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A Tumult Over Tariffs

The power to lay and collect duties on trade is the first power the Constitution grants to Congress and emerges, 236 years later, as a major question as voters prepare to go to the polls.

President Trump at the Economic Club of New York, September 5, 2024.
President Trump at the Economic Club of New York, September 5, 2024. AP/Alex Brandon