Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory.

A divided three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of International Trade in Manhattan on Thursday granted a request by a group of small businesses and two dozen mostly Democrat-led states to vacate the tariffs.

President Trump’s tariffs aren’t working as advertised. Taxes on imports can’t shrink the trade deficit, significantly boost U.S. manufacturing or improve the lot of most ordinary Americans. At the macro level,

Trump also has vowed to bring some of China’s human rights abuses back into the spotlight, with the imprisonment of political prisoners. The president has vowed to address the imprisonment of high-profile individuals, including Ezra Jin Mingri, a Christian pastor; Hong Kong political activist Jimmy Lai; and Gulshan Abbas, a Uyghur doctor.

President Trump said he would balance the federal budget "overnight." In reality, debt is now approaching the highest level in U.S. history.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claimed red states were "oppressed" compared to New York City, praising its public transit, teachers and sanitation workers.

The Big Money Show’ debates President Donald Trump’s deadline for the EU to meet trade deal terms after warning of higher tariffs.