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Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, was fired on Saturday, prematurely ending a five-year term that…
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CBS to Hand Over Transcript of Kamala Harris’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview to FCC
CBS News plans to comply with a request from the Federal Communications Commission for the unedited transcript of a “60 Minutes” interview…
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Kennedy Says He Will Give HPV Vaccine Lawsuit Proceeds to His Son
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers in responses to questions released on Friday that he would divest his interest in litigation against…
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Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes”…
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Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires
The older he gets, the more Bill Gates is surprised by what the world dishes up. Take billionaires. There are many now from the tech…
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Lutnick Grilled on Trump’s Tariffs and China During Confirmation Hearing
Howard Lutnick, a wealthy donor to President Trump who has been chosen to lead the Commerce Department, defended Mr. Trump’s plans to…
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Democrats to Question Commerce Nominee’s Web of Financial Interests
Howard Lutnick, a wealthy donor who President Trump has picked to lead the Commerce Department, will face questioning about his financial…
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The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund R.F.K. Jr. Would Oversee
When President Bill Clinton worked with a bipartisan Congress to enact a federal program to guarantee vaccines for poor children, they…
Business
The Fed Is About to Hit Pause on Rate Cuts. Here’s Why.
At the Federal Reserve’s final gathering of 2024, Chair Jerome H. Powell announced that the U.S. central bank was embarking on a “new…
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Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The Senate on Monday voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent to be President Trump’s Treasury secretary, putting in place the new…
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Doug Emhoff to Return to Corporate Law
The latest guessing game in Washington is where former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, might go next. Half…
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Trump’s Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support
Dressed in ball gowns, tuxedos and “Make Bitcoin Great Again” baseball caps, a crowd of some of the country’s most powerful cryptocurrency…
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Target to End D.E.I. Policies as Trump Threatens Companies
Days after President Trump ordered federal agencies to investigate private sector entities for “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion…
Business
How to Invest During a Presidency With a Deep Devotion to Profits
“The chief business of the American people is business.” That declaration by Calvin Coolidge has been shortened and simplified since that…
Politics
Trump Escalates His War on D.E.I.
Crackdown President Trump made clear for months that he would take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives when he took office.…
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Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
President Trump is moving to restructure the nation’s energy future to block any transition away from fossil fuels. And he is testing the…
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Trump Pitches External Revenue Service to Collect Tariffs: What to Know
President Trump has promised to generate a “massive” amount of revenue with tariffs on foreign products, an amount so big that the…
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Trump’s Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits…
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Trump, the Deal Maker in Chief, Is Back
The questions facing a new Trump era Good morning on this Inauguration Day. Welcome to Round 2 of President Donald Trump. No matter your…
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Trump’s Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World’s Most Valuable
The Trump family’s new crypto token surged in just two days to become one of the most valuable forms of digital currency in the world,…
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What We Know About the TikTok Ban
Starting on Saturday night, TikTok, the short-form video app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, was unavailable in the United States…
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A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses
President Biden warned in his farewell address to the nation last week that an oligarchy is taking shape in America. In Washington, the…
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A Who’s Who at Peter Thiel’s Trump Party: Zuckerberg, Adelson and More
Mr. Thiel prides himself on his elaborate parties, and his inauguration event, held in his seven-bedroom home, included a hired juggler…
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How TikTok Evaded a Ban Again and Again, Until Now
In mid-2023, TikTok had just eluded an effort in Congress to ban the video app, the latest Houdini-like escape for the young tech company.…