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Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds
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Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

  • By LEAH ASKARINAM and LINLEY SANDERS - Associated Press

A new AP-NORC poll shows that while Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, everyday Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the wealthy, according to the survey. Most — about 6 in 10 — think it will do more to hurt than help low-income people. About half say it will do more harm than good for middle-class people and people like them. Republicans have already begun airing advertisements framing the legislation as a tax cut for all Americans, but the new poll indicates that they have some persuading to do.

Trump to put tariffs of over 10% on smaller nations, including those in Africa and the Caribbean
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Trump to put tariffs of over 10% on smaller nations, including those in Africa and the Caribbean

  • By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

President Donald Trump says he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. “We’ll probably set one tariff for all of them,” Trump said Tuesday, adding that it could be “a little over 10% tariff” on goods from at least 100 nations. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick interjected that the nations with goods being taxed at these rates would be in Africa and the Caribbean, places that generally do relatively modest levels of trade with the U.S. and would be relatively insignificant for addressing Trump’s goals of reducing trade imbalances with the rest of the world.