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Doubt, uncertainty drove stock trades since Trump enacted tariffs

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days to more than 75 U.S. trading partners except for China, whose tariff rate he said will increase to 125%, effective immediately.U.S. markets reacted favorably, surging higher in afternoon trading. The Dow gained nearly 3,000 points and the S&P 500 rose 474. The Nasdaq rose more than 1,800.Trump's decision is the latest is a series of market-wrenching moves that have taken place since the president announced a series of tariffs on April 2. Stock market declines and a...
USA Property

Tesla attacks, vandalism are ‘domestic terrorism,’ says AG Pam Bondi

Uptick in Tesla vandalism amid DOGE backlashElon Musk's Teslas are being vandalized at a higher rate as he faces backlash for federal cuts and firings.U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi echoed President Donald Trump by saying those who vandalize and violently attack Teslas are committing “domestic terrorism.”Bondi, the former Florida Attorney General who Trump nominated as the country’s next attorney general in November, made the comments in a statement on Tuesday evening.“The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism,” Bondi said in the statement.According to...