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Citigroup lifts banking curbs on gun makers and sellers
In this article C Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage at a Citibank branch in New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citigroup on Tuesday ended a seven-year-old policy restricting how it provides banking services to firearm manufacturers, sellers and resellers. The bank launched the policy in […]
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DHS takes family of Colorado fire attack suspect into ICE custody, Noem says
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem testifies before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Federal agents on Tuesday took into custody the family of Mohamed Soliman, the man accused of […]
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Inmate forged Trump death threats to get star witness deported: Prosecutors
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington, U.S. Manuel Balce Ceneta | Via Reuters Threatening letters about President Donald Trump that led to the highly-touted arrest by federal authorities of an undocumented immigrant last month were actually written by a jailed Wisconsin […]
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Musk torches Trump budget bill: ‘Disgusting abomination’
Elon Musk speaks during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Elon Musk on Tuesday tore into the massive tax-and-spending-cut bill backed by President Donald Trump, calling it a “disgusting abomination” that will explode federal budget deficits. […]
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Trump slams GOP Sen. Rand Paul for opposing ‘big, beautiful bill’ due to $5 trillion debt ceiling hike
President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted Sen. Rand Paul after the Kentucky Republican criticized the massive Trump-backed budget bill over its provision to raise the debt ceiling by trillions of dollars. Paul, a staunch libertarian, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he is “just not open to supporting $5 trillion … in debt ceiling increase” […]
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Newark mayor sues Trump’s NJ prosecutor Alina Habba over ‘false arrest’ at immigration jail
Alina Habba, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, arrives at the courthouse where Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka’s hearing will be held on May 15, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka sued his state’s top prosecutor, Alina Habba, on Tuesday over his […]
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Trump’s foreign student policies alarm Rep. Ro Khanna: They’re ’embedded in Silicon Valley’
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California warned Tuesday that the nation’s economy and talent pipeline could take a hit if international students opt against attending colleges in the United States because of President Donald Trump’s visa policies. “The reality is that you have people like Elon Musk who were foreign students, I mean, they have […]
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Dutch government collapses after far-right party leaves coalition over immigration proposals
The Netherlands far-right PVV Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders speaks to the media representatives following the European Parliament elections provisional results in The Hague on June 6, 2024. Emiel Muijderman | Afp | Getty Images The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday after disagreements over immigration proposals led to far-right leader Geert Wilders withdrawing his party […]
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In China, ‘The Great American’ burger is now made with Australian beef
At his restaurant in Beijing, Geng Xiaoyun used to offer a special dish of salt-baked chicken feet — or “phoenix talons” as they are called in China — imported from America. With prices climbing 30% from March due to tariffs, the owner of Kunyuan restaurant had to pull the Chinese delicacy from the menu. “American […]
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‘Fantasy math’ masks tax bill’s U.S. debt impact, GOP lawmaker said. What the deficit means for your money
Key Points Legislation passed by Republicans in the House and now being considered in the Senate would increase the U.S. debt by more than $3 trillion after interest and economic effects, according to estimates. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is a “debt bomb ticking,” one GOP lawmaker said. The debt can have a big […]
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