[#  item_content] A draft document outlines steep cuts or the elimination of funding for programs that provide child care, housing assistance, foreign aid and health research. NYT >… Read More »Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs

[#  item_content] President Trump said that “we’re meeting with China” on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken… Read More »China Rejects Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi

[#  item_content] The Times heard from hundreds of American companies, most of them small businesses, that face a reckoning because of President Trump’s steep import taxes. NYT >… Read More »Uncertainty Over Trump’s Tariffs Paralyzes U.S. Businesses

[#  item_content] Small investors in Britain and Ireland have fallen prey to companies selling casks that turn out to be untraceable or nonexistent. NYT > Business�

[#  item_content] An American business group said that Chinese officials had been surveying companies about American products that are crucial to their supply chains. NYT > Business�

[#  item_content] The markets face a baffling prospect: continual disruptions from the White House with potentially severe consequences. NYT > Business�

[#  item_content] Israel developed new artificial intelligence tools to gain an advantage in the war. The technologies have sometimes led to fatal consequences. NYT > Business�

[#  item_content] Washington and Beijing increasingly look likely to de-escalate their trade war. But the economic damage and ongoing uncertainty may persist for a while. NYT > Business