Posts by Amelia Frost
Trump’s Tariffs Could Worsen Europe’s Economic Slowdown
President Trump’s promise to hit the United States’ trading partners with tit-for-tat tariffs — including penalties for taxes that he claims the European Union unfairly imposes on American imports — could hardly come at a worse time for the continent. Mr. Trump on Thursday signed a memo directing his teams to prepare by April “reciprocal”…
Read MoreTrump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
Skylar Holden, a cattle rancher in Missouri, had signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the Agriculture Department to add fencing and improve the watering system for his property. But after the Trump administration abruptly froze federal funding, Mr. Holden said, he was suddenly out tens of thousands of dollars and on the hook for tens…
Read MoreBrazil’s Lula Threatens ‘Reciprocity’ In US Steel Tariff Row
Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vowed “reciprocity” in response to a 25-percent levy on steel imports announced by US President Donald Trump. “There is no doubt, there will be reciprocity” from Brazil — the second-largest exporter of steel to the United States after Canada, Lula told Radio Clube do Para. Brazil…
Read MoreArkansas Priest Accused of Drowning Cats After Tip Led Police to Find Horrific Setup At His Home
Charles J. Thessing Lawyer Herald An Arkansas priest faces criminal charges for allegedly trapping and then drowning cats. Charles Thessing, 63, a priest at St. Michael Church in West Memphis, faces aggravated animal cruelty charges. Thessing was arrested Tuesday following a tip and now has been suspended by the Diocese of Little Rock, WREG-TV reported.…
Read MoreOverlooked No More: Lena Richard, Who Brought Creole Cooking to the Masses
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1949, as the chef Lena Richard stirred steaming pots of okra gumbo and shrimp bisque on live TV in New Orleans, viewers across the city — mostly white housewives and the…
Read MoreWhich Interest Rate Should You Care About?
Watch out for interest rates. Not the short-term rates controlled by the Federal Reserve. Barring an unforeseen financial crisis, they’re not going anywhere, especially not after the jump in inflation reported by the government on Wednesday. Instead, pay attention to the 10-year Treasury yield, which has been bouncing around since the election from about 4.8…
Read MoreVance, Germany Lock Horns Over Far Right
US Vice-President JD Vance Friday urged Germany’s mainstream political parties to drop resistance to cooperating with the far right, hours after Berlin rejected American “meddling” ahead of its election. “Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters,” said Vance in a speech to the Munich Security Conference. “There’s no room…
Read MoreHow to Back Up All Your Data and Important Documents
In recent weeks, Elon Musk and his aides have gained access to many federal agencies’ systems and unknown amounts of data. Many readers have written in to share their fears that the agencies — and the personal data they possess on hundreds of millions of taxpayers — are now vulnerable. When people tinker with vital…
Read MoreThe Soaring Cost of Eggs Is Hitting Your Local Breakfast Spot
Karen Huebner did not want to raise the price of omelets. Even as she was paying more for eggs week after week, she held prices steady on over-easy dishes and breakfast burritos and other customer favorites at the Hot Grillz Diner, the small restaurant her family owns in Walton Hills, Ohio, about 15 miles southeast…
Read MoreHegseth Warns Europe They Can’t Assume US Military Presence ‘Will Last Forever’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told America’s NATO allies that they cannot assume that the U.S. military presence in Europe “will last forever.” “The American troop levels on the continent are important,” Hegseth said during a news conference Friday in Warsaw with his Polish counterpart, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Politico reported. “What happens five, 10, 15 years from…
Read MoreHow to Become a Millionaire With a Health Savings Account
It’s possible to amass $1 million in special health savings accounts to use in retirement, a new analysis finds, with several big caveats. You have to start young, contribute the maximum each year and leave the money untouched for decades instead of spending it on medical needs. Health savings accounts, known as H.S.A.s, let people…
Read MoreTrump Is Newly Unleashed on Trade, With Global Consequences
President Trump is pursuing a far more aggressive trade policy than he embraced in his first term, allowing his unfettered instincts about how to put America at the forefront to guide him with little pretense of investigations or extended deliberations. Since taking office, Mr. Trump has threatened tariffs on goods from potentially every global trading…
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