Initially Peter Navarro got the blame for the current disaster that is Trump’s trade policy, but the insanity now reveals its arcane origin. "Trump is stupid, erratic and weak," Paul Krugman, one of the country's most prominent economists and a Nobel laureate, wrote. [8]In November 2024, Miran published A User's Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System,[9] examining tools for reshaping international trade following Donald Trump's reelection. Analysts have hypothesized that the tariffs in the second Trump administration could be following this paper to end in the so-called "Mar-a-Lago Accord". Miran has asserted that the "economic consensus" against tariffs is "wrong," and claims that most tariff models do not account for trade deficits.

Peter Dykstra has worked on environmental issues for decades. He is based in Conyers, Ga., and is a former publisher and weekend editor at Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate. He is a contributor to Public Radio International’s Living On Earth.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― House Republicans adopted a budget resolution on Thursday after conservatives received symbolic assurances from party leaders that they would support deeper spending cuts. The House previously adopted a budget calling for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, only for the Senate to ignore it and send over a budget with only $4 billion in cuts. AdvertisementThe House adopted the Senate budget resolution Thursday after Speaker Mike Johnson assured holdout Republicans that GOP leaders would support deeper spending cuts. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesNotably, Thune did not unequivocally state Senate Republicans were committed to the $1.5 trillion figure. Hard-line House Republicans have howled about the gimmickry, which goes against everything they’ve ever said about fiscal responsibility.

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Tom Williams via Getty ImagesAhead of the vote, Democrats ripped their GOP colleagues for giving up their authority over matters of trade. Advertisement“A vote for this rule is a vote for Trump’s tariffs,” said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). AdvertisementRep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) is the sponsor of a House resolution to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration. Even if the Senate approves a similar resolution killing Trump’s emergency, House lawmakers couldn’t follow suit unless Johnson wanted to do so. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the lone GOP cosponsor of the Senate version of the House resolution, slammed House Republicans for “the audacity and the arrogance” of blocking a vote.

AdvertisementEconomists are puzzled to see Trump trying to overhaul the existing economic order and doing it so soon after inheriting the strongest economy in the world. It’s true that some countries charge higher taxes on imports than the United States does. There is widespread agreement that many American manufacturers couldn’t compete with an influx of cheap imports after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. In 2024, the U.S. trade deficit in goods and services came to a whopping $918 billion, the second-highest amount on record. Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro calls America’s trade deficits “the sum of all cheating’’ by other countries.

As a drag queen who reads and writes children’s books, this was certainly not the first time I have faced attacks, by politicians and otherwise. My second: It’s funny that Greene and other MAGA Republicans have yet to learn that it’s a bad idea to pick a fight with a drag queen. ADVERTISEMENTLargely missing from this political circus, however, was a strong defense of diverse public media. To be clear: I mean no shade to either of these public media leaders, as they were put in a very difficult position. So, it’s time to stand our ground: not only against homophobia, transphobia and censorship, but for diverse public media, libraries, schools and other institutions.

Jena Ardell via Getty ImagesA baby naming pro has listed the name trends she predicts aren’t going anywhere in a hurry – and top of the list is what she’s dubbed “nursing home” names. Jessie Paquette shared a TikTok video in which she admitted that “naming babies like they’re coming out as elderly people” is a trend that’s going to stick around “for a long time”. AdvertisementThe baby naming expert added that such trends are cyclical, so the “old names are always going to come back”. AdvertisementThe trend has been on the rise for some time now with no sign of slowing. “Gender, how we view gender, is going to continue to evolve and I think that’s very far from a short-lived trend,” she added.

In the Caribbean, a planned port fee for ships built in China threatens to inadvertently drive customers away from Beijing. Thanks to the US tariffs, China wants to boost its business with Europe. Show more"What drives me absolutely crazy is that we had China isolated," Rahm Emanuel laments to Jon Stewart on the "Daily Show". China tariff drives Caribbean into Beijing's armsTrump's policy is also creating new opportunities for Xi Jinping in the south of the USA - albeit involuntarily. On the other hand, the same has been said of China, Japan and South Korea.

HuffPost has named Katherine Speller as its new senior editor of family and relationships. Speller was previously the editorial director at Parents, and her work has appeared in SheKnows, Women’s Health, The Daily Dot, WNYC, Public Radio International (PRI), MTV News, Bustle, Thought Catalog and Medium. Speller is a graduate of SUNY — New Paltz. HuffPost Family is a new vertical exploring the lives of modern-day families in all their glory, beyond traditional views or run-of-the-mill parenting content. HuffPost Relationships digs into the ties that bind (and sometimes break) us, including marriage, friendship, sibling dynamics, dating, sex and so much more.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGFederal employees are receiving fresh “deferred resignation” offers in their inboxes as the Trump administration takes another shot at pushing them off the government payrolls. VA workers were given until April 30 to accept, while DHS workers were given until April 14. AdvertisementAs outlined by the administration, workers who take the deferred resignation deal would remain on the payroll through September while performing little or no work. The deferred resignation proposal was initially made to workers in late January. This time, though, she said she’s taking the administration up on its offer of a deferred resignation.

LOADING ERROR LOADING“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart on Monday took down conservatives for continuing to praise President Donald Trump amid economic chaos fueled by his tariffs. AdvertisementStewart turned to a supercut of right-wing figures arguing that people shouldn’t “panic” as stocks continue to dip on Wall Street. “The president did write the book, ‘The Art of the Deal,’” said Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, in an interview on Fox News. Stewart swiftly questioned Republicans for insisting Americans “trust” Trump by bringing out a copy of “The Art of the Deal” and flipping to chapter nine. Oh, oh, yeah, chapter nine, ‘I built the casino in Atlantic City, I’m a business genius.’ Whatever happened to the casino, Donald?” said Stewart of the Trump Plaza hotel and casino, which opened roughly three years before the publication of his 1987 book.

Carolina via UnsplashThere’s been a growing movement addressing a male loneliness epidemic for some time now – and rightly so. An estimated eight million men feel lonely at least once a week, whilst for nearly three million it’s a daily occurrence, according to The Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness. Last year, columnist Jean Guerrero even suggested the epidemic of loneliness is hitting men hardest as “men are less skilled than women at making friends”. Advertisement“Some of the structures of social connection have declined (eg. Riani Kenyon, anthropologist at Canvas8, labels this divide between digital connection and real-life “ambient loneliness”.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is crashing the global economy with arbitrary tariffs against countries around the world, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Congress could stop the tariffs at any time. “It’s time that Congress restores its authorities here,” Bacon said on “Face the Nation.” “And the Constitution is clear, the House and the Senate, Congress has the power of tariffs and taxes. Any bill that Congress passes reasserting its authority over tariffs would likely need a large, veto-proof majority, or a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate. There’s no indication yet that nervous Republicans will bail on Trump’s tariff regime, but that could change if financial markets continue melting down.