Politics
Barbie-parent Mattel pulls annual forecasts, will hike prices as tariffs raise costs
Mattel Inc. Barbie brand dolls for sale in the Toys “R” Us section of the Macy’s flagship store on Black Friday in New York, US, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Barbie-parent Mattel withdrew its annual financial targets on Monday and said it would increase prices for some products […]
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Trump signs order to boost domestic drug manufacturing as pharma tariff threat looms
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to incentivize drug manufacturing in the U.S., streamlining the path for pharmaceutical companies to build […]
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Messaging app used by Trump official suspends operations after reported hack
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz looks at his phone as he prepares for a TV interview at the White House on May 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images The messaging app that President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor was seen using during a Cabinet meeting last week is temporarily suspending […]
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Where Trump is likely getting his $1.98 gas price figure
US President Donald Trump leaves after taking questions from the press on the South Lawn upon returning to the White House in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2025. Alex Wroblewski | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has falsely claimed that gasoline prices have fallen below $2 per gallon, in his push to convince […]
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Trump to ask Hollywood studios if they’re happy with 100% foreign film tariff idea
U.S. President Donald Trump announces the NFL draft will be held in Washington, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday that he will ask Hollywood studios if “they’re happy” with his proposal to impose tariffs of 100% percent on foreign-made films. “I’m […]
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Democratic-led states sue to prevent Trump from gutting health agencies
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters […]
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Trump says U.S. girls ‘could be very happy’ with lots fewer dolls under new tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One as he flies from West Palm Beach, Florida en route to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 4, 2025, returning to the White House after spending the weekend in Florida. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump again is […]
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Bessent to Milken conference: Trump will make America ‘more appealing for investors like you’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 5, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday sketched out the roadmap of President Donald Trump’s “America First Vision” in a pitch to a roomful of global investors on the future of […]
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Trump’s DHS offers $1,000 stipends, travel assistance to immigrants who ‘self-deport’
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Mayorkas provided an update on planning and operations ahead of the lifting of the Title 42 public health order. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday […]
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Hollywood studio stocks briefly fall after Trump proposes foreign film tariff
The famed Hollywood sign is viewed on September 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Investors in Hollywood’s top studios and streaming services were trying to make sense Monday of President Donald Trump’s proposed 100% tariff on movies made overseas. Shares of Netflix, Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery briefly fell […]
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