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Wall St selloff sparked by Trump tariffs, Amazon results, weak payrolls – Reuters

Wall St selloff sparked by Trump tariffs, Amazon results, weak payrolls  Reuters Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink after weak jobs report, Trump’s tariff redux  Yahoo Finance ‘Bad News Is Bad News’: Jobs Data Shatters Wall Street’s Calm  Bloomberg Stocks close lower after Trump’s new tariffs, weak jobs report  ABC News US stock market and global trade partners react to Trump’s new …

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A vacancy on the Fed is opening early as Trump urges board to ‘assume control’ if Powell doesn’t cut rates

A vacancy on the Fed is opening early as Trump urges board to ‘assume control’ if Powell doesn’t cut rates

Fed Governor Adriana Kugler announced Friday she is stepping down from her position earlier than expected, giving President Donald Trump the chance to expand his influence over the central bank as he calls for a revolt against Chairman Jerome Powell. In a post on Truth Social before Kugler’s announcement, President Trump took a jab at Powell, saying he must “substantially” …

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Trump fires labor data chief over disappointing jobs report – DW – 08/02/2025

Trump fires labor data chief over disappointing jobs report – DW – 08/02/2025

President Donald Trump announced on Friday the dismissal of the US Commissioner of Labor Statistics, just hours after the entity had published its latest report on job growth and the economy. Commissioner Erika McEntarfer has been leading the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) since January 2024. The post, a four-year term, is the only one in the agency that is …

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Trump says two US Navy subs are moving following comments by an ex-Russian president. Here are the subs in the American fleet

Trump says two US Navy subs are moving following comments by an ex-Russian president. Here are the subs in the American fleet

Facebook Tweet Email Link US President Donald Trump said Friday he was ordering two US Navy nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions,” in response to remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and current deputy chairman of its Security Council. In what he called an effort to be “prepared,” Trump said in a Truth Social post that he had “ordered two …

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Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’ | Donald Trump

Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’ | Donald Trump

Donald Trump says he considers Sean ‘“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism. Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two …

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Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms

Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms

Donald Trump US elections State & local races Election security See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link A few weeks ago, Republican election officials in Colorado began receiving unsolicited calls and texts from a GOP consultant who said he was working with the Trump administration on “election integrity.” In a text to one of the officials, the consultant, Jeff Small, …

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For Canada’s Carney, no deal with Trump might be better than a bad one – The Washington Post

For Canada’s Carney, no deal with Trump might be better than a bad one  The Washington Post After a blown deadline, what next for US-Canada trade?  BBC Canada PM Carney responds to Trump’s tariff increase  The Hill Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Amends Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border  The White House (.gov) Canada’s US trade minister …

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Trump Rejects Diddy Pardon, For Now; 50 Cent Gloats

Trump Rejects Diddy Pardon, For Now; 50 Cent Gloats

Donald Trump believes Sean “Diddy” Combs is “half-innocent” out of his sex-trafficking trial, but there will be no presidential pardon right now for the much-accused Grammy winner. And, just two days after Deadline exclusively reported that Trump was “seriously considering” such a pardon and the White House played its cards close to the chest, Friday’s no pardon stance makes Diddy …

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What the ouster of a top FDA regulator shows about Trump world divisions – The Washington Post

What the ouster of a top FDA regulator shows about Trump world divisions  The Washington Post FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months  AP News Are we sure Vinay Prasad’s ouster is positive for