Tag: Trump
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How New York’s Mayor, Eric Adams, Wooed Donald Trump
Read Latest News Donald J. Trump’s electoral victory alarmed most New York Democrats — but not Eric Adams. For Mr. Adams, the mayor of New York City who had been criminally indicted and faced political isolation, it was a golden opportunity. In the weeks before the presidential inauguration, Mr. Adams cozied up to Mr. Trump,…
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For Canadians Visiting Myrtle Beach, Trump Policies Make the Vibe Chillier
Read Latest News Canadians have long flocked to the South Carolina beach town. This year, many are offended by the president and threatening to stay away. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. At one popular South Carolina beach town, locals are hoping that Southern charm can offset…
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Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
Read Latest News President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the world. Mr. Trump directed the heads of the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, to…
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The Democratic Divide: Would a Shutdown Have Helped or Hurt Trump?
Read Latest News When Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, announced that he would vote with Republicans to clear the way for passage of a stopgap spending bill, he argued that a government shutdown would further empower President Trump and Elon Musk to defund government programs and shrink federal agencies.…
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Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration’s DEI Crackdown to Proceed, but Judges Debate DEI Merits
Read Latest News A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government to go forward by pausing a lower-court ruling in Maryland that had blocked enforcement of a series of President Trump’s executive orders. However, the concurring opinions provided by the three judges…
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Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss
Read Latest News President Trump on Friday opened a third attack against a private law firm, restricting the business activities of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison just days after a federal judge ruled such measures appeared to violate the Constitution. White House officials said the president signed an executive order to suspend security clearances…
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Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries
Read Latest News The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that would be broader than the restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term, according to officials familiar with the matter. A draft list of recommendations developed…
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Trump Administration Opens Leak Investigations
Read Latest News The Trump administration has opened its first known investigations into what it called “politically motivated leaks,” fulfilling promises to pursue the sources of stories involving national security revelations. Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, announced the investigations in a statement on Friday. Among the accusations, she said The Washington Post had…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Tesla lobby Trump trade rep on tariffs
Read Latest News Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on next to U.S. President Donald Trump talking to the media, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Two companies led by billionaire DOGE chief Elon Musk — SpaceX and Tesla — have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade…
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Justices to Consider Trump Request to Lift Nationwide Pause on Birthright Citizenship Order
Read Latest News The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon requested responses from states and groups that have challenged the constitutionality of the president’s order ending birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and foreign residents. The move is a signal that the justices will consider a request by the Trump administration asking the court…
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Trump rebuked by Canada PM Mark Carney on joining U.S.
Read Latest News Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney, with members of his government standing behind him, speaks during a press conference following a swearing-in ceremony of the new Canada’s government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 14, 2025. Blair Gable | Reuters Canada’s new prime minister on Friday quickly rebuked President Donald Trump of the…
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Stocks Rebound After S&P’s Fall Into Correction, but Trump Tariffs Keep Markets on Edge
Read Latest News Stocks on Wall Street rallied on Friday, bouncing off a drop that had left the market in a correction after weeks of selling. The gains weren’t enough to overcome the steep losses from earlier in the week, and the S&P 500 remained in negative territory for the week. The index was up…
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Trump nominee Dr. Oz won’t commit to opposing Medicaid cuts
Read Latest News Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the agency in charge of massive government-run health insurance programs, on Friday declined to commit to opposing future cuts to Medicaid when directly asked if he would do so. Instead, the nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said…
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Trump will flip on trade before a bear market starts, BofA’s Hartnett says
Read Latest News Further stock market weakness likely will cause President Donald Trump to blink on tariffs, in the view of Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett. Though administration officials have repeatedly said that they view the current stock market correction as a temporary reaction to the president’s pro-Main Street agenda, eventually Trump will react, the…
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Mark Carney sworn in as Canadian prime minister, now must face Trump
Read Latest News Mark Carney arrives before being sworn-in as Canada’s 24th prime minister, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 14, 2025. Patrick Doyle | Reuters Ex-central banker Mark Carney was formally sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday, putting him in a position to fight tariffs from U.S. President Donald…
