U.S. & World

Countries seeking to sell goods to the United States will now face taxes as high as 54% based on how the White House is calculating duties on U.S. exports.

The EC president said that Trump’s move was a “major blow” to the world economy.

A group of Senate Republicans delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, helping to pass a resolution to block his tariffs on Canadian products as he escalated his broader trade war.

The announcement, which came alongside a set of sweeping new tariffs, gives customs officials, retailers and logistics companies a month to prepare.

Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3% chance of smacking Earth in 2032.

Construction crews in Vienna revealed Wednesday intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire.

After weeks of anticipation and speculation, President Donald Trump followed through on his reciprocal tariff threats by declaring on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States.

A new death in connection with January’s wildfires has been confirmed, raising the death toll to 30, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner’s office said on Wednesday. With the new death, a total of 18 lives were taken by the Eaton Fire and 12 were taken by the Palisades Fire. The fires devastated the region, displacing thousands....

Former NFL player Antonio Brown and other parents on social media are defending Georgia dad Chris Louis.

It’s time to celebrate National Burrito Day, and some of your favorite Mexican restaurants are dishing out deals to celebrate.

Ireland has the strongest passport in the world, according to the Nomad Passport Index 2025.

A California man’s attorneys say he’ll plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C. In a court filing Wednesday, lawyers for Nicholas John Roske say he intends to plead guilty to attempting to murder a justice of the United States at a hearing next week. The char...

The tariff policies risk causing an economic slowdown as consumers and businesses could face sharp price hikes on autos, clothes and other goods.