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Trump approval needed to extend U.S.-China tariff pause, negotiators say
A potential extension of a tariff pause between the United States and China will not be agreed to until President Donald Trump signs off on the plan, U.S. negotiators said Tuesday. Trump “has final say on all the trade deals” and the pending tariff truce, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC’s Eamon Javers. The remarks […]
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Trump’s trade deals for ‘the world’ will be ‘done by Friday,’ but China will take longer: Lutnick
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s upcoming Friday deadline to impose major tariffs on a slew of trading partners won’t be delayed any further. But trade negotiations with China — the latest round of which are currently taking place in Stockholm, Sweden — are progressing on a separate timeline, Lutnick noted […]
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Police officer, civilian shot inside midtown Manhattan office building: Sources
New York Police Department (NYPD) officers are seen as they respond to an incident in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York on July 28, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images A police officer and one other person were shot at an office skyscraper in midtown Manhattan Monday evening, according to law […]
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Trade court won’t reinstate tariff exemption on low-value ‘de minimis’ shipments, for now
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) hold a bilateral meeting at Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 28, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal trade court on Monday declined, for now, to block President Donald Trump’s decision to end a longstanding tariff exemption for low-value […]
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Judge in Fed rate meeting access case asks if lawsuit is publicity stunt for fund
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives ahead of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ “Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference” at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC on July 22, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images A judge on Monday questioned whether […]
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Trump seeks quick deposition of Rupert Murdoch in Jeffrey Epstein letter defamation case
U.S. President Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch. Kevin Lamarque | Ricky Carioti | Via Reuters Lawyers for President Donald Trump asked a judge on Monday to order Rupert Murdoch to sit for a deposition within 15 days for Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit accusing the media mogul of defaming him in a Wall Street Journal article […]
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Trump says he cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein because ‘he stole people who worked for me’
Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997. Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday said he threw his longtime friend Jeffrey Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club and cut ties with […]
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Trump: Global baseline tariff will likely be 15% to 20%
President Donald Trump said Monday that he will likely implement a blanket tariff between 15 and 20% on imports to the United States from countries that have not negotiated separate trade agreements. “For the world, I would say it’ll be somewhere in the 15 to 20% range … I just want to be nice,” Trump […]
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Trump trade rep sets low bar for China trade talks, no ‘enormous breakthrough’ expected
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Monday that China’s willingness to hold trade talks with the United States this week is a “good sign,” but he is not expecting any “enormous breakthrough.” “I don’t expect some kind of enormous breakthrough today, what I expect is continued monitoring and checking in on the implementation of our […]
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Trump says he will reduce Russia’s 50-day deadline for peace deal with Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 28, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain. Christopher Furlong | Via Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday he is reducing the 50-day deadline he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin to either reach a […]
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