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Judge reinstates NLRB member Trump fired: ‘A president is not a king’
Politics

Judge reinstates NLRB member Trump fired: ‘A president is not a king’

Gwynne Wilcox, attorney who was a member and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Courtesy: National Labor Relations Board A federal judge on Thursday reversed the firing of a National Labor Relations Board member by President Donald Trump, with a scathing ruling that said “an American president is not a king.” The ordered reinstating […]

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So long, Trump bump: Tech stocks wipe out last of post-election gains
Technology

So long, Trump bump: Tech stocks wipe out last of post-election gains

Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.  Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Getty Images So […]

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Ethics watchdog fired by Trump drops lawsuit challenging dismissal
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Ethics watchdog fired by Trump drops lawsuit challenging dismissal

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger poses for a portrait in an undated handout image. U.S. Office Of Special Counsel | Via Reuters A top federal ethics watchdog who was fired last month by President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is dropping a lawsuit challenging his dismissal. […]

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House censures Rep. Al Green for heckling Trump during speech to Congress
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House censures Rep. Al Green for heckling Trump during speech to Congress

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) shouts out as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Via Reuters The House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green for heckling President Donald Trump during the president’s speech […]

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Ethics watchdog fired by Trump drops lawsuit challenging dismissal
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Appeals court allows Trump administration to remove federal ethics watchdog — for now

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger poses for a portrait in an undated handout image. U.S. Office Of Special Counsel | Via Reuters A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove a top federal ethics watchdog from his office while a lawsuit challenging his […]

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Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling U.S. alcohol off shelves ‘worse than tariff’
World

Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling U.S. alcohol off shelves ‘worse than tariff’

The LCBO removes US products off the shelves on the first day of the trade war instigated by Donald Trump’s Administration in Toronto, Ontario.  Nick Lachance | Toronto Star | Getty Images Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman‘s CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was “worse than a tariff” […]

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Trump grants automakers one-month exemption from tariffs
Business

Trump grants automakers one-month exemption from tariffs

In an aerial view, brand new Subaru cars sit in a storage lot at Auto Warehouse Co. on March 4, 2025 in Richmond, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The White House on Wednesday announced a one-month North American tariff exemption for automakers after President Donald Trump spoke a day earlier with heads of General […]

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Dealmaker Michael Grimes expected to lead new U.S. sovereign wealth fund: Reuters
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Dealmaker Michael Grimes expected to lead new U.S. sovereign wealth fund: Reuters

Michael Grimes, head of global technology investment banking at Morgan Stanley, smiles while speaking to freshman students enrolled in the Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology (M.E.T.) program during an orientation at the University of California-Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Star technology investment […]

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All negative economic data is ‘Biden data’ and Trump will fix the economy, Commerce chief Lutnick says
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All negative economic data is ‘Biden data’ and Trump will fix the economy, Commerce chief Lutnick says

US President Donald Trump acknowledging the crowd following his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2025.  Shawn Thew | Via Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick argued Wednesday that former President Joe Biden — not his boss, President Donald […]

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Supreme Court denies Trump’s request to cancel USAID payments for completed work
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Supreme Court denies Trump’s request to cancel USAID payments for completed work

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to let President Donald Trump’s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. Handing a setback to Trump, the court in a 5-4 decision […]

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