Gaping hole blown into Trump's tariff strategy as trade deficit surges

The U.S. trade deficit jumped to its widest level in 17 months in August, a setback for President Donald Trump's push to use tariffs to close it.The deficit, which measures how much more the United States buys from abroad than it sells, climbed 13.7 percent from July to $105.6 billion – the biggest monthly gap since before Trump rolled out...