Tag: Trumps
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Trump’s Clash With Maine Gov. Janet Mills Fuels Tensions Across State
Read Latest News Before President Trump chastised Gov. Janet Mills of Maine at the White House last month, and before his administration started investigating Maine’s education system, the seeds of their conflict over transgender athletes had been planted by a state legislator. Representative Laurel Libby, a Republican from Auburn, Maine, had posted on Facebook about…
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How Trump’s Tariffs Affect U.S. Farmers
Read Latest News Retaliatory tariffs are hitting U.S. farmers hard, particularly in states that voted for Trump. Ana Swanson, an Iowa native who covers trade and international economics for The New York Times, explains how retaliatory measures from countries like China and Canada affect the agriculture industry and what it means for the economy. Source…
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases
Read Latest News President Trump repeated a number of well-trodden falsehoods on Friday in a grievance-fueled speech at the Justice Department, veering from prepared remarks to single out lawyers and prosecutors and assail the criminal investigations into him. His remarks, billed as a policy address, were wide-ranging, touching on immigration, crime and the price of…
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Trump’s 200% tariffs could have an unlikely winner — beer brewers
Read Latest News A twelve pack of Budweiser sits on a shelf for sale at a convenience store in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 200% tariffs on alcohol from Europe would serve a major blow to drinks makers on the continent, but it could have…
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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign
Read Latest News Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination…
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Buying a Car? Trump’s Tariffs Could Make It More Expensive.
Read Latest News The impact of the tariffs would vary by car model, since some rely more on imported parts than others. But rather than vastly increasing the price of specific vehicles, the industry is likely to spread increases across all types — “like peanut butter” — to smooth out the price increases, said Tyson…
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Why China Is Worried About Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico
Read Latest News Officials in Beijing are increasingly worried that President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico may be the start of a broad campaign to force developing countries around the world to choose between trade with the United States or with China. Ever since Mr. Trump imposed extensive tariffs on goods from China during his first…
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Trump’s Large-Scale Layoffs Plans So Far: What to Know
Read Latest News Resignations. Retirements. Firings. And now large-scale layoffs, as agencies faced a Thursday deadline to turn in their plans for executing the next phase of President Trump’s goal of significantly reducing the government payroll. Agencies were given guidance and a timeline last month to submit outlines for “reductions in force” — a bureaucratic…
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As Trump’s Untested Emissary to Putin, Witkoff’s Role May Bring Risk
Read Latest News When President Trump appointed his friend Steven Witkoff to be his Middle East envoy last November, the choice prompted head-scratching in diplomatic circles. Many foreign officials had never heard of Mr. Witkoff, a billionaire New York real estate developer who has known Mr. Trump since the mid-1980s. The president’s new envoy not…
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A Timeline of Trump’s Tariff Fight With Canada, Mexico, China and the E.U.
Read Latest News President Trump has called the word tariff “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He imposed hefty tariffs during his first term and promised expansive new ones as he pursued his second. On his first day back in the White House in January, he issued an executive order directing his cabinet picks…
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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court
Read Latest News Lawyers for President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a nationwide pause imposed on the president’s order ending birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. The move represents the first time the legal wrangling over the president’s order to end birthright citizenship has reached the Supreme Court. If…
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Trump’s Tariff Threat Sends French Wine and Champagne Makers Reeling
Read Latest News French wine producers have typically had a love-love relationship with the United States, their biggest export market. But President Trump’s threat to impose 200 percent tariffs on European wine, Champagne and spirits sent shudders through grand châteaus and small vineyards across the country. “A 200 percent tax on European wines and spirits…
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One of Wall Street’s big bulls cuts S&P 500 target, blaming Trump’s tariffs
Read Latest News Widely-followed strategist Ed Yardeni, one of the biggest bulls on Wall Street, lowered his market forecast, saying President Donald Trump’s tariffs raise the risk of stagflation. “It has dawned on Wall Street (and us!) that President Trump’s tariffs aren’t negotiating chips to help the U.S. lower tariffs around the world, promoting free…
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Trump’s Tesla Display at the White House Revives Memories of Musk in Beijing
Read Latest News When President Trump hawked some Teslas at the White House on Tuesday, it evoked a similar scene from Beijing’s main government compound years earlier, when a top Chinese leader was also photographed alongside Elon Musk examining one of the company’s electric vehicles. In January 2019, China’s No. 2 official at the time,…
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Trump’s Travel Ban Threatens Afghan Allies
Read Latest News The fate of thousands of Afghans waiting to reach the United States after serving with American troops was thrown into limbo after President Trump took office. Now military veterans are scrambling to bring as many of them as possible to the country before the administration introduces a travel ban that could restrict…
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Senators Are Set to Question Weldon, Trump’s Pick to Head the C.D.C.
