HITTING “PAUSE”: Donald Trump blinked in the face of world economic turmoil and placed a 90-day pause on his draconian “reciprocal” import tariffs. The stock markets that lost trillions of dollars in value over the previous four trading days immediately rebounded, …

TRADE WAR: China today responded to  President Trump’s 104 percent tariff on their goods with an 84 percent tariff on US-made goods brought into China. The Chinese government swears it is not backing down as the world economy and financial system tremble.   The …

Trump’s Great Day: The Trump administration won two big immigration arguments before the Supreme Court — at least temporarily — as the court ruled that the government can legally use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport suspected Venezuelan gang …

THERE WILL BE BLOOD: While the President played golf in Florida, administration officials were on the airwaves yesterday defending his steep import tariffs, but market futures indicate another major selloff today. Futures on the Dow Jones are down nearly 700 points. …

MARKET BLOODBATH: US financial markets lost an estimated five trillion dollars in value in the two days since President Donald Trump announced new tariffs and opened a trade war with the world. Yesterday alone the Dow Jones dropped more than 2200 …

TRADE WAR !!: China announced today that it’s putting a 34 percent tariff on American-made goods in retaliation for President Trump’s own drastic tariffs. The Chinese also added 11 US companies to its list of “unreliable entities,” effectively barring them from …

TRADE WAR !!: President Trump waited yesterday until after the financial markets closed to announce a baseline 10 percent tariff on all goods imported to the US from every country in the world plus more punitive tariffs of two or three …

TIPPING THE BALANCE: Liberal candidate Susan Crawford won a seat on the Wisconsin supreme court, tipping the court to a 4-3 liberal majority and trouncing her opponent backed by Donald Trump and $20 million in support from Tesla billionaire Elon Musk.   Crawford …

MOOD SWINGS: Elections today in Florida and Wisconsin are being watched as a referendum on the first two months of the Trump administration.   Florida is electing two replacement members of Congress and Wisconsin is voting on a new supreme court justice. …

AFTERMATH: Hope is fading for anyone trapped and still alive in the rubble left by Myanmar’s massive earthquake on Friday. Already nearly 1700 people are confirmed dead, mostly in Myanmar but some also in neighboring Thailand where a 30-story building under …