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EU to set out next countermeasures against U.S. tariffs on Thursday
Maros Sefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, speaks to reporters in Singapore on May 7, 2025, after signing of the EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement (DTA), a landmark initiative enhancing digital economic cooperation between the European Union and Singapore. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images The European Commission will […]
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Trump fires Democratic board members of credit union watchdog
Todd Harper, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The White House has fired two Democratic board members of the National Credit Union Administration, the officials said on Wednesday, as President Donald […]
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Live updates: Trump tariff plans finalized as U.S. trade partners brace for impact
New tariffs will take effect ‘immediately’ Trump’s new tariffs will take effect “immediately” after he announces them in the Rose Garden, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. The timeline offered a morsel of clarity about the reciprocal tariff plan, which remains highly opaque just hours before it is set to be unveiled. — […]
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Why oil companies may not love Pres. Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda
President Donald Trump is urging oil producers to “drill, baby, drill.” U.S. oil and gas investors may not be on board with the plan. “Right now, with low oil prices, I think we’re going to start to see a lot of companies starting to pare back on their capital spending,” said Clark Williams-Derry, an energy finance […]
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SEC to see exodus as hundreds take Trump’s buyout offers: Reuters
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S. on March 5, 2025. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Wall Street’s top regulator is facing a staff exodus across key departments as hundreds have agreed to take resignation offers amid President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to remake the U.S. government, five people […]
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Trump threatens to impose ‘large scale’ sanctions on Russia until a peace agreement with Ukraine is reached
US President Donald Trump speaks as he prepares to sign executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on March 6, 2025. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — After weeks of distancing the U.S. from Ukraine, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose expanded “large scale” sanctions and […]
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Supreme Court denies Trump’s request to cancel USAID payments for completed work
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to let President Donald Trump’s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. Handing a setback to Trump, the court in a 5-4 decision […]
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Ben & Jerry’s says parent Unilever mandating silence on Trump
Pints of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream are seen on a shelf at Ideal Fresh Market of Church Ave in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City on March 19, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ben & Jerry’s accused its parent Unilever of demanding its silence toward […]
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