Read Latest News Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Republican representative and President Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will appear before the Senate health committee on Thursday, the first time an agency director has been subject to the confirmation process. Dr. Weldon, 71, is perhaps the least known of the…
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Trump’s Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing
Read Latest News President Trump’s simultaneous trade wars with Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union amount to a huge economic and political gamble: that Americans will endure months or years of economic pain in return for the distant hope of re-industrializing the American heartland. It is enormously risky. In recent days, Mr. Trump has…
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Former UK PM Cameron on Trump’s approach to securing peace in Ukraine
Read Latest News British Foreign Secretary David Cameron speaks during a joint press conference with Albanian Prime Minister after a meeting in Tirana, on May 22, 2024. Adnan Beci | Afp | Getty Images Former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said he is fearful that U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach to securing peace…
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Why Trump’s Tesla Showcase Mattered to Elon Musk
Read Latest News It wasn’t so long ago that Elon Musk couldn’t even get an invitation to the White House. The year was 2021, and President Joe Biden was announcing tighter pollution rules and promoting his electric vehicle policies. Behind him on the lawn were gleaming examples — a Ford F-150 Lightning, a Chevrolet Bolt…
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Judge blocks Trump’s executive order seeking to punish law firm Perkins Coie
Read Latest News U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump‘s administration Wednesday from enforcing portions of an executive order designed to punish a prominent law firm…
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Trump’s Revenge on Law Firms Seen as Undermining Justice System
Read Latest News President Trump’s retribution campaign against law firms, legal experts and analysts say, is undermining a central tenet of the American legal system — the right to a lawyer to argue vigorously on one’s behalf. With the stroke of a pen last week, Mr. Trump sought to cripple Perkins Coie, a firm that…
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Fed Governor Michelle Bowman Is Trump’s Pick for Wall Street’s Top Cop
Read Latest News President Trump has tapped Michelle W. Bowman, a Federal Reserve governor, to be the next vice chair for supervision at the central bank, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly. The position was vacated at the end of last month by another Fed governor, Michael S.…
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Here’s how the SALT deduction could change amid Trump’s tax cuts debate
Read Latest News U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) speaks during a press conference about the SALT Caucus outside the United States Capitol on Wednesday February 08, 2023 in Washington, DC. Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images As lawmakers debate President Donald Trump‘s tax cuts, a key deduction could become a sticking point…
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Inside Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent: Obscure Laws, ICE Agents and Fear
Read Latest News For months now, President Trump has been threatening to deport foreign students who took part in last year’s campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war. Behind the scenes, his administration got to work. Investigators from a branch of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that typically focuses on human traffickers and drug smugglers scoured the…
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Trump’s Losses Raise a Question: Should One Judge Set National Policy?
Read Latest News Judges in courtrooms from Rhode Island to Seattle have issued rulings against President Trump that have not only angered the president but also focused the attention of scholars of all ideologies on one of the judiciary’s most fearsome powers, the nationwide injunction. Less than two months into Mr. Trump’s second term, district…
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Steven Mnuchin says ‘people are overreacting a bit’ to Trump’s policies
Read Latest News Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday he believes “people are overreacting a bit” to the policy changes from the current Trump administration. Mnuchin, who served in President Donald Trump’s cabinet during the Republican’s first term in office, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he does not see signs of an imminent slowdown…
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Judges Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Actions. Here’s a Look at Key Rulings.
Read Latest News Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart Mr. Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking…
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Europe Retaliates After Trump’s Metals Tariffs Take Effect: Live Updates
Read Latest News President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, escalating America’s trade spats with global competitors, including close allies already reeling from his on-and-off approach to trade penalties. Mr. Trump’s tariffs of 25 percent on the metals hit imports that enter the United States from any country…
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What Products Could Europe Levy in Retaliation to Trump’s Tariffs?
