Politics
Trump allies scramble to explain after he calls Republican National Convention host Milwaukee a ‘horrible’ city
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to the media following meetings with Republicans on Capitol Hill, at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in Washington, June 13, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters In a meeting with House Republicans on Thursday, former President Donald Trump called Milwaukee — the host of the 2024 Republican […]
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Yellen: Much more Ukraine support can be backed by frozen Russian property after first $50 billion bank loan
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to the Financial Club of New York in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reported Thursday that the $50 billion bank loan to Ukraine that President Joe Biden and other leaders of Group of 7 hugely made nations have […]
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Clarence Thomas took more undisclosed trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, Senate committee chair says
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (L) and billionaire Harlan Crow. Getty Image Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has omitted at least three private jet trips gifted by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow from his annual financial disclosures, a top Senate Democrat alleged Thursday. Those trips included private flights in 2017, 2019 and 2021 that Thomas failed […]
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Biden to nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero as FDIC chair after abrupt departure of predecessor
Christy Goldsmith Romero, commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Greunberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The announcement from […]
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Trump floats ‘all tariff policy’ to swap earnings tax, sources say
Republican presidential applicant, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks through his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Brandon Bell | Getty Visuals Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the concept of imposing an “all tariff coverage” that would finally help the U.S. to get rid of the income […]
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How Donald Trump’s criminal conviction boosted his campaign fundraising machine
Throughout his 2024 campaign, former President Donald Trump has managed to keep his political operation afloat by walking a delicate financial tightrope. The guilty verdict in a Manhattan hush money case added to a long list of legal challenges that have cost him more than $100 million in donor money to date. Campaign finance experts […]
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Argentina’s Senate passes Milei’s economic reform bill as protesters clash with riot police
Aerial view of a fire during a protest outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires on June 12, 2024. Tomas Cuesta | Afp | Getty Images Argentina’s Senate narrowly passed President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic reform bill, delivering a tentative legislative victory to the right-wing leader even as protesters clashed with riot police. Lawmakers in […]
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White Household to nominate Goldsmith Romero quickly, aiming for July listening to, suggests Reuters supply
The Federal Deposit Insurance policies Corp. headquarters in Washington, DC, U.S., on Monday, May possibly 20, 2024. The White Household will nominate marketplaces regulator Christy Goldsmith Romero as Federal Deposit Insurance Company chair imminently as it targets the week of July 8 for her initial hearing, a individual with direct information of the matter stated on […]
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Dimon, Fraser and Moynihan will attend private Trump CEO meeting — some others will skip
US President Donald Trump gestures as CEO of Bank of America Brian Moynihan (L) speaks during a meeting with banking leaders to discuss how the financial services industry can meet the needs of customers affected by COVID-19 at the White House in Washington, DC on March 11, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images […]
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Judge bars ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli from streaming Wu-Tang Clan album after suit says he copied it
Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli and his lead attorney Benjamin Brafman arrive at U.S. District Court for the fourth day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., August 3, 2017. Amr Alfiky | Reuters A federal judge temporarily barred notorious “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli […]
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