Trump’s Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing
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Trump’s Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s simultaneous trade wars with Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union amount to a huge economic and political gamble: that Americans will endure months or years of economic pain in return for the distant hope of re-industrializing the American heartland. It…

U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts
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U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States economy is starting to show signs of strain as President Trump’s abrupt moves to shrink federal spending, lay off government workers and impose tariffs on America’s largest trading partners rattle businesses and reverberate across states and cities. Funding freezes and…

Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama
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Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raises one of the most disturbing questions I’ve ever had to ask about my own country: Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin — by someone ready…

Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now
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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats against allies and foes alike, and haggling over how to get a Republican budget through a narrowly divided Congress. Business leaders and corporate…

Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Elon Musk’s DOGE Team From Treasury Systems
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Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Elon Musk’s DOGE Team From Treasury Systems

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lawyers for the Trump administration argued late Sunday that a court order blocking Elon Musk’s aides from entering the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems impinged on the president’s absolute powers over the executive branch, which they argued the courts could not usurp….

Trump Orders Treasury to Halt Minting New Pennies to Cut Waste
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Trump Orders Treasury to Halt Minting New Pennies to Cut Waste

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since taking office, President Trump has set his sights on big targets, like Greenland. But he has also taken aim at small ones, like paper straws. And pennies. On Sunday night, Mr. Trump said he had ordered the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, to…

Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt
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Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge’s order that Elon Musk’s team temporarily cease boring into the Treasury Department’s payment systems raises a far larger question: whether what Elon Musk has labeled the Department of Government Efficiency is creating a major cyber and national security vulnerability. The…

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system late on Friday, according to five people familiar with the change, handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to…

Ethics Pledges by Trump Cabinet Draw Questions and Skepticism
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Ethics Pledges by Trump Cabinet Draw Questions and Skepticism

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Once Pam Bondi is confirmed as attorney general, she will be free to handle matters involving some of her former lobbying clients, thanks to an agreement she signed with federal government officials. That agreement will not prove to be unusual in the second…

Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1
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Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a decision that is sure to escalate trade tensions between the world’s largest economies. Speaking at the White House,…