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Joseph Zeballos-Roig

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Trump's search for the next Federal Reserve chair has kicked off

Trump praised Scott Bessent as an option to replace Jerome Powell, but said the Treasury Secretary isn't at the top of the list

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Trump privately signals he'll fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell — but backs off in public

Trump suggested to a group of GOP lawmakers that he will fire the Fed chair. But he later signaled he would let Powell finish his term

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Trump says the U.S. will impose 19% tariffs on Indonesia in a new trade deal

Indonesia is among the top 25 U.S. trading partners, and U.S. trade with the country totaled $38.3 billion last year

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Trump throws the sugar industry a fresh lifeline with new restriction on imports

The USDA says that U.S. sugar growers lost 15% of the market to imports in the past two decades

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A new tax on Mexican tomatoes just kicked in — and Americans might feel it soon

A little-noticed import tax on tomatoes from Mexico kicked in on Monday, and experts say shoppers will likely see higher prices

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Trump says he'll slap 100% tariffs on Russia if Putin doesn't make a Ukraine peace deal soon

It's a sign that Trump may be inching closer to penalizing Russian President Vladimir Putin after grousing he feels strung along

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A Fed renovation project is the latest front in Trump's fight against Jerome Powell

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has requested a review of the project by the central bank's inspector general as Trump and his allies look for a cause to fire...

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Trump threatens Mexico and the European Union with 30% tariff, blowing up trade talks

Trump's tariff threats are prompting countries to disentangle themselves from the U.S. and buy and sell more elsewhere

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Trump threatens a 35% tariff on Canada — and a blanket import tax on everyone else

It was the latest missive in a week full of tariff saber-rattling. Stocks fell on the latest trade tensions

11.07.2025 2

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Trump issues another round of tariff threats to six countries

Libya, Iraq, the Philippines and Algeria are among the countries targeted in Trump's latest tariff threats

09.07.2025 4

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Trump's tariffs could cost American households around $2,300, analysis says

The Yale Budget Lab analysis calculated the impact of tariffs on consumers, as well as on the current tariffs levied on Vietnam, China, and others

08.07.2025 3

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Trump says he'll impose 50% tariff on copper and hints at supersized rate on pharmaceuticals

Trump suggested that pharmaceutical manufacturers will have up to 18 months to build a new U.S. supply chain and avert a tariff that could total 200%

08.07.2025 2

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Trump is telling countries their new tariff rates on social media

The White House sent letters threatening tariffs on South Korea, Japan and other countries. But the door was left open to negotiate out of them by...

07.07.2025 3

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Trump's tariff deadline might be moving to August

Remarks by Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled that a July 9 deadline may be extended to avoid triggering market disruption

07.07.2025 2

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GOP megabill passes the House and heads to Trump's desk

Almost every House Republican who lambasted the legislation ended up voting for it, a testament to Trump's solidified grip over the party.

03.07.2025 2

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Republicans are about to tax the money migrants send home. It could backfire

The provision in the GOP's megabill is seen as part of Trump's immigration crackdown. But it could eventually increase illegal migration to the U.S.

03.07.2025 2

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American kids of undocumented immigrants could get $1,000 'Trump Accounts' under late changes to GOP megabill

It was an unusual outcome for a Trump-backed spending bill, one that raised eyebrows about unintended consequences from the GOP's sprint to the finish

02.07.2025 10

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Republicans nix controversial measure that would have blocked states from regulating AI

The provision stirred opposition from governors in both parties as well as state officials who warned the AI sector was escaping accountability

01.07.2025 3

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Trump and Elon Musk are feuding again as the GOP's megabill hangs in the balance

Trump floated having the Department of Government Efficiency scrutinize the billionaire who launched it — and pointedly didn't rule out deporting Musk

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Trump sent Fed Chair Jerome Powell a hand-written note attacking him over interest rates

Trump's diatribe was an extension of his long-running campaign against the Fed for not cutting interest rates

30.06.2025 3

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Canada is ditching a tax that infuriated Trump to restart trade talks

The White House took a victory lap after the Canadian reversal. Now the U.S. and Canada want to lock in a trade deal by July 21

30.06.2025 2

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Trump flirts with unilaterally imposing tariffs on trading partners ahead of July 9 deadline

Trump said his trade negotiating team still prefers to cut deals over issuing letters amounting to a take-it-or-leave-it diktat

29.06.2025 2

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Elon Musk renews his attacks on Trump's big bill, calling it 'massive strategic error'

Senate Republicans are in the middle of muscling through their bill over united Democratic opposition

29.06.2025 9

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The Trump administration moves to strip 'revenge tax' from GOP megabill

The measure had attracted considerable scrutiny from investors who feared it would diminish appetite for foreign investment in the U.S

28.06.2025 9

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The U.S. and China have reached a trade deal that eases tech and rare earth restrictions