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Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs
Read Latest News Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado about U.S. energy dominance and enthusiasm for deregulation, American energy executives are beginning to worry about President Trump’s agenda. Their concerns crept into conversations in hotel meeting rooms and over private meals…
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DOGE Could Gut a Piece of Trump Family History
Read Latest News In 1891, as Seattle was rebuilding from a catastrophic fire that had destroyed nearly all of its central business district, Frederick Trump arrived looking to find his fortune. The 22-year-old German immigrant acquired a restaurant, his first foray into the world of hospitality, serving patrons in the seedy but bustling neighborhood now…
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Gold surges above $3,000 as investors seek a haven from Trump tariffs
Read Latest News An attendant holds 1-kilogram gold bars on Feb. 17, 2025. Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images Gold prices crossed the $3,000 mark for the first time, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs against major trading partners have roiled financial markets, pushing investors to safe-haven assets as they fear elevated inflation and a possible recession. Gold…
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How the Stock Market Has Done Under Trump
Read Latest News The stock market has plunged since President Trump took office for a second time, a stark contrast to the early days of his first presidency. The S&P 500 index has fallen sharply since hitting a record high on Feb. 19. The index fell into a so-called correction on Thursday. Corrections, a Wall…
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As Trump Attacks Elite Colleges, Their Usual Allies Are Nowhere in Sight
Read Latest News In a very short time, Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist who was questionably detained by federal immigration officials, has become a symbol of the Trump administration’s escalating antagonism toward elite universities. Columbia finds itself up against the impression that whatever it has done to combat what…
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Trump and DOGE Create Anxiety but Opportunity for Federal Contractors
Read Latest News A contracting firm called Leidos took in more than $16 billion in revenue last year, most of it through contracts with federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs. So when the Trump administration’s budget cutters took aim at the V.A. last month, it seemed like bad news not just for the…
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Trump to Deliver Speech to Justice Dept. After Triumph in Battles Against It
Read Latest News In June 2023, Donald J. Trump’s lawyers arrived at Justice Department headquarters, grimly scooped up visitors badges and were ushered upstairs to ask prosecutors for details about Mr. Trump’s imminent indictment over the hoarding of documents at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Trump never faced a trial and is now the president. Two members of…
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As Trump Attacks Elite Colleges, Their Usual Allies Are Nowhere in Sight
Read Latest News In a very short time, Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist who was questionably detained by federal immigration officials, has become a symbol of the Trump administration’s escalating antagonism toward elite universities. Columbia finds itself up against the impression that whatever it has done to combat what…
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Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence
Read Latest News The Republican-led Congress isn’t just watching the Trump administration gobble up its constitutional powers. It is enthusiastically turning them over to the White House. G.O.P. lawmakers are doing so this week by embracing a stopgap spending bill that gives the administration wide discretion over how federal dollars are distributed, in effect handing…
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Trump tariffs may push U.S. allies toward countries like China, India
Read Latest News U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump could push allies to forge…
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Jack Teixeira, Who Pleaded Guilty in Leaked Documents Case, Asks Trump for Leniency
Read Latest News The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who pleaded guilty last year to leaking military secrets said on Thursday that he had broken the law to expose Biden administration efforts to aid Ukraine — and appealed to President Trump for leniency, suggesting he had new information to disclose. The guardsman, Jack Teixeira, who is…
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Trump Wants to Speed Up Deportations With Alien Enemies Act: What to Know
Read Latest News President Trump is planning to invoke an obscure wartime authority in the coming days to rapidly accelerate the deportation of immigrants from the United States, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Trump could invoke the law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, as soon as Friday, the same day he…
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Trump Sees ‘Good Signals’ on Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire. Zelensky Does Not.
Read Latest News President Trump said Thursday he saw “good signals” toward finalizing a 30-day cease-fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, as U.S. officials visiting Moscow were expected to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The remarks, delivered in the Oval Office while meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, came as Mr.…
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How Trump Cuts Could Change Your Summer Hiking Trip
Read Latest News Questions linger over what this year’s layoffs and ranger protests at the National Park Service will mean for travelers, who made a record 331 million visits to park properties last year. Adding to the confusion is the federal court ruling on Thursday that the firings were done unlawfully and agencies must rehire…
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Trump Sees ‘Good Signals’ on Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire. Zelensky Does Not.