Read Latest News The European Union is putting tariffs on a range of products from the United States in retaliation to President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, and items that come from Republican-held states rank high on the hit list. The European Union plans to institute the tariffs in two phases: The first wave will…
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Why the UK Has Not Retaliated to Trump’s Tariffs
Read Latest News Britain is parting company with the European Union by not retaliating to the tariffs that President Trump imposed on steel and aluminum imports on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer calculates that he can negotiate a trade deal with the United States that would spare his country in the long term. The…
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Trump’s Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Take Effect
Read Latest News President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, escalating America’s trade spats with global competitors, including close allies already reeling from his on-and-off approach to trade penalties. Mr. Trump’s tariffs of 25 percent on the metals hit imports that enter the United States from any country…
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Europe Makes Its First Move as Trump’s Trade Fight Widens
Read Latest News The European Union has spent months bracing for painful tariffs from the United States, the bloc’s most important trading partner. On Wednesday, as American steel and aluminum tariffs of 25 percent took effect, European officials began to respond. While the United States buys the most steel and aluminum from countries including Canada,…
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We ‘must act,’ Europe says, retaliating against Trump’s tariffs
Read Latest News Workers of German steel manufacturer Salzgitter AG stand in front of a furnace at a plant in Salzgitter, Germany, March 1, 2018. Fabian Bimmer | Reuters The European Union has reacted swiftly to U.S. President Donald Trump‘s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that came into effect Wednesday, retaliating with their…
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Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports take effect
Read Latest News Steel coils are pictured in the yards of the steelmaker Ternium plant as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel imports entering the United States, in San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico February 11, 2025. Daniel Becerril | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and…
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Trump’s Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Take Effect
Read Latest News President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, escalating America’s trade spats with global competitors, including close allies already reeling from his on-and-off approach to trade penalties. Mr. Trump’s tariffs of 25 percent on the metals hit imports that enter the United States from any country…
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Stocks Fall Further on Trump’s Latest Tariff Talk
Read Latest News Markets whipsawed on Tuesday, as investors puzzled through President Trump’s commitment to tariffs, with stocks dropping in early trading before recovering late in the day. The S&P 500 index fell 1.5 percent at its low point before recovering some ground and ending the day 0.8 percent lower. Recent waves of selling have…
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Trump’s Business Roundtable meeting comes as stocks slide
Read Latest News U.S. President Donald Trump looks on on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Feb. 25, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump is set Tuesday to address a major meeting of top CEOs, many of whom have seen…
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Republicans Quietly Move to Relinquish Power to Undo Trump’s Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
Read Latest News House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies. The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically…
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How Trump’s trade policy is putting pressure on U.S. farmers
Read Latest News Soy farmer Caleb Ragland on his farm in Magnolia, Kentucky Courtesy: American Soybean Association Caleb Ragland, a soybean farmer in Magnolia, Ky., voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024. Now, however, he has to navigate a tariff minefield at a time when the sector is already facing major headwinds.…
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Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to U.S. in response to Trump’s trade war
Read Latest News Electricity transmission lines are seen along the Finch Hydro Corridor following the announcement of tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 4, 2025. Arlyn Mcadorey | Reuters Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, announced that effective Monday it is charging…
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Amazon to begin streaming Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’
Read Latest News FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump, Donald Trumpr, Jr and Ivanka Trump during the Celebrity Apprentice live season finale on May 16, 2010 in New York City. Bill Tompkins | Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images Amazon has announced it will begin streaming “The Apprentice” — the reality TV show famous for boosting Donald…
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Trump’s Call to Scrap ‘Horrible’ Chip Program Spreads Panic
Read Latest News As President Trump addressed Congress last week, he veered off script to attack a sensitive topic, the CHIPS Act, a bipartisan law aimed at making the United States less reliant on Asia for semiconductors. Republican lawmakers had sought and received reassurances over the past few months that the Trump administration would support…
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Watch Energy Secretary Chris Wright speak live about Trump’s energy agenda
Read Latest News [The stream is slated to start at 9:40 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will deliver a keynote address Monday at S&P Global’s CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas. Wright’s remarks come as President Donald Trump…
