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Two-time Oscar-winner Emma Thompson wasn’t feeling anything near love actually when Donald Trump asked her out to dinner back in the day. The “Howards End” star said Saturday at the Locarno Film Festival that Trump called her in her trailer while she was filming the 1998 political movie “Primary Colors.” It was also the day her divorce from actor Kenneth …

Your 401(k) options could change soon. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to clear the way for Americans to invest their retirement savings in private equity, cryptocurrency, real estate and other alternative assets. It’s a big win for the asset industry — giving financial managers access to some of the $12.2 trillion in Americans’ 401(k) and related retirement …

AI and Trump put squeeze on consulting firms as industry’s post-pandemic boom fades  Axios Opinion | AI Is Here, and a Quiet Havoc Has Begun  The Wall Street Journal AI Is Everywhere But the Jobs Data  Bloomberg.com Sharper insights, smarter conversations: How McKinsey’s new generative AI tool transforms client engagement  McKinsey & Company Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?  Financial …

Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control. Here’s what the data shows.  The Washington Post The nation’s capital waits for Trump’s next move as a federal takeover threat looms  AP News President Trump taps federal law enforcement agencies to police Washington, D.C.  NPR White House announcement on Monday will ‘stop violent crime’ in D.C., Trump says  NBC4 Washington Trump may move closer …

Emma Thompson has accepted Academy Awards, Baftas and even a damehood over a glittering career, but there was one offer she had to turn down. The actor says she once got asked out on a date by Donald Trump on the same day her divorced was confirmed. Thompson said she was in her trailer filming Primary Colors in 1998, a …

Bank of America Research economists remain convinced that the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates in 2025, despite a recent wave of disappointing jobs data fueling market speculation of an imminent policy shift. The reason, according to a new research note: The U.S. economy is headed toward a battle with stagflation—not recession—and cutting rates could worsen that toxic mix of …

MARTIN BERTRAND/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images MARTIN BERTRAND/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the firing raises the spectre of potential manipulation – and it raises the worry that, in the future, the numbers won’t be as trustworthy. So: we looked …

Donald Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. At a $1m-a-plate fundraiser at his New Jersey golf club earlier this month, Trump told attendees he was interested in making such a change, the people, who declined to be named, told the newspaper. The reclassification, …

Exclusive | Trump Weighs Reclassifying Marijuana as Less Dangerous Drug  The Wall Street Journal Trump is privately mulling how to declare pot a less dangerous drug  CNN Trump reportedly considers reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous drug  The Guardian Trump considers reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous drug: report  Fox Business Trump Says He’s ‘Going To Look At’ Marijuana, As White House Chief Of Staff Receives …

Updated August 9, 2025, at 8:58 p.m. The Trump administration on Friday launched an investigation into Harvard’s patents derived from federally funded research, threatening intellectual property potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars and once again escalating a monthslong standoff between the University and the White House. In a two-page letter to Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 — which …