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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s expanded tariffs mean putting out home fires could be more expensive
Cargo containers stacked aboard a ship at the Jakarta International Container Terminal in Tanjung Priok Port on Aug. 7, 2025. Str | Afp | Getty Images Tariff-related ruction appears to be settling down, but U.S. President Donald Trump is still reshaping global trade and industry — and everyday life. After the Trump administration hinted it could […]
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Trump contorts timeline of jobs report revisions in effort to justify firing BLS chief
President Donald Trump has tried to justify firing former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer by claiming that her agency’s gold standard employment reports were “rigged” in order to harm him politically. Trump has provided no evidence to support his allegation. Nonetheless, he has repeatedly claimed that the BLS issued “phony” strong-looking jobs numbers […]
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Jobs data revisions are common. Here’s how the process works.
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence. But former Labor Statistics officials say that the commissioner typically doesn’t have a role in preparing the monthly jobs report. “There’s no way for that to happen,” said William Beach, Trump’s […]
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Trump ‘soft, weak and afraid’ in firing labor statistics chief McEntarfer: Wyden
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee called President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday “the act of somebody who is soft, weak and afraid to own up to the reality of the damage his chaos is inflicting on our economy.” “Bottom line, Trump wants to cook […]
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Trump says he moved two nuclear submarines after Russia’s Medvedev warns U.S.
President Donald Trump on Friday said that he ordered two nuclear submarines “to be positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to warnings made to the United States by top Russian official Dmitry Medvedev earlier this week. “Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the […]
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Why it appears Washington is becoming friendlier toward crypto ETFs under Trump
ETF Edge Why it appears Washington is becoming friendlier toward crypto ETFs under Trump Published Wed, Jul 30 20257:00 AM EDT Siena Griffin@siena_griffin WATCH LIVE Source
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Lutnick: U.S. to release result of probe into chip imports in two weeks
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, on the day he signs executive orders for reciprocal tariffs, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Trump administration will announce the results of a national security probe into imports […]
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Trump was told his name was in Jeffrey Epstein files before DOJ withheld documents: WSJ
U.S. President Donald Trump walks before signing the “Genius Act”, which will develop regulatory framework for stablecoin cryptocurrencies and expand oversight of the industry, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 18, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump at a meeting in May that his […]
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Hunter Biden blames Ambien for President Biden’s terrible Trump debate
President Joe Biden stands with his son Hunter Biden after the president arrived at the Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, June 11, 2024. Anna Rose Layden | Reuters Hunter Biden said in a new interview that his father, former President Joe Biden, had been taking Ambien in the period before his […]
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Markets will ‘crash’ if Trump fires Powell, Sen. Warren warns
Stock and bond markets and the value of the U.S. dollar will plunge if President Donald Trump fires Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned Thursday. “I think they crash,” Warren, D-Mass., said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked what would happen if Trump succeeds in pushing Powell out as head of the […]
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