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Trump’s Tactics Lead Americans to Question Role on World Stage
Read Latest News Abraham Lincoln suggested the United States was “the last, best hope of Earth.” Ronald Reagan celebrated it as a “shining city on a hill.” George W. Bush argued that the nation was “the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world.” But to President Trump, America is the all-powerful player in…
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Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff
Read Latest News Beth Crowell was proud to work for the Internal Revenue Service. She had spent much of her career as an accountant for large corporations, gaining intimate knowledge about how they do — and sometimes don’t — pay the taxes they owe. Working for the I.R.S. in Colorado, she hoped to put her…
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Bitcoin falls as volatility continues after Trump’s bitcoin reserve plan
Read Latest News Bitcoin fell on Monday as volatility in the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency continues following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to create a strategic bitcoin reserve for the United States. Bitcoin was trading at $81,712, down over 5% but off earlier lows, at 9:42 a.m. Singapore time, according…
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Some Democrats Regret Their Scattered Responses to Trump’s Speech to Congress
Read Latest News Democratic lawmakers on Sunday expressed disappointment at their party’s uncoordinated response to President Trump’s address to Congress last week, criticizing a colleague who staged a one-man protest during the speech by standing up and repeatedly shouting, “No mandate.” The party’s leadership urged its members last week to stage a solemn and staid…
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After Trump’s berating of Zelensky, Ukraine’s tennis players find support on American soil
Read Latest News INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Marta Kostyuk, the top-ranked Ukrainian tennis player in the world, drew home-crowd favorite Robin Montgomery for her first match at the BNP Paribas Open Friday. Listening to the crowd at Stadium 4, the match could have been in Kyiv, not California: they were there for Kostyuk, the world…
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Trump’s Affinity for Putin Grows More Consequential Than Ever
Read Latest News In early 2017, American intelligence agencies delivered an unequivocal judgment about why President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had ordered a sprawling effort to sabotage the recent American presidential election. Mr. Putin wanted to cripple the faith Americans have in their own elections, they found, and to undermine a United States-led “liberal…
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Trump’s golf resort in Scotland vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti
Read Latest News General view of the entrance to the clubhouse at Trump Turnberry golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland. Tom Bergin | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been daubed with pro-Palestinian graffiti, with a protest group claiming responsibility. Local media on Saturday showed images of red paint scrawled across…
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‘You Can’t Pin Him Down’: Trump’s Contradictions Are His Ultimate Cover
Read Latest News What does President Trump really believe? Does he want to run for a third term, or is that just a joke? Does he intend to seize control of Gaza and expel millions of Palestinians, or is that just a suggestion? Is Black History Month a waste of time and money, or worth…
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy
Read Latest News Early evidence is promising. In 2023, the region added 30,000 foreign-born residents, amounting to a 23.2 percent increase in the immigrant population, according to census data. (The New York City area added 88,000, only a 1.5 percent increase.) That was almost enough to offset the loss of 34,000 native-born residents. “We have…
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Trump’s Affinity for Putin Grows More Consequential Than Ever
Read Latest News In early 2017, American intelligence agencies delivered an unequivocal judgment about why President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had ordered a sprawling effort to sabotage the recent American presidential election. Mr. Putin wanted to cripple the faith Americans have in their own elections, they found, and to undermine a United States-led “liberal…
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Trump’s Tariffs Could Help Tesla, by Hurting Its Rivals More
Read Latest News As President Trump puts new tariffs on goods from China and threatens a trade war with allies like Mexico and Canada, one global company is likely to suffer less than most of its competitors: Tesla. But the electric car maker led by Elon Musk, which accounts for a third of the billionaire’s…
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A Tariff Tantrum: the Upheaval from Trump’s Trade Policies
Read Latest News Meltdown The markets have spoken. The S&P 500 is on track for its worst weekly loss since the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank crisis two years ago. And investors have wiped out post-Election Day gains as President Trump’s dizzying start-stop tariff policy fuels volatility on trading floors and in boardrooms. Another…
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Trump’s first Crypto Summit has attendees ready to push for regulation
Read Latest News Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also said the cryptocurrency exchange is looking to invest more outside of the U.S. Carlos Jasso | Bloomberg | Getty Images Now that President Trump has announced plans for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, crypto industry leaders can focus on…
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Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
