The YouTuber’s line of chocolate bars are getting hit by new taxes on imports. MrBeast said on X that for products sold outside the US, it would be cheaper to produce them abroad given the trade war Trump created.
“A random price hike was pretty brutal ngl,” he wrote in a follow up post. “We’ll figure it out. I feel for small businesses though. Could really be a nail in the coffin for them.”
Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to blow up Shein’s supply chain, which heavily depends on Chinese manufacturing. Bloomberg reports that the Chinese government didn’t like Shein’s plans to move some of its manufacturing out of China — Shein wants to avoid tariffs as much as it can, and the Chinese government reportedly is looking to minimize manufacturing job losses.
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Here at The Verge we’ve extensively covered how Google giveth and Google taketh away — website traffic, that is. Independent sites in particular are vulnerable to traffic dips that they may never recover from, and Google’s constantly shifting search algorithms mean website operators are forced to play a game of cat and mouse. Now they’re up against AI search results.
CBS News put together charts that track the price of commonly imported goods, like avocados, lumber, and cars. Economists warn that Trump’s taxes on imports will drive up costs for consumers.
Some tariff-related increases may not be felt for a while. You can keep tabs on pricing changes yourself using the regularly-updated tracker below.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case against Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December. Federal executions have become rarer, but Donald Trump has made the death penalty part of his platform.
The company is getting rid of a feature it introduced less than a year ago that gave users the ability to leave semiprivate and disappearing comments on grid posts and Reels. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the feature wasn’t widely adopted, and that the platform has become “too complicated” over the years.
CIA director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, FBI Director Kash Patel, and others are testifying today before the House Intelligence Committee. Unsurprisingly, a good amount of the hearing is centered around Signalgate, with most questions coming from Democrats. Watch a recording below.
