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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s whittled down his list of potential Federal Reserve chair candidates to four as he considers a successor to Jerome Powell — a choice that could reset the path of the U.S. economy. Asked on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” for a future replacement for Powell, Trump named Kevin Hassett, director of the …

More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America have signed an open letter decrying recent actions taken by President Trump and his administration that they say represent “an unprecedented, authoritarian assault.” The WGA East and WGA West union members signing the letter include Spike Lee, Adam McKay, Ilana Glazer, Mike Schur, Liz Merriwether and Tony Gilroy. The letter …

On August 4th Donald Trump took to Truth Social, his social-media platform, to berate India: because the country’s “massive” oil purchases fund “the Russian War Machine”, he said, it would suffer substantially steeper tariffs than the 25% the president slapped on the country last week. In some ways the president is not wrong: Russia supplied a negligible 0.2% of India’s …

Trump says JPMorgan, Bank of America rejected his deposits  Politico Trumps Claims Discrimination by Banks Ahead of ‘Debanking’ Crackdown  The New York Times Trump says JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America rejected him as a customer  CNBC Trump says banks discriminate against his supporters while White House prepares order  Reuters Trump claims banks discriminate against conservatives through debanking. Here’s what that means.  CBS News Source link

Trump puts big banks in his crosshairs, claiming discrimination  Axios Trump says JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America rejected him as a customer  CNBC Trump claims banks discriminate against conservatives through debanking. Here’s what that means.  CBS News Trumps Claims Discrimination by Banks Ahead of ‘Debanking’ Crackdown  The New York Times Trump says major US banks ‘discriminated against me’ as White House preps debanking executive …

The Trump Administration’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026 would take an axe to NASA science. Two satellite missions on the chopping block have provided climate scientists, oil and gas companies, and farmers with critical atmospheric carbon data for years. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories are a pair of instruments that map atmospheric carbon on a global scale. NASA launched the …

More than 2,300 Writers Guild of America members on Tuesday blasted what they called “escalating attacks on independent media by the Trump Administration” in an open letter whose signatories include Tony Gilroy, Spike Lee, David Simon, Adam McKay and more. The consortium includes “screenwriters, television writers and journalists” who say they face an “unprecedented, authoritarian assault” in the wake of …

Topline The Department of Homeland Security trolled “South Park” in a post on X ahead of the show’s new episode Wednesday night, which teasers indicate will once again target President Donald Trump as well as his administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, as the series continues to provoke the administration’s wrath. The previous “South Park” episode sparked the White House’s …

The list of mainstream news figures that Donald Trump hasn’t gone after continues to dwindle. On Monday night, Trump turned his attention to Gayle King, the co-host of CBS Mornings, by sharing a New York Post story that cast doubt on her future at the network with the pending Skydance-Paramount Global merger, that’s set to close Thursday. Trump posted on …

Trump again threatens ‘very substantial’ tariff hikes for India over Russian oil  Reuters What to Know About India’s Trade in Oil With Russia  The New York Times Modi was ready to ‘make India great again,’ then Trump put America first  NBC News Narendra Modi and Donald Trump go head-to-head  The Economist India accuses US, EU of Russia trade double standards: Who is right?  Al Jazeera …