Donald J. Trump
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
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 $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
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
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
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
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
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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Judge to consider extending pause on Trump’s federal worker buyout plan
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb. 7, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The federal judge who paused the Trump administration’s offer of mass buyouts for government workers will hear arguments Monday afternoon about the legality of the “deferred resignation” program. […]
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Trump takes aim at ‘wasteful’ government spending by ordering end to penny production
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb. 7, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump ordered a halt to the production of new pennies, which he said will help reduce “wasteful” government spending. “For far too long the United States […]
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