries on the UN Security Council at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2017. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has been throwing harder punches … Read more

Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?

Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?

WASHINGTON — When Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said recently that he was “proud” to have a hand in overturning the abortion protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade, Democratic pollster Celinda Lake took it as a political gift, thinking to herself, “Oh my God, we just won the election.” It may not be that simple, … Read more

What to expect from Trump, Haley and DeSantis

What to expect from Trump, Haley and DeSantis

Campaign signs alongside the highway in Concord, New Hampshire on January 18, 2024. The state’s primary is scheduled for January 23, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images New Hampshire voters head to the polls Tuesday for the first primary election of the 2024 presidential cycle. But if former President Donald Trump has … Read more

Biden’s campaign pushes abortion rights in the 2024 battle with Republicans

Biden’s campaign pushes abortion rights in the 2024 battle with Republicans

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s reelection team is preparing a nationwide series of events and an advertising campaign focused on the battle over abortion rights, highlighting what Democrats believe will be a potent political weapon against likely Republican nominee Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris has led the charge on the issue for the White … Read more

Missouri abortion-rights campaign backs proposal to enshrine access but allow late-term restrictions

Missouri abortion-rights campaign backs proposal to enshrine access but allow late-term restrictions

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri abortion-rights campaign announced Thursday that it’s throwing support behind an amendment to the state constitution that would enshrine access to the procedure while allowing restrictions in later stages of pregnancy. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom said it is committing to a proposal, one of 11 versions, that would let lawmakers … Read more