Read Latest News President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Wages, consumer spending and corporate profits were rising. Unemployment was low. The inflation rate, though higher than normal, was falling. Just weeks into Mr. Trump’s term, the outlook is gloomier. Measures of business and consumer confidence have…
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Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
Read Latest News When the White House finally released the text of Mr. Trump’s orders on Thursday evening, it appeared that some of the tariffs — those covered in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that Mr. Trump negotiated and celebrated in his first term — were indeed permanently suspended. Other tariffs were merely paused. Most everyone…
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Why the stock market ignored Trump’s latest tariff reprieve and how we took advantage
Read Latest News Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market moves: Stocks are getting hit Thursday on concerns about economic activity, trade policy, and the pace of artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. Tech…
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Solana co-founder opposes President Trump’s crypto reserve proposal: 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 bounces back as the Trump administration adds new exemptions to tariffs on Mexico. Plus, Solana’s co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko expresses doubt over the creation of a U.S. strategic crypto reserve. And, James…
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Trump’s E.P.A. to Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters
Read Latest News The Trump administration has moved to rewrite rules designed to prevent disasters at thousands of chemical facilities across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency filed a motion in federal court on Thursday pulling back the safety regulations, introduced last year under former president Joe Biden. The rules, which took effect in May,…
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Theaters Sue the N.E.A. Over Trump’s ‘Gender Ideology’ Order
Read Latest News Several arts organizations sued the National Endowment for the Arts on Thursday, challenging its new requirement that grant applicants agree to comply with President Trump’s executive orders by promising not to promote “gender ideology.” The groups that filed the suit have made or supported art about transgender and nonbinary people, and have…
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’
Read Latest News A federal judge on Thursday continued to bar the Trump administration from withholding billions in congressionally approved funds to 22 states and the District of Columbia. The ruling, which builds on the judge’s temporary order instructing the government to keep the money flowing, sets up a broader clash between Democratic states’ attorneys…
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Who’s Got Trump’s Ear on Tariffs? Lutnick or Navarro?
Read Latest News Who’s in the room President Trump’s tariff policy has given corporate chiefs and investors a serious case of whiplash. While the markets cheered on Wednesday’s delay on auto sector levies, setting off an impressive late-day rally, the move also adds to the confusion about what comes next. The latest: There’s increasing buzz…
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Trump’s Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees
Read Latest News About six months ago, Alex Brunet, a recent Northwestern University graduate, moved to Washington and started a new job at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an honors paralegal. It was fitting for Mr. Brunet, 23, who said he had wanted to work in public service for as long as he could…
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Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown.
Read Latest News After six weeks in office, President Trump has not disclosed the names of the donors who paid for his transition planning, despite a public pledge to do so. Preparing to take power and fill thousands of federal jobs is a monthslong project that can cost tens of millions of dollars. Previous presidents,…
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Trump’s protectionist policies could push Europe toward China
Read Latest News US President Donald Trump waits to greet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the entrance of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. Carl Court | Afp | Getty Images Tensions between the U.S. and Europe have hit something of a low in recent weeks…
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Mike Johnson’s Chief of Staff Arrested on D.U.I. Suspicion After Trump’s Address
Read Latest News The U.S. Capitol Police said the chief of staff to Speaker Mike Johnson was arrested for drunken driving on Tuesday night after the top aide backed his car into a parked Capitol Police vehicle. The arrest came soon after President Trump, with Mr. Johnson presiding behind him, finished delivering his first address…
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More Than 36 Million Watched Trump’s Address to Congress on Live TV
Read Latest News About 36.6 million Americans watched President Trump live on television on Tuesday night, tuning in for his 100-minute speech to a joint session of Congress — the longest of its kind in the modern era. Nielsen, the ratings agency, said the live television audience for Mr. Trump’s wide-ranging and often pugilistic address…
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‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover
Read Latest News “Hamilton,” the musical theater juggernaut about the birth of American democracy, is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, citing President Trump’s moves to impose his ideological and cultural values on the long-cherished venue. The musical had been slated to be…
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Trump’s Decision to Halt Aid to Ukraine Could Reorder the Battlefield
Read Latest News On the battlefields of Ukraine and western Russia, a stalemated war has ground on, with Ukrainian troops defending against Russian progress that can be measured sometimes in mere yards. The cost has been heavy casualties on both sides. President Trump’s decision this week to pause military assistance and intelligence sharing could reorder…
