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‘Because I like them’: The UK has a magic formula that won over Trump
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‘Because I like them’: The UK has a magic formula that won over Trump

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as they speak to reporters after meeting during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s mercurial nature and leadership […]

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Trump’s crypto agenda is being threatened by his pursuit of personal profits
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Trump’s crypto agenda is being threatened by his pursuit of personal profits

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he gives remarks outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 8, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump is standing in his own way when it comes to passing crypto legislation. Lawmakers this week rejected the GENIUS Act — a bill […]

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‘Good chance’ of U.K.-U.S. trade deal, JD Vance says, as Trump ‘really loves’ Britain
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‘Good chance’ of U.K.-U.S. trade deal, JD Vance says, as Trump ‘really loves’ Britain

U.S. President Donald Trump inspected an honour guard during a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace in central London on June 3, 2019, on the first day of their three-day State Visit to the U.K.  Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images The U.K. has a “good chance” of securing a trade deal with America, U.S. […]

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Trump to address joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET with DOGE, tariffs and Ukraine looming
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Trump to address joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET with DOGE, tariffs and Ukraine looming

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 30, 2018. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night amid stock market turmoil driven by his stiff new […]

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Jeff Bezos orders Washington Post opinion pages to support ‘personal liberties and free markets’; top editor resigns
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Jeff Bezos orders Washington Post opinion pages to support ‘personal liberties and free markets’; top editor resigns

(L-R) Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.  Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, the […]

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Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden before adoring conservative crowd
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Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden before adoring conservative crowd

President Donald Trump said Saturday that “nobody has ever seen anything” like his administration’s sweeping effort to fire thousands of federal employees and shrink the size of government, congratulating himself for “dominating” Washington and sending bureaucrats “packing.” Addressing an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban Washington, Trump promised, “We’re going to forge a new and lasting political majority […]

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Trump meme coin gives greenlight for crypto industry to return to days of new tokens and NFT bubble
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Trump meme coin gives greenlight for crypto industry to return to days of new tokens and NFT bubble

A cartoon image of US President-elect Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin token to mark the cryptocurrency reaching over $100,000 displayed at a Coinhero store in Hong Kong, China, on in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.  Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Trump’s return the White House is expected to usher […]

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CNBC Daily Open: What to look out for as Trump 2.0 era starts
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CNBC Daily Open: What to look out for as Trump 2.0 era starts

U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally at Capital One Arena ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.  Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything […]

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Bitcoin jumps to new record above 9,000 as traders cheer Trump inauguration, meme coins
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Bitcoin jumps to new record above $109,000 as traders cheer Trump inauguration, meme coins

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a new all-time high overnight after the incoming first couple launched a pair of meme coins and as traders await the inauguration of incoming President Donald Trump. On Monday the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by nearly 1% at $106,622.54, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it […]

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Melania Trump launches cryptocurrency ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration
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Melania Trump launches cryptocurrency ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration

Melania Trump, pictured in July 2024, has launched her own meme coin.  Leon Neal | Getty Images Incoming first lady Melania Trump launched her own meme coin ahead of her husband’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. In a Sunday evening post on the X social media platform, she announced […]

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