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Trump slams trade relationship with European Union: ‘We have some very big complaints’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday continued to take aim at the European Union for what he claims is an unequal trade relationship. “From the standpoint of America, the EU treats us very, very unfairly, very badly,” Trump said in a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. After his inauguration on […]
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Quad foreign ministers meet in Washington in signal of Trump’s China focus
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2R) stands alongside Indo-Pacific Quad ministers, L-R, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, during a photo opportunity before meetings at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The United […]
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European stocks open mixed as Trump 2.0 kicks off; Energy firm Orsted drops 15% on U.S. impairment
LONDON — European stocks opened in mixed territory on Tuesday, as traders reviewed the first executive orders that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Monday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 opened flat, while Germany’s DAX fell slightly after hitting a record high. While the FTSE 100 opened 0.05% higher, the Italy’s FTSE MIB and […]
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Biden pardons his family in final minutes in office
James Biden and Valerie Biden Owens arrive at the federal court for Hunter Biden’s trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. Hannah Beier | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for three of his siblings and two of their spouses, citing concerns that they will be targeted […]
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Biden pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Milley, Jan. 6 committee members
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he speaks from the Roosevelt Room about the jobs report and the state of the economy at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday issued pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, members of Congress who investigated […]
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Trump inauguration live updates: TikTok, energy and immigration top targets for ‘day one’ executive actions
Trump to call for a ‘revolution of common sense’ U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Trump’s inaugural address will feature a memorable line calling for […]
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Trump expected to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday
US President-elect Donald Trump reacts during a MAGA victory rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2025, one day ahead of his inauguration ceremony. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Donald Trump plans to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday — and possibly more than 100 — on the […]
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Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 15, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Via Reuters President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. […]
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Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office — here’s how he might do it
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office Monday, months after promising voters that he would cut their electric and gasoline prices in half in the first year of his administration. “To achieve this rapid reduction in energy costs, I will declare a national emergency to […]
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Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.
Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S. The Apple App Store and the Google Play store’s removal of TikTok means people in the U.S. can no longer download the […]
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