Negotiations toward a broader trade deal are ongoing, but the initial accord could help reduce economic tensions that had reached a boiling point

28.06.2025 6

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Trump abruptly ends trade talks with Canada over tax on U.S. tech

The president also threatened to impose another round of tariffs, injecting fresh turmoil into U.S. relations with one of its biggest trading partners

28.06.2025 20

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The $4 trillion argument over the cost of Trump's big bill

Republicans are relying on a special budget trick to wipe away the cost of their tax package. Even some GOP experts are crying foul

25.06.2025 30

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell says Jamie Dimon is wrong about a coming 'crack' in bond markets

Jamie Dimon has warned of a backlash in financial markets as a response to the U.S's worsening fiscal picture

24.06.2025 3

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell says Trump's tariffs are delaying interest rate cuts

Little from the central bank chief's testimony on Capitol Hill suggested that he would give a thumbs-up to lowering borrowing costs next month

24.06.2025 9

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Health insurance companies say they'll make things simpler

A collection of large insurers including Humana, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and Blue Cross Blue Shield are pledging to cut red tape

23.06.2025 6

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Another Fed leader backs a July interest rate cut as inflation fears ease

Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said tariffs haven't provoked a sustained spike in prices and there's been less volatility than many economists feared

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Trump demands 'everyone' keep oil prices down after U.S. airstrikes on Iran

A Trump administration official said the administration will remain in "close coordination" with key oil producers

23.06.2025 10

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Trump gets some back-up in his crusade against the Fed's Jerome Powell

Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, demanded Powell's resignation in a Fox Business interview

21.06.2025 10

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A Fed governor says it's almost time to cut interest rates

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller argued for a July interest rate cut since he doesn't expect a tariff-induced inflation spike to linger

20.06.2025 3

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Consumer finance watchdog avoids getting defunded in Trump's big bill

A Senate official decided that Republicans can't nix the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in their big bill

20.06.2025 3

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The Senate passed a major cryptocurrency bill — a big victory for digital assets

The digital asset sector has long craved legitimacy through federal regulation

19.06.2025 20

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Social Security's trust fund could run out of money in less than a decade, jeopardizing benefits

The trustees warned that Social Security's depletion date moved up by two years since the previous report

19.06.2025 4

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Trump says he just can't get Fed Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates: 'I think he hates me'

The president insulted Powell anew and toyed with installing himself as Fed leader before the central bank again held rates steady

19.06.2025 10

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Trump railed against socialism in his campaign. He's flirting with it as president

Trump has been comfortable deploying the power of government to achieve specific economic outcomes, diverging from the GOP's traditional free-market...

19.06.2025 3

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Trump says China is 'not easy.' Lutnick says trade talks are 'going well'

U.S. trade negotiations with China entered their second day on Tuesday, as U.S. officials expressed optimism on the direction of the talks aimed at...

10.06.2025 10

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Car companies are in 'full panic' as China blocks rare-earth magnets

Auto companies are feeling the hit from recent Chinese export controls on rare earth magnets.Read more...

09.06.2025 7

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Anthropic's CEO has a problem with the GOP's push to stop states from regulating AI

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is pushing back against Republican efforts to impose a decade-long ban on states regulating artificial intelligence...

05.06.2025 3

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Trump says he's 'disappointed' in Elon Musk as their feud explodes in public view

President Donald Trump on Thursday fired back at Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s nonstop attacks againstRepublicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill,...

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Trump says he had a 'very good' call with China's Xi Jinping and that more trade talks are coming

President Donald Trump said he had a lengthy phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, as the leaders held their first known phone...

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Elon Musk says Republicans should torch their megabill and start over

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk wants Republicans to take a big U-turn and start from scratch on President Donald Trump’s big domestic policy bill.Read...

05.06.2025 3

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Elon Musk trashes Trump's big bill as a 'disgusting abomination'

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk lambasted President Trump’s megabill in a string of social media posts on Tuesday afternoon, a sign that a...

03.06.2025 2

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U.S. tariffs slowed down China's manufacturing in May

A new survey of Chinese manufacturers released Tuesday showed factory activity shrank in May, dropping to the lowest level in nearly three years after...

03.06.2025 3

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The Trump administration is delaying a 25% tariff on Chinese-made graphics cards

Graphics cards and motherboards assembled in China are avoiding President Donald Trump’s import taxes, for now.Read more...

03.06.2025 2

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Jamie Dimon says he's not retiring from JPMorgan Chase for 'several years'

Don’t expect JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon to step down anytime soon. That’s still “several years away,” he said on Monday.Read more...

02.06.2025 4

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There's still a way to get interest rate cuts this year, Fed governor says

A fleeting inflation bump might pave the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, according to a top Fed official.Read more...

02.06.2025 3

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