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Trump threatens to impose up to 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals ‘very soon’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose up to 200% tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S. “very soon.” “They’re going to be tariffs […]
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Trump says he will impose 50% tariff on copper imports
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump said he will impose a 50% tariff on copper imports on Tuesday, and suggested more steep sector-specific duties are on the […]
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White House: Odds of tariff-related inflation are low, like ‘pandemics or meteors’
A top White House economic advisor on Tuesday likened the odds that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will lead to higher prices to those of a meteorite striking earth. “Rare events happen. We get pandemics or, or meteors or whatever,” said Stephen Miran, chairman of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” But “there’s […]
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IRS says churches can endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status
A view of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 11, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The IRS said in a new federal court filing that churches can endorse political candidates to their congregations without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status. The move upends a 70-year-old interpretation of the U.S. […]
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Healthy Returns: Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill may affect some drugmakers more than others
U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care […]
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Global stock markets are calling Trump’s bluff on tariffs
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 7: An aide picks up a page from a letter to Japan and South Korea, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, announcing 25% tariffs beginning on August 1st, during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew […]
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Trump’s tariffs could overshadow the red carpet as Macron meets King Charles
France’s President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with delegates as he is greeted upon arrival at RAF Northolt, west of London, on July 8, 2025, on the first day of a three-day state visit to Britain. French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday, which will see him address parliament and […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Tariff letters from Trump, like those of lovers, seem to signify little
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. U.S. Eric Lee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Paramours wanting to court each other have, through the decades, moved on from love letters to Instagram DMs. But some form […]
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Trump says U.S. will send more weapons to Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a law enforcement event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States would be sending more weapons to Ukraine to help the war-torn country defend itself against Russian attacks. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Ukraine was getting hit […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s tariff letters set the heart racing, but don’t seem to promise anything new
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump share a kiss as they watch fireworks during a Fourth of July celebration at the White House on July 4, 2025 in Washington, DC, U.S. Eric Lee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Paramours wanting to court each other have, through the decades, moved on […]
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