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Trump budget chief Vought ramps up criticism of Powell, vows investigation into Fed renovations
Key Points Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought vowed Friday to press an investigation into renovations at the Federal Reserve building. “This is about the largesse and the fact that he has systemically mismanaged the Fed,” Vought told CNBC. The accusations represent another front on Trump’s ongoing campaign against Powell. Source
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Why 22 million people may see ‘sharp’ increase in health insurance premiums in 2026
Key Points The so-called “big beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump signed on July 4 cut taxes for many households. However, the law didn’t extend an enhanced premium tax credit that has lowered health insurance premiums for millions of Affordable Care Act enrollees in recent years. The tax break is slated to end after 2025, […]
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Trump readies blanket tariffs as he brushes off inflation worries
US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he plans to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most trade partners, dismissing concerns that further tariffs could negatively impact the stock […]
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Trump’s 50% Brazil tariff stretches emergency powers already facing court challenge
United States President Donald Trump speaks to the Press before departs at the White House to Alligator Alcatraz, Florida on July 1, 2025, in Washington DC. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s politically charged new tariff threat — a blanket 50% duty on imports from Brazil — stretches an interpretation of […]
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Linda Yaccarino briefly loses verified X checkmark after stepping down as CEO
X Corp’s CEO Linda Yaccarino looks on during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters Ex-X CEO Linda Yaccarino is still @lindayaX on the social media site, but she briefly lost the blue checkmark next to her account […]
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Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump admin, says he’d also accept apology for ICE detention
Mahmoud Khalil speaks in an interview with Reuters in New York City, U.S., July 2, 2025. Angelina Katsanis | Reuters On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the […]
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Trump administration launches probe of DEI policy at George Mason University
Statue of George Mason on campus of George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Robert Knopes | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The Department of Education said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into George Mason University’s hiring and promotion practices, the second federal probe of the Fairfax, Virginia, school launched in the […]
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Trump loses appeal of $5 million E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse, defamation verdict
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Reuters A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday upheld a civil jury verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming […]
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Trump’s tariffs on Brazil could make your coffee even more expensive
President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports is bad news for coffee drinkers. Brazil, the largest U.S. supplier of green coffee beans, accounts for about a third of the country’s total supply, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Coffee beans need to grow in a warm, tropical climate, making Hawaii […]
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Musk, X to face trial in Don Lemon lawsuit alleging breach of contract
Elon Musk (L) & Don Lemon Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon’s lawsuit against tech billionaire Elon Musk and his social network X over the cancellation of their partnership can proceed to trial, a San Francisco judge ruled this week. Musk’s team had tried to get the case moved to a […]
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