Donald J. Trump
Judge calls Trump DOJ’s request to release Epstein grand jury records a ‘diversion’
Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997. Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday refused to unseal grand jury materials in Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case, while slamming the Trump administration’s request […]
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Divided Fed worried about tariffs, inflation and the labor market, minutes show
Key Points The meeting summary depicted a divergence of opinion among the central bankers, whose vote to hold their key rate steady came despite objections from two Fed governors who argued in favor of cutting. “Participants generally pointed to risks to both sides of the Committee’s dual mandate, emphasizing upside risk to inflation and downside […]
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Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices in U.S. as tariffs start to hit
The PlayStation DualSense controller and PlayStation 5 console. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images PlayStation 5 game consoles will cost $50 more in the U.S. starting this week, Sony announced on Wednesday. The price for an entry-level PlayStation 5 Digital Edition will increase from $450 to $500, and a PlayStation 5 with a disc […]
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Intel in talks with other large investors for equity boost at discount, sources say
Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan speaks at the company’s Annual Manufacturing Technology Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. April 29, 2025. Laure Andrillon | Reuters Intel is in talks with other large investors to receive an equity infusion at a discounted price, people familiar with the matter told CNBC’s David Faber. Intel stock slid more than […]
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Trump demands Fed’s Cook resign after housing official calls for ‘mortgage fraud’ probe
Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board’s supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday […]
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Hassett likely to be Trump’s pick for Fed chief, though Warsh is more qualified, CNBC survey finds
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump will tap his top economic advisor Kevin Hassett to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to respondents to a […]
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Trump slams ‘anti-American’ pushback after fresh delay to Arizona copper mine
Coils, coiled copper wires, lie on pallets in the wire plant (coiler) at Aurubis AG. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has slammed an appeals court decision to temporarily block a land transfer needed by mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP to develop what is slated to become one […]
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Trump vows to target ‘woke’ museums with same playbook used on Columbia, Harvard
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History is seen from the Washington Monument on June 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Carter | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has ordered his lawyers to snuff out what he calls “woke” content at museums by copying the playbook his administration is using […]
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Palantir stock slumps 9%, falling for a fifth straight day from record
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Palantir‘s stock slumped more than 9% on Tuesday, falling for a fifth straight day to continue its pullback from all-time highs. […]
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Trump expands 50% steel and aluminum tariffs to include 407 additional product types
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with North American Flat-Rolled Segment Senior Vice President and Chief Manufacturing Officer Scott Buckiso, Plant manager of Irvin and Fairless Plant Donald German and Mon Valley Works United Steel Corporation Vice President Kurt Barshick, as he visits U.S. Steel Corporation–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 30, 2025. Leah […]
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