Donald J. Trump
Banks are thriving so far in Trump’s economy. Here’s what that means for markets and the consumer
(L-R) Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America; Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase; and Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup; testify during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Nearly everywhere you look […]
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Fired Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor Comey: ‘Fear is the tool of a tyrant’
FILE PHOTO: Maurene Comey, assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, stands at a news conference announcing the upcoming arraignment of Jeffrey Epstein, who faces charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Jeffrey […]
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Taiwan Semi is speeding up U.S. chip production due to demand, CEO says
Signage for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) at it’s fabrication plant in Phoenix, Arizona, US, on Monday, March 3, 2025. Rebecca Noble | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CEO C.C. Wei on Thursday said the company is seeing “strong interest” from its leading U.S. customers and is working to speed up its […]
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Markets will ‘crash’ if Trump fires Powell, Sen. Warren warns
Stock and bond markets and the value of the U.S. dollar will plunge if President Donald Trump fires Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned Thursday. “I think they crash,” Warren, D-Mass., said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked what would happen if Trump succeeds in pushing Powell out as head of the […]
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Trump administration pulls $4 billion from California high-speed rail project
A rendering shows a high-speed rail train as it enters a station during an informational open house by the California High-Speed Rail Authority at the Hilton DoubleTree in downtown Fresno, California, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Craig Kohlruss | Fresno Bee | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has formally terminated […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Mixed messages President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied the he plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following reports that he told Republican lawmakers that he would. A senior White House official told CNBC that Trump asked House Republicans […]
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What happens if Trump fires Fed Chair Powell: ‘This would be a mess,’ analysts warn
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Nathan Howard | Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A new research note gaming out possible scenarios if President Donald Trump decides to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warns that, regardless of what exactly happens next, “this would be a mess.” “We expect, as […]
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Crypto regulation stumbles in Congress for a second day
Representative Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, center, speaks to members of the media in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images The future of a trio of crypto regulation bills was in limbo late Wednesday, after the second day of […]
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Shares of gun seller GrabAGun — backed by Donald Trump Jr. — tank after NYSE trading debut
Donald Trump Jr. rings the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the Texas-based firearm e-commerce platform GrabAGun where Trump is a member of the board on July 16, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Shares of the online firearms retailer GrabAGun — whose shareholders and board members […]
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Trump lashes out at Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein file demands
President Donald Trump returns to the White House, in Washington, D.C., from Pittsburgh, July 15, 2025. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday sharply criticized the bloc of his own political base that is publicly demanding the release of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files, calling them “weaklings” whose support he […]
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