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By Bryan Mena and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s barrage of policy changes is paralyzing American consumers and businesses — and that’s already hurting the economy. “The collective impact in the short run is that people are

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Ruth Marcus, who recently resigned as a Washington Post columnist after four decades, said she parted ways with the paper following a spiked opinion piece on the paper’s billionaire owner because her job is to tell readers “what I think, not what Jeff Bezos thinks I should

CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for

By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The cost of food in the US increased significantly amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the steep inflation that followed. While prices have stabilized more recently, new factors have already driven up the costs for eggs and threaten to increase them for other common household foods. The price of eggs

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation slowed more than expected in February and cooled for the first time in four months, but that progress may be short lived as President Donald Trump ramps up his trade war, which threatens to increase prices for Americans. The Consumer Price Index, which measures price changes across commonly

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — American consumers – and their wallets – are the engine of the economy. But they’re now showing the strain of inflation, President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a stock market plunge. That’s a problem because consumer spending accounts for roughly 70% of the US economy. Consumers proved resilient

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for Americans.

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta is once again facing allegations from a former employee that a growth-at-all-costs culture has caused offline harm. A new book called “Careless People,” published Tuesday by former executive-turned-whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, provides a detailed account of her six years at the company, offering an insider’s perspective into

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — It was an extraordinary scene at the White House South Lawn Tuesday. President Donald Trump effectively held a combination press conference and live Tesla ad outside the White House, accompanied by the company’s CEO and Department of Government Efficiency Head Elon Musk – all in front of

CNN By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US markets seesawed Tuesday amid another tariff roller coaster ride. All three major indexes dropped after President Donald Trump doubled down early Tuesday on his threat to levy a new round of hefty tariffs on Canada. Yet by the afternoon, markets had pared some losses as

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — A Florida circuit judge on Monday denied the Pulitzer Board’s request to pause a defamation lawsuit from Donald Trump until the president is out of office. The decision from the 19th Judicial Circuit Court’s Judge Robert L. Pegg late Monday presents a blow to the board, which

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US markets seesawed Tuesday amid another tariff roller coaster ride. All three major indexes dropped after President Donald Trump doubled down early Tuesday on his threat to levy a new round of hefty tariffs on Canada. Yet by the afternoon, markets had pared some losses as officials

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Two recent plane crashes have stoked worries among flyers and prompted some to pull back on air travel plans, according to two of the airlines that had those crashes. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Tuesday morning that the fatal crash of an American Airlines flight

By David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump backed down from an extraordinary trade war escalation Tuesday that had threatened a massive surge in tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and new tariffs on Canadian electricity. In turn, Ontario paused surcharges on electricity to US customers. After the back-and-forth tariff threats

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration’s dizzying back-and-forth on tariffs is paralyzing America’s small businesses as they grow worried about the US economy’s future. The National Federation of Independent Business’ Uncertainty Index climbed in February to its second-highest reading on record, going back to 1973, according to the group’s latest survey

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The latest snapshot of job openings in the US shows that there were 7.74 million available positions at the end of January, signaling renewed optimism from US employers to start the year. The number of job openings rose from December’s downwardly revised total of 7.51 million, according to the