Read Latest News President Trump said Thursday he saw “good signals” toward finalizing a 30-day cease-fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, as U.S. officials visiting Moscow were expected to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The remarks, delivered in the Oval Office while meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, came as Mr.…
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Stocks Fall Into a Correction With Investors Down on Trump
Read Latest News The world’s most widely followed stock-market benchmark slid into a correction on Thursday, a drop that underscores how the two-year-long bull market is running out of steam in the early days of the Trump administration. The move stems from investors’ growing pessimism about the whipsawing policy pronouncements from Washington over the past…
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Trump Expands Trade Threats in Global Game of Chicken
Read Latest News For the second time this week, President Trump has threatened to disrupt trade with a close ally for retaliating in a trade war that he started — a tactic that could lead to compromise, or to economic spats that spiral further out of control. On Thursday morning, Mr. Trump tried to cow…
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BNB token rises on report that Trump family has explored stake in Binance: CNBC Crypto World
Read Latest News ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email On today’s episode of CNBC Crypto World, bitcoin and ether hover while BNB rises after the Wall Street Journal reports the Trump family has explored a stake in crypto exchange Binance. Plus, crypto payments giant MoonPay looks to acquire…
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Trump administration sued for ending union bargaining for TSA officers
Read Latest News Travellers process through a security checkpoint at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before the Thanksgiving holiday in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 24, 2021. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Unions filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the Trump administration from ending collective bargaining for about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers that staff checkpoints at U.S.…
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Labor Union Sues Trump Administration Over T.S.A. Contract
Read Latest News America’s largest federal employees’ union filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Homeland Security Department and its leadership to stop the Trump administration from canceling a collective bargaining agreement for Transportation Security Administration workers. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Seattle, is the latest example of how the union, the American…
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New York AG announces bill to protect consumers after Trump hobbles CFPB
Read Latest News NY Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the offices of the Attorney General on January 08, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced a bill to protect the state’s consumers and small businesses from scams…
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Protesters Back Khalil at Trump Tower: ‘Fight Nazis, Not Students’
Read Latest News Hundreds of demonstrators affiliated with a progressive Jewish activist group packed into the lower level of Trump Tower Thursday to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student. President Trump has heralded the arrest as his administration moves to deport Mr. Khalil, a legal permanent resident…
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Trump on U.S. annexation of Greenland: ‘I think it’ll happen’
Read Latest News Lars Joergen Kleist, wearing a Make America Great Again hat, queues to vote at the polling station in Nuuk on March 11, 2025, as Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory, holds legislative elections. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Thursday that he thought that the potential annexation of…
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Trump Administration Replaces Top I.R.S. Lawyer
Read Latest News The Trump administration replaced the top lawyer at the Internal Revenue Service, according to three people familiar with the change, in a shake-up that came as administration officials sought to use the agency’s taxpayer data to help with deporting immigrants. William Paul, a civil servant who became the acting chief counsel at…
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Trump doubles down on tariffs as stocks sink: ‘not going to bend’
Read Latest News US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his escalating tariff plans, even…
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Trump sued by 20 states to halt ‘dismantling’ of Education Department
Read Latest News A security guard walks past the U.S. Department of Education headquarters after the agency said it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing altogether, as government agencies scrambled to meet President Donald Trump’s deadline to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs, in Washington, D.C.,…
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Trump Administration Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judge Rules
Read Latest News A federal judge on Thursday ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of workers with probationary status who had been fired as part of President Trump’s government-gutting initiative. Ruling from the bench, Judge William J. Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California went further than he had…
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Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Read Latest News WASHINGTON — The White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the planning. During a joint address to Congress last week, Trump said, “to further enhance our…
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Trump EU tariff threat no big deal for markets: Treasury chief Bessent
Read Latest News U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said Wall Street should shrug off President Donald Trump‘s latest threat to impose steep tariffs on foreign trading partners. Asked on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” about Trump’s threat to ratchet up tariffs on European alcohol, Bessent suggested the move should have little impact on…
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Our top 3 performing and lagging stocks amid Trump tariff concerns
