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China strikes conciliatory tone ahead of expected Trump-Xi meeting
China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao spoke alongside other senior officials at a press conference on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images BEIJING — The U.S. and China can still find ways to work together, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told reporters Friday, ahead of an expected meeting between […]
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Trump says all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada are terminated over Reagan tariffs TV ad
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he was terminating all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada because the […]
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Prosecutor told DOJ there’s not enough evidence to indict Trump foe Sen. Adam Schiff: MSNBC
The U.S. Attorney for Maryland had told superiors at the Department of Justice that she does not believe there is strong enough evidence to charge Sen. Adam Schiff of California with mortgage fraud, MSNBC reported Thursday. President Donald Trump has called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to criminally charge the California Democrat Schiff, a staunch […]
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Trump White House ballroom financed by Big Tech and these other corporate donors
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks holding a photos of the new ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 22, 2025. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Big Tech and other publicly traded companies are helping to […]
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White House East Wing demolition nearly complete to make room for Trump ballroom
Work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. Jacquelyn Martin | AP The demolition of the White House East Wing is nearly complete as President Donald Trump pushes ahead with plans to build a massive ballroom, […]
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Quantum stocks stayed higher after Trump administration’s denial of equity talks. Here’s why
The Trump administration is pouring cold water on a report that it’s “currently” in talks to take equity stakes in quantum computing companies like IonQ, Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum, but shares in each of the companies were still comfortably higher Thursday. “The Commerce Department is not currently negotiating equity stakes with quantum computing companies,” […]
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LeBron James injury information leaked to bettors, NBA gambling indictment suggests
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) prepares to shoot a foul shot against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena on October 22, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Gina Ferazzi | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A new bombshell indictment criminally charging former NBA player Damon Jones suggests that while affiliated with the Los […]
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Trump admin not negotiating equity stakes with quantum firms: Commerce official
The U.S. government is not in talks with quantum computing companies to take equity stakes in the firms in exchange for federal funding, a Commerce Department official told CNBC. “The Commerce Department is not currently negotiating equity stakes with quantum computing companies,” the spokesperson said in a statement. The denial comes after the Wall Street […]
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Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao, former chief executive officer of Binance, arrives at federal court in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while heading the cryptocurrency exchange, the White House said […]
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Trump didn’t like the EU before. Now, Russia might be pushing them closer
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks, while sat with U.S. President Donald Trump, after the announcement of a trade deal between the U.S. and EU, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Relations between the U.S. and European Union have been thorny this year with differences over how to […]
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