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Oil Prices Drop Amid Concerns Over Trump’s Tariffs and OPEC Increases
Read Latest News Oil prices swooned on Wednesday as economic uncertainty rippled through global markets, a reaction to President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico and a decision by members of the OPEC Plus oil cartel to begin increasing crude production in April. Since last year, OPEC Plus has signaled its intention to pump…
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During Trump’s Rowdy Speech to Congress, the Quiet Moments Said the Most
Read Latest News There were props and costumes, guest stars, hecklers, a couple of turncoats and one freed hostage. There was wicked laughter, imperial imaginations, fantastical arithmetic and one declaration of divine providence. President Trump’s speech on Tuesday was a long and loud spectacle that went on for about 100 minutes, making it the longest…
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Warren Buffett Rebukes Trump’s Tariffs Plan in CBS Interview: ‘Act of War’
Read Latest News Warren Buffett, the famed investor who runs the sprawling conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, described tariffs as “an act of war” in an interview with CBS that aired on Sunday. “Over time they’re attacks on goods,” Mr. Buffett said, responding to a question about their inflationary impact, suggesting that consumers will face higher prices…
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Trump’s Nominee for N.I.H. Chief Faces Questions From Senators
Read Latest News Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health economist who came to prominence crusading against lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, faced questioning from the Senate health committee on Wednesday morning as President Trump’s nominee to direct the National Institutes of Health. The agency, the world’s largest funder of biomedical research, with a $48…
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid
Read Latest News The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected President Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid as part of his efforts to slash government spending. The court’s brief order was unsigned, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. It said only that the trial judge, who had…
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Supreme Court denies Trump’s request to cancel USAID payments
Read Latest News A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to let President Donald Trump‘s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. Handing a setback to Trump, the court in…
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Gaming Out Trump’s Next Tariff Moves
Read Latest News “A little disturbance” For months, the debate gripping board rooms, Wall Street and world capitals was whether to take President Trump at his word on tariffs. For a while, the markets rallied as if he were just bluffing. He wasn’t. In an address before Congress last night, Trump said that tariffs would…
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Who Is Al Green, the Texas Democrat Ejected From Trump’s Speech?
Read Latest News Representative Al Green, Democrat of Texas, who was removed from the House chamber for heckling President Trump during his speech on Tuesday to a joint session of Congress, has a history of dramatic political gestures. Mr. Green, 77, shook his cane as he interrupted Mr. Trump’s speech, shouting that the president had…
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What 6 Americans Thought of Trump’s Speech
Read Latest News In an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump denounced Biden-era policies, mocked Democrats and lauded his administration’s early hailstorm of executive actions. He was, he said, “just getting started.” How did his speech go over? The New York Times talked with six voters — many of…
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6 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to Congress
Read Latest News President Trump took a defiant victory lap in the House chamber on Tuesday night, using his address to a joint session of Congress to promote the flurry of drastic changes to domestic and foreign policy that his administration has made in just the first six weeks. Delivering the longest address to Congress…
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Read the Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress
Read Latest News In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks…
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Here’s How Democrats Are Protesting Trump’s Speech to Congress
Read Latest News Some are bringing fired federal workers. Others plan to hand out stickers accusing Elon Musk of “stealing Social Security.” Several will boycott President Trump’s speech altogether. Congressional Democrats are planning to use Mr. Trump’s first address to a joint session on Capitol Hill since returning to the White House to protest his…
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Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble
Read Latest News President Trump made one of the biggest gambles of his presidency Tuesday by initiating sweeping tariffs with no clear rationale on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, triggering a trade war that risks undermining the United States economy. His actions have upended diplomatic relations with America’s largest trading partners, sent markets tumbling,…
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Canada and China Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs, Amid Fears of Trade War
Read Latest News Sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump threatened economic upheaval for consumers and businesses in the United States on Tuesday as the country’s biggest trading partners struck back on Tuesday, raising fears of a burgeoning trade war. Canada and China swiftly condemned the U.S. tariffs and announced retaliatory tariffs against American exports. President…
