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### [Trump’s tariffs are worse than anyone imagined](/finance-and-economics/2025/03/05/trumps-tariffs-are-worse-than-anyone-imagined)
Even his concessions are less generous than expected
Europe
### [The dangerous tension in Europe’s response to Trump](/europe/2025/03/05/the-dangerous-tension-in-europes-response-to-trump)
By trying to stop the rift, Europe may hasten it
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Leaders
### [A fantastic start for Friedrich Merz](/leaders/2025/03/05/a-fantastic-start-for-friedrich-merz)
The incoming chancellor signals massive increases in defence and infrastructure spending
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The world in brief
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**Donald Trump** said he would exempt the big three American **carmakers**—Ford, General Motors and Stellantis—from tariffs covering Canada and Mexico for one month...
In another blow to **Ukraine’s** war effort, John Ratcliffe, the head of the CIA, said that America is stopping intelligence-sharing with Kyiv...
The White House confirmed it was talking to **Hamas** about releasing hostages from **Gaza**...
America’s **Supreme Court** voted 5-4 to deny Mr Trump’s bid to freeze nearly $2bn in foreign-aid spending...
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### [China’s leaders reveal their plan to cope with 2025](/china/2025/03/05/chinas-leaders-reveal-their-plan-to-cope-with-2025)
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### [Lexington: Donald Trump’s Washington reaches a new partisan peak](/united-states/2025/03/05/donald-trumps-washington-reaches-a-new-partisan-peak)
His address to Congress showed that Republicans will follow their leader anywhere, and that Democrats don’t have one
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The game has an increasing number of competitive players
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### [Trump’s armed forces won’t look like Biden’s](/united-states/2025/03/03/trumps-armed-forces-wont-look-like-bidens)
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### [Europe vows to defend Ukraine, but prays for Trump’s support](/europe/2025/03/02/europe-vows-to-defend-ukraine-but-prays-for-trumps-support)
A summit in London is stalked by the fear America will walk away
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### [Rishi Sunak on why Ukraine should get Russia’s frozen assets, not just the interest on them](/by-invitation/2025/02/28/rishi-sunak-on-why-ukraine-should-get-russias-frozen-assets-not-just-the-interest-on-them)
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### [The Telegram: America’s self-isolating president](/international/2025/02/26/americas-self-isolating-president)
No, Donald Trump’s Putin-wooing is not like Nixon going to China
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### [Andrew Cuomo plots a comeback in New York City](/united-states/2025/03/03/andrew-cuomo-plots-a-comeback-in-new-york-city)
The disgraced former governor announces a run for mayor of the Big Apple
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### [AI unleashes a weird new genre of political communication](/culture/2025/02/28/ai-unleashes-a-weird-new-genre-of-political-communication)
Donald Trump’s Gaza video offers a taste of what is to come
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### [The sea is swallowing an African island](/middle-east-and-africa/2025/02/27/the-sea-is-swallowing-an-african-island)
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Business, finance and economics
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### [Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever](/finance-and-economics/2025/03/03/trumps-new-tariffs-are-his-most-extreme-ever)
America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China
### [America is at risk of a Trumpian economic slowdown](/finance-and-economics/2025/03/02/america-is-at-risk-of-a-trumpian-economic-slowdown)
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth
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The second Trump presidency
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### [To make their numbers work, Republicans must slash health spending](/united-states/2025/02/27/to-make-their-numbers-work-republicans-must-slash-health-spending)
Some proposed cuts to Medicaid could mean 20m lose their health insurance
### [America has never had state media like it does today](/united-states/2025/02/27/america-has-never-had-state-media-like-it-does-today)
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are revolutionising presidential communication
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### [Donald Trump should not replace us with his stooges, warns a fired inspector-general](/by-invitation/2025/02/26/donald-trump-should-not-replace-us-with-his-stooges-warns-a-fired-inspector-general)
Mark Greenblatt on the dangers America will face if oversight officials lose their independence
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### [Edward Blum has new allies in his fight against affirmative action](/united-states/2025/02/26/edward-blum-has-new-allies-in-his-fight-against-affirmative-action)
The campaigner has battled race-conscious policy for decades. Now his time has come
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**Technology Quarterly**: March 1st 2025
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### [The age of CRISPR](/technology-quarterly/2025-03-01)
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
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* [→Can gene editing deliver on its promise?](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/gene-editing-has-arrived)
* [→CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/crispr-cures-face-cost-and-safety-concerns)
* [→Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/24/epigenetic-editors-are-a-gentler-form-of-gene-editing)
* [→Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/gene-editing-has-put-biological-research-on-a-new-trajectory)
* [→Eat your GE-greens](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/eat-your-ge-greens)
* [→Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/editing-pigs-mice-and-mosquitoes-may-save-lives)
* [→Designing babies](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/designing-babies)
* [→Gene editing can still change the world](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/gene-editing-can-still-change-the-world)
* [→Acknowledgments](/technology-quarterly/2025/02/26/acknowledgments)
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