Donald J. Trump

Trump’s steel tariffs could trigger broader trade war as EU threatens ‘proportionate countermeasures’
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Trump’s steel tariffs could trigger broader trade war as EU threatens ‘proportionate countermeasures’

Ursula von der Leyen (CDU, r), President of the European Commission, stands in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament. Philipp von Ditfurth | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The European Union plans to retaliate against the United States for new steel and aluminum tariffs, adding another element to rising global trade tensions. “Unjustified tariffs […]

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Stock futures inch lower as investors look ahead to key inflation readings due this week: Live updates
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Stock futures inch lower as investors look ahead to key inflation readings due this week: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 10, 2025. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures traded lower early Tuesday as investors looked toward key inflation reports due later in the week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped 69 points, or around 0.15%. Futures tied to the S&P […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s cuts continue sweeping through the US government, and even the penny is not spared
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s cuts continue sweeping through the US government, and even the penny is not spared

Rolls of US pennies are seen in this photo illustration in Washington, DC, February 10, 2025.  Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images It’s been just over three weeks into the second term of U.S. President Donald Trump, and the flurry of announcements from the White House shows no sign of abating. The administration is […]

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Asia-Pacific markets open higher as investors assess Trump tariffs
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Asia-Pacific markets open higher as investors assess Trump tariffs

A view of the city skyline of Lujiazui Shanghai Center in Pudong, Shanghai, China, on March 13, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday, tracking gains on Wall Street that appeared to look past U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign. Trump on Monday signed an order imposing 25% tariffs on […]

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Elon Musk and investors offering .4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports
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Elon Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration parade at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.  Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in offering to buy control of OpenAI for $97.4 billion, The […]

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Markets pricing in only one rate cut this year as fears grow that tariffs will spark inflation
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Markets pricing in only one rate cut this year as fears grow that tariffs will spark inflation

As investors grow more concerned about tariffs and the effect they could have on inflation, they are lowering their expectations even further for interest rate cuts out of the Fed this year. President Donald Trump is moving quickly to establish duties against the largest U.S. trading partners. Even with tariffs postponed against Canada and Mexico, […]

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Google Calendar no longer includes start of Black History Month, Pride Month
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Google Calendar no longer includes start of Black History Month, Pride Month

The Google Calendar logo is displayed on a tablet. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google‘s popular online and mobile calendars no longer include reference to the first day of Black History Month or Women’s History month, among other holidays and events. The company’s calendar previously had those days marked at […]

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Trump gets high approval ratings for his first weeks, new CBS poll finds
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Trump gets high approval ratings for his first weeks, new CBS poll finds

Football – NFL – Super Bowl LIX – Philadelphia Eagles v Kansas City Chiefs – Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States – February 9, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump salutes before the game  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump received one of his highest job approval ratings in his decade-long political career, after […]

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Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials
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Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 30, 2025. Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump is set Monday to sign an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that prohibits […]

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Trump, Musk actions put America at risk of ‘a form of default,’ former Treasury chiefs warn
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Trump, Musk actions put America at risk of ‘a form of default,’ former Treasury chiefs warn

Elon Musk walks on Capitol Hill on the day of a meeting with Senate Republican Leader-elect John Thune (R-SD), in Washington, U.S. December 5, 2024.  Benoit Tessier | Reuters Five former Treasury secretaries warned Monday that recent actions at the Treasury Department by Trump administration officials and Elon Musk’s DOGE team raise “substantial cause for […]

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