Donald J. Trump
Apple unveils new MacBook Air models with $100 price cut despite tariffs
Apple’s M4 MacBook Air in a marketing photograph. Apple Apple on Wednesday announced new MacBook Air models that update the company’s bestselling laptop with a faster M4 chip and an upgraded videoconferencing camera. The computers also got a $100 price cut in the U.S., despite tariffs by President Donald Trump that took effect on Tuesday […]
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Asia-Pacific markets mostly higher as investors assess China GDP and inflation targets
A man carrying a kite in the shape of the Chinese national flag walks along the Bund while buildings of Pudong’s Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mostly higher Wednesday as investors assessed China growth and inflation targets amid U.S. tariffs and escalating global trade tensions […]
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Trump touts BlackRock’s Panama Canal ports deal, says U.S. is ‘reclaiming’ waterway
US President Donald Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Via Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the U.S. asset management firm BlackRock’s deal to buy two Panama Canal ports as a positive step in his […]
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Trump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland ‘one way or the other’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would take control of Greenland “one way or the other,” escalating months of increasingly aggressive rhetoric towards the self-governing Danish territory. Addressing a joint session of Congress in Washington, Trump said he had “a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland.” “We strongly support your right to […]
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Trump draws anger for praising police after he pardoned Jan. 6 rioters
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump was blasted online Tuesday night over his pardoning of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot participants after he praised police during his speech to a […]
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Trump to address joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET with DOGE, tariffs and Ukraine looming
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 30, 2018. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night amid stock market turmoil driven by his stiff new […]
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Trump tariff compromises with Mexico and Canada teased by Commerce Secretary Lutnick
President Donald Trump will “probably” announce tariff compromise deals with Canada and Mexico soon, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday. The potential agreements would likely involve scaling back at least part of Trump’s brand new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, he added. Lutnick’s comments came minutes after the U.S. stock market limped […]
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Stagflation fears bubble up as Trump tariffs take effect and the economy slows
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the Financial District in New York City on March 4, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images A growth scare in the economy has accompanied worries over a resurgence in inflation, in turn potentially rekindling an ugly condition that the […]
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Trump’s Mexico tariffs could raise produce prices in the next few days, Target CEO says
Shoppers will likely see produce prices increase in the coming days due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexican imports, Target CEO Brian Cornell said Tuesday. The Trump administration’s 25% levies on goods from Mexico and Canada, along with an additional 10% duty on Chinese imports, took effect Tuesday. Cornell said Target relies heavily on […]
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Trump ‘bump’ disappears as the S&P 500 is now negative since the election
President-elect Donald Trump walks onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with his wife Melania, after being named TIME’s “Person of the Year” for the second time on December 12, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The S&P 500 has now lost all of its post-election gains as […]
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