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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to go to war with government red tape. But they will face formidable foes — and perhaps not just from the "unelected bureaucrats" they often pillory.

Most Americans aren't sure what tariffs are, and they're conflicted about whether they matter or not.

It took Donald Trump three weeks to provide his first concrete signal that he is serious about imposing new tariffs, setting up a flurry of diplomatic and legal maneuverings in the weeks and months to come.