Politics
U.S. judge temporarily blocks mass firings at consumer bureau
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday halted the mass firings carried out Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying she was deeply concerned that the Trump administration had violatedcourt orders […]
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Trump will study whether to fire Fed Chair Powell, adviser says
President Donald Trump, right, speaks as Jerome Powell, Trump’s nominee as chairman of the Federal Reserve, listens during a nomination announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2017. Olivier Douliery | Bloomberg | Getty Images White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday that President Donald Trump […]
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Trump has talked to former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh about firing Powell, report says
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during The Semafor World Economy Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump has spoken with former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh about possibly replacing the current central bank chairman, Jerome Powell, before his […]
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Trump administration threatens to bar Harvard from enrolling foreign students
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her visiting officials in the Cabinet Room at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images The Trump administration is threatening to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, ratcheting up its clash with the Ivy […]
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Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield: Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk gives a tour to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., November 19, 2024 . Brandon Bell | Via Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to […]
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Trump’s tariffs are ‘inviting corruption,’ Democrats tell Bessent, Lutnick
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to voice opposition to the Senate Republicans’ budget resolution on April 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariff-heavy trade agenda is quickly starting to resemble a “corrupt scheme […]
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Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt in deportation flights case
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy to the U.S. Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal judge found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for […]
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Trump fires Democratic board members of credit union watchdog
Todd Harper, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The White House has fired two Democratic board members of the National Credit Union Administration, the officials said on Wednesday, as President Donald […]
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California suing Trump to stop his ‘unlawful’ tariffs
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are greeted by California Governor Gavin Newson upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images California on Wednesday is set to […]
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The European Union braces for more U.S. tariffs despite talks
In this photo illustration, a double exposure images shows U.S. President Donald Trump against the EU flag. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The European Union is preparing for more tariffs from the United States, despite conversations with the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration earlier this week. It’s been an intense back-and-forth over the […]
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