We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff thanks to a gesture of good will from Yankees to the Old South in 1913 ...

The first shots of the trade war between the United States and Canada have been fired. Whether it escalates beyond the ...

Canadian officials have said that the goods have been selected with an eye to maximizing the effect of their retaliation in ...

Tariffs can only go so far. There is only so high one can lift them before they begin to stifle economic activity, making ...

Washington Post economic columnist Heather Long said, “Trump’s trade war is here. Trump says today he will ‘absolutely’ be imposing tariffs on Europe soon, too.” Earlier on Friday, Long noted that it ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday offered vague details on his plans to impose tariffs on goods coming from Canada, ...

The Stars and Stripes Museum hosted their free monthly program Saturday, and this time, the theme was the Civil War. Missouri ...

But those tariffs were the main source of income for a long time. What changed? Well, from the late 19th century onwards, the size of the American state expanded. Paying for the Civil War was ...