Read Latest News The stock market has been rocked over the past month as recession fears mounted on Wall Street and Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policy escalated into a global trade war. Since the Club’s February Monthly Meeting, the S & P 500 , Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average surrendered all their postelection…
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Binance token rises after report that Trump family has discussed stake
Read Latest News The Binance logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Binance’s BNB token bucked the wider crypto downturn on Thursday, jumping 4% following a Wall Street Journal report that the Trump family has held talks to secure a financial interest in the U.S. arm of…
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Brad Schimel, a Trump Loyalist, Aims to Flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court
Read Latest News “I know that Donald Trump has said some things that are bad,” Judge Schimel said as a voice in the crowd cried out, “Get over it!” He added: “I’m the father of two daughters. My daughters look up to me, and I don’t like hearing anyone talk that way about women. But…
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White House pulls Trump CDC Director nominee Dave Weldon
Read Latest News Former Congressman Dave Weldon addresses a small crowd in The Villages, Fla. Brendan Farrington | AP The White House has pulled President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former Rep. Dave Weldon, the Senate’s Health committee confirmed Thursday. The move came just hours before the former…
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Trump Condemned by Rights Groups for Calling Schumer a ‘Palestinian’
Read Latest News Jewish and Muslim groups condemned President Trump for calling Senator Chuck Schumer “a Palestinian,” saying that the president used the term as a racial slur. Mr. Trump made the comments on Wednesday at a meeting in the Oval Office with Micheál Martin, the prime minister of Ireland. A reporter asked Mr. Trump…
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Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariff on Champagne and Wine From Europe
Read Latest News President Trump threatened to escalate a trade war with the European Union after the bloc announced 50 percent tariffs on U.S. whiskey and several other American products to kick in on April 1, in retaliation to a batch of U.S. tariffs that took effect this week. “If this tariff is not removed…
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Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
Read Latest News Decades ago, Congress guaranteed all students an equal opportunity to an education. But now the office created to enforce that promise has been decimated. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was slashed in half on Tuesday as part of President Trump’s aggressive push to dismantle the agency, which he has called…
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Trump threatens to put 200% tariff on French Champagne and other EU spirits
Read Latest News Moet champagne bottles are seen at Berlin Brandenburg airport in Schonefeld, Germany on February 24, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to put a 200% tariff on alcohol from France and other European nations in the latest escalation of global trade tensions.…
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Why Trump wants to bring aluminum production back to the U.S.
Read Latest News Americans use a lot of aluminum. The metal is both lightweight and an effective conductor of electricity, giving it countless applications in transportation and energy systems alongside culinary work and more. “It really is the magic metal,” said Charles Johnson, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association. Aluminum is one of 50…
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Trump Cuts Could Squeeze Small Farmers and Food Banks
Read Latest News At Happy Hollow Farm, a small, 16-acre operation in central Missouri, Liz Graznak grows a variety of vegetables, including organic carrots, Swiss chard, radishes and beets. Some of those vegetables go to local distributors where they are placed in boxes, alongside meat and dairy items also produced in the state, and delivered…
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An ‘Untradable’ Market: Trump Sows Profound Uncertainty for Stocks
Read Latest News Investors are adept at finding ways to navigate just about any government policy, good or bad. Tariffs, once set, can be modeled for how they will affect corporate profits, prices and, in turn, the broader economy. The mass firings of federal workers can be analyzed for how they might increase unemployment. The…
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Trump could be a catalyst for a global pro-crypto shift, Binance CEO says
Read Latest News The CEO of crypto exchange Binance said he expects U.S. President Trump’s “pro-crypto” legislation in the U.S. to spur regulators in other parts of the world to follow suit. “We have moved from a period where there’s big regulatory uncertainty and in many sense, some regulatory hostility towards the industry, to one…
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OpenAI lobbies Trump admin to focus AI on speed, light regulation
Read Latest News US President Trump gestures as CEO of Open AI Sam Altman speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on January 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images After President Trump, in one of his initial actions upon returning to the White House, revoked the country’s…
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Counter-counter-tariffs? Trump threatens to hit back against EU’s retaliation
Read Latest News U.S. President Donald Trump points as he attends the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon hosted by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 12, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hit back against Europe’s own retaliatory…
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Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
Read Latest News Decades ago, Congress guaranteed all students an equal opportunity to an education. But now the office created to enforce that promise has been decimated. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was slashed in half on Tuesday as part of President Trump’s aggressive push to dismantle the agency, which he has called…
