Donald Trump
Trump says he spoke to Putin, predicts no ‘immediate’ peace for Russia and Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for well over an hour about Ukraine’s latest attack on Russian airplanes and nuclear talks with Iran. Putin in that call vowed retaliation against Ukraine […]
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Trump says ‘Too Late’ Powell must lower interest rates after weak ADP jobs report
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs after holding a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday angrily urged Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, minutes after […]
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Trump’s 50% steel tariffs hit the world but UK spared full blow
An employee stands at a blast furnace in North Rhine-Westphalia, Duisburg, Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images U.S. tariffs entered the spotlight once again in Europe on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50% levy on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. came into effect. Announced last week and signed by […]
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Fed’s Powell tells Princeton grads to guard integrity amid Trump criticism
Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during the Society For Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference in Arlington, Virginia, on April 4, 2025. Tierney L. Cross | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Princeton graduates to “guard” their integrity amid a flurry of criticism from U.S. President Donald […]
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Tesla’s Australia sales soar in May — a bright spot amid struggles elsewhere
Electric vehicles outside a Tesla dealership in Melbourne on April 19, 2023. William West | AFP | Getty Images Tesla may be facing declining sales in the U.S. and Europe, but it reported a bright spot in Australia — where its electric vehicle sales rebounded to their highest level in nearly 12 months in May. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Recent gains in markets are likely just short-term optimism
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2025. NYSE Over the past week, Washington and Beijing have been trading barbs about violating their preliminary trade deal. Aside from that, higher steel and aluminum tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will kick in Wednesday. Amid all the trade […]
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Trump’s Truth Social takes step toward launching bitcoin ETF with NYSE Arca filing
Anna Barclay | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform moved a step closer to having a bitcoin exchange-traded fund available to everyday investors. NYSE Arca, the all-electronic arm of the New York Stock Exchange that handles most ETF trading, filed on Tuesday to list a bitcoin fund linked to the president’s media company, […]
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New Elizabeth Warren report chronicles ‘130 days of Elon Musk’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office issued a report Tuesday chronicling Elon Musk’s “130 days” in President Donald Trump’s administration, accusing the billionaire of […]
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Trump’s USD1 stablecoin is off to a rocky start, data shows
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES – MAY 30: United States President Donald Trump departs at the White House to U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania in Washington D.C May 30, 2025. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s new dollar-pegged stablecoin is off to a sluggish start, with muted inflows and […]
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Inmate forged Trump death threats to get star witness deported: Prosecutors
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington, U.S. Manuel Balce Ceneta | Via Reuters Threatening letters about President Donald Trump that led to the highly-touted arrest by federal authorities of an undocumented immigrant last month were actually written by a jailed Wisconsin […]
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