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Crypto seesaws as President Trump’s tariffs take effect: 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, cryptocurrencies initially tumble after Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China take effect. Plus, tech executives cast doubt on Trump’s proposal to include altcoins in a U.S. strategic crypto reserve. And, Jonathan…
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Senator Elissa Slotkin Will Deliver Democratic Response to Trump’s Speech
Read Latest News Senator Elissa Slotkin, a first-term Democrat from Michigan, will deliver her party’s response to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, stepping in at a moment when Democrats are struggling to find an effective messenger and message for pushing back on a president unbound. In Ms. Slotkin,…
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Justin Trudeau Blasts Trump’s Canadian Tariffs: ‘A Dumb Thing to Do’
Read Latest News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada rebuked President Trump directly on Tuesday over sweeping new tariffs and pledged to “relentlessly” battle to protect his country’s economy. “A fight with Canada will have no winners,” Mr. Trudeau said, just days before he is set to step down as prime minister. Speaking at a…
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Trump’s New Tariffs Could Strain Collection of Customs Fees
Read Latest News The sweeping tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese products that President Trump imposed on Tuesday could strain the system that collects import duties and the government agencies that enforce those fees, trade and legal experts said. Collecting import duties is usually a routine task, but the new tariffs are being imposed on…
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Mexico’s Leader Pledges Retaliation Soon if Trump’s Tariffs Remain in Place
Read Latest News President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico kept her silence overnight. But on Tuesday morning, she kicked off her daily news conference with a sharply-worded statement in which she said her government rejected President Donald Trump’s characterization of Mexico, and she roundly criticized the 25 percent tariffs that he imposed on it hours earlier.…
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Why Trump’s Speech to Congress Tonight Isn’t a State of the Union Address
Read Latest News President Trump’s address later on Tuesday to a joint session of Congress may look like a State of the Union speech and sound like a State of the Union speech, but it will not be one — at least not technically. Under the Constitution, the president is mandated “from time to time”…
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Tech stocks down 7% since Trump’s inauguration as tariffs begin
Read Latest News CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2025. Saul…
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What is Trump’s Crypto Reserve Plan?
Read Latest News The crypto market gives and takes: After President Trump’s plan for a national crypto reserve drew backlash from both Republicans and investors, the prices of digital tokens that would be involved soared higher — and then tumbled. (Bitcoin was trading at about $83,800 early on Tuesday, down nearly $10,000 from a day…
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Trump’s Tariffs Hit Stock Markets
Read Latest News Not just tough talk President Trump wasn’t bluffing, after all. Global markets plunged on Tuesday after U.S. tariffs went into effect on roughly $1.5 trillion worth of imports from Canada, Mexico and China, with another, and even broader, wave set to kick in as soon as next week. China and Canada have…
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How Trump’s policies could influence U.S. dollar price
Read Latest News Tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty and economic concerns are influencing FX markets, analysts say. Peter Dazeley | Getty Images News | Getty Images A worsening outlook for the U.S. economy and expectations for further market volatility are driving shifts in currency valuations — with market watchers divided on which currencies they see as firm…
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Bitcoin erases all of its gain that followed Trump’s crypto reserve announcement
Read Latest News The new Bitcoin token is photographed on U.S. $100 bills. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The price of bitcoin failed to recover the $85,000 level – where it traded before President Donald Trump’s announcement of a U.S. crypto reserve sent it soaring – after a sell-off driven by tariff concerns…
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Trump’s tariffs start global trade: Live updates
Read Latest News China strikes back at U.S. with tariffs of its own China has moved quickly to strike back against Trump’s latest tariff plans. The Chinese governments on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. goods of up to 15%, starting on March 10, as well as new export controls. The new tariffs from…
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Here’s How to Watch Trump’s Address to Congress
Read Latest News President Trump will address the joint session of Congress on Tuesday night at 9 p.m., expected to lay out his aggressive agenda for remaking the federal government and shifting U.S. foreign policy during his first televised prime-time speech of his second term. Mr. Trump is expected to speak about the sweeping staff…
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Here’s What to Watch For in Trump’s Speech to Congress
Read Latest News Since taking office just six weeks ago, President Trump has blitzed Washington by issuing a flurry of executive actions and leading a dramatic overhaul of the federal bureaucracy. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump is expected to promote those actions while laying out his priorities when he delivers an address to a joint session…
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In One Swing District, Guarded Optimism After Trump’s First Six Weeks
Read Latest News Keith Mann, a self-described independent voter, sat out the 2024 election, dismayed by both candidates for president. He still does not care for President Trump’s character. But more than a month into Mr. Trump’s second term, Mr. Mann, a 41-year-old Phoenix resident, said he was cautiously optimistic about what he had seen…