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Trump might be willing to do a ‘big trade deal’ with China: Mahbubani
Read Latest News Kishore Mahbubani, former Singapore ambassador to the United Nations and David Adelman, former U.S. ambassador to Singapore, at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE on Thursday, March 13, Singapore. CNBC While U.S. President Donald Trump is in theory “very negative on China,” in practice, he may be willing to do “a big trade deal” with…
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Takeaways From the Irish Leader Micheál Martin’s Visit With Trump
Read Latest News President Trump hosted Micheál Martin, the prime minister of Ireland, at the White House on Wednesday, with an escalating trade dispute with Europe hovering over the usual pomp and circumstance. Official Washington, dappled in green, feted Mr. Martin at the traditional visit ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. But Mr. Trump gave no…
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Trump Administration Cuts Ties With Migrant Shelter Provider After Dropping Child Abuse Lawsuit
Read Latest News The decision appears to conclude a gradual reversal of fortune for Southwest Key, which has worked with the federal government for more than two decades, operating more than 25 shelters across Texas, Arizona and California. It has been awarded more than $6 billion in federal funds since 2007. After the H.H.S. announced…
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Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York
Read Latest News The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the funding and management of New York City hotels operating as shelters for migrants, according to a copy of a federal subpoena sent to a Manhattan hotel. Federal prosecutors sent a subpoena to the Hotel Chandler in Midtown on Wednesday, requesting information…
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Trump Pardons Ex-Tennessee State Senator Imprisoned for Campaign Fraud
Read Latest News President Trump has pardoned an imprisoned former Tennessee state senator who was two weeks into a 21-month sentence for his role in a campaign finance fraud scheme. Inmate records show that the former lawmaker, Brian Kelsey, a Republican, was released from a minimum-security satellite camp at FCI Ashland in Kentucky on Tuesday,…
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Trump Appointee Filmed Influencer Videos on the Job
Read Latest News The same day the Office of Personnel Management informed hundreds of employees, including about 20 involved in the communications division, that they were being laid off, the department’s top spokeswoman posted an Instagram video she filmed in her office showing off her outfit with the caption: “a moment for mixed patterns.” On…
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Trump Official Will No Longer Testify in Challenge to Mass Firings
Read Latest News The acting head of the government’s human resources arm, Charles Ezell, will no longer testify on Thursday in a case challenging the legality of the recent mass firings of federal workers, lawyers for the Trump administration said. The move could pave the way for a federal judge to order the government to…
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Trump tariff threats are pushing Canada’s largest oil producer to break its dependence on the U.S.
Read Latest News The Suncor Energy Refinery is seen during extreme cold weather in Edmonton, AB, Canada, on Feb. 3, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images HOUSTON — The deeply integrated North American oil and gas market stands at crossroads, with Canada’s largest oil producer warning that it will diversify its exports away…
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Trump pardons former Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey
Read Latest News Former Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey, left, arrives at federal court, Nov. 22, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. On Monday, July 8, 2024, a federal appeals panel ruled to keep a 21-month prison sentence in place for the former Tennessee state senator who tried to withdraw his guilty plea on campaign finance law violations.…
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At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump
Read Latest News Days after immigration officers arrested a prominent pro-Palestinian campus activist, administrators at Columbia University gathered students and faculty from the journalism school and issued a warning. Students who were not U.S. citizens should avoid publishing work on Gaza, Ukraine and protests related to their former classmate’s arrest, urged Stuart Karle, a First…
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Live Updates: Trade Fight Widens as Europe and Canada Retaliate Against Trump Tariffs
Read Latest News European Union leaders have been clear that they want to negotiate with the United States on trade to avoid a full-blown conflict. But with no deal in sight, officials announced a plan on Wednesday that is meant to hit back hard as steel and aluminum tariffs come into effect. President Trump has…
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Senators warn Trump Social Security nominee of consequences of staff cuts
Read Latest News Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon are warning Frank Bisignano, the nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, that…
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Gavin Newsom’s Podcast Hosts Steve Bannon, Covering Musk, Trump and Taxes
Read Latest News Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is one of the most powerful Democrats in America, but this week he used his perch not to push back on the Trump administration but to instead podcast with an intellectual architect of the MAGA movement: Stephen K. Bannon. Their fast-paced, hourlong discussion was both good-natured and…
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Irish Leader to Visit Trump as Ties Between U.S. and Europe Are Tested
Read Latest News President Trump will host Micheál Martin, the taoiseach or prime minister of Ireland, at the White House on Wednesday, for a traditional annual visit ahead of St. Patrick’s Day amid deepening tensions with Europe over tariffs and the war in Ukraine. The annual visit is seen as important to reinforce the longstanding…
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Greenland’s pro-business opposition wins election amid Trump control pledge
Read Latest News Abia Ottosen, from the Demokraatit political party, hands out snacks and drinks in front of the polling station on election day on March 11, 2025 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Greenland’s pro-business opposition Demokraatit party won Tuesday’s closely watched parliamentary election, beating the incumbent left-wing coalition in…
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Palm Beach Society Goes On, With and Without Trump
Read Latest News Just barely visible in the evening sky on Feb. 28 was an exceptional planetary alignment, with Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all stacked up in a row for the last time until 2040. Far below the celestial conga line, on a slender barrier island on Florida’s east coast, another…
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Elon Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Into Trump Political Operation
Read Latest News Elon Musk has signaled to President Trump’s advisers in recent days that he wants to put $100 million into groups controlled by the Trump political operation, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. It is unheard-of for a White House staffer, even one with part-time status, to make such large…
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Trump Poses With a Tesla, a Move Aimed Solely at Helping Musk
Read Latest News President Trump hosted an exclusive car show at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. The only company represented: Tesla. The only purpose: helping Elon Musk. With Tesla facing a backlash over Mr. Musk’s role in the Trump administration, the president said he wanted to buy one of the company’s electric vehicles. But…
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Power, Money, Territory: How Trump Shook the World in 50 Days
Read Latest News In a span of only 50 days, President Trump has done more than any of his modern predecessors to hollow out the foundations of an international system that the United States painstakingly erected in the 80 years since it emerged victorious from World War II. Without formally declaring a reversal of course…
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Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom
Read Latest News U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media, next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-12, with Tesla cars in the background, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned the South Lawn of the…
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U.S. Investigation Into Global Antidoping Agency Continues Under Trump
Read Latest News The Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into whether the global antidoping authority and China covered up the positive tests of Chinese Olympic swimmers who went on to win medals at the past two Summer Games has continued under the Trump administration, according to a draft document obtained by The New York Times.…
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Perkins Coie Sues Trump Over Executive Order
Read Latest News The law firm Perkins Coie on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to stop an executive order President Trump signed last week that essentially crippled the firm’s ability to represent its clients. The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, was brought by Williams & Connolly, the elite Washington law firm…
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Investors Thought They Could Control Trump. They Were Wrong.
Read Latest News President Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail last year. Investors and business leaders enthusiastically cheered some, like lower taxes and relaxed regulation, and expressed wariness about others, like tariffs and reduced immigration. But when Mr. Trump won the election, there was little sign of that ambivalence: Stock prices…
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Tony Hinchcliffe, the Trump Rally Comedian, Lands a Netflix Deal
Read Latest News The stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe has landed a deal at Netflix months after angering people with his insults about Latinos and other minority groups at a New York rally when Donald J. Trump was running for president. The deal for three comedy specials under Hinchcliffe’s “Kill Tony” brand is part of an…
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Birds Face Weakened Protections Under Trump Move
Read Latest News In a reprise of the first Trump administration, migratory birds are again facing weakened protections under federal law. The issue at hand: Should companies be held responsible if birds are killed accidentally, for example in oil spills or waste pits? The answer has ping-ponged back and forth in recent years under different…
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Trump Intensifies Statehood Threats in Attack on Canada
Read Latest News The fresh attacks President Trump aimed at Canada on Tuesday extended beyond imposing more tariffs on America’s neighbor and NATO ally, and laid out in the clearest terms yet his vision for annexing Canada and making it part of the United States. Mr. Trump has made repeated comments about Canada becoming America’s…
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Student loans shouldn’t be handled by Education Dept., Trump says
Read Latest News U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Marine One, while departing the White House en route to Florida, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters SBA, Commerce or Treasury could take student loans Student debt transfer could lead to major disruptions Transferring the loan accounts…
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What Elon Musk’s Suit Says About Trump and Power
Read Latest News Last week, President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked a seemingly simple question about the White House dress code. A reporter pointed out that administration officials were “miffed” that the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, had not worn a suit to the Oval Office. And yet, the reporter said: “Elon Musk never…
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Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
Read Latest News Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the anticipation of pain. His trousers had become so loose that he had to hold them up as he inched around his small farm in western Kenya. Mr. Modore has tuberculosis. He is…
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Trump Doubles Metal Tariffs as He Presses Canada to Become Part of U.S.
Read Latest News President Trump escalated his fight with Canada on Tuesday, saying that he would double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and threatening to inflict even more pain on one of America’s closest traditional allies as he pressed Canada to become part of the United States. His comments sent jittery markets tumbling, with…
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Trump raises Canadian steel, aluminum tariffs to 50% in retaliation for Ontario energy duties
Read Latest News U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has ordered his administration to raise tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports by an additional 25%, bringing the total duties to…
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Trump pursues new trade war on seas, targeting China containerships
Read Latest News A U.S. government pushback against China’s growing dominance in the shipbuilding industry that began under President Biden is being escalated by the Trump administration, with the world’s largest ocean freight companies facing the threat of fines of up to $1.5 million for Chinese-made ships that call on U.S. ports. In recent years,…
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C.E.O.s Will Meet With Trump Amid Fears About Tariffs’ Fallout
Read Latest News Trump faces an increasingly tough crowd President Trump won over Americans with a promise to return the country to “boom” times of low taxes and deregulation. Fifty days into office, he’s now pitching an economy in “a period of transition” for which he can’t rule out a recession. His stay-patient message may…
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Trump Vows to Buy a Tesla to Support Musk After Shares Plunge
Read Latest News President Trump praised Elon Musk and said he would buy a “brand new Tesla” despite railing against electric cars in the past, after shares in the electric-car maker plunged to their lowest point since before Election Day. Tesla’s stock price rose sharply after Mr. Trump’s election and Mr. Musk’s appointment as the…
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How Elon Musk’s Trump support could hurt — or help — Tesla
Read Latest News Elon Musk has become, in some people’s words, President Donald Trump’s ‘first buddy.’ But the Trump administration’s moves to strip away a lot of EV-friendly policies have led some Tesla investors, analysts, and EV researchers to insist this will all be disastrous for the company, the largest U.S. EV maker by far.…
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Trump says he’s buying a Tesla to support Elon Musk and counter ‘illegal’ boycott of EV maker
Read Latest News Elon Musk speaks as one of his young sons and President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump shared his intent to purchase a Tesla on Tuesday to support Elon Musk as the electric vehicle…
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What student loan borrowers should know as Trump targets PSLF
Read Latest News Apu Gomes | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to limit eligibility for a popular student loan forgiveness program. According to Trump’s executive order, borrowers employed by organizations that do work involving “illegal immigration, human smuggling, child trafficking, pervasive damage to public property and…
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Can Trump launch Iran nuclear deal 2.0 in second White House term?
Read Latest News An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a street in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2024. Majid Asgaripour | Via Reuters Iran’s fortunes may look entirely different over the course of…
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Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024
Read Latest News The U.S. power grid added more capacity from solar energy in 2024 than from any other source in a single year in more than two decades, according to a new industry report released on Tuesday. The data was released a day after the new U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, strongly criticized solar…
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U.S. markets slump as Trump dismisses economic fears
Read Latest News A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on March 10, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images CNBC will be hosting “CONVERGE LIVE,” an inaugural thought leadership event on March 12-13, 2025, in Singapore, where global business…
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Trump Officials Warn 60 Colleges of Possible Antisemitism Penalties
Read Latest News The Trump administration warned 60 universities on Monday that they could face penalties from pending investigations into antisemitism on college campuses, a threat sharpened in recent days by its cancellation of funding to Columbia University and the arrest of a protest leader there. The list of five dozen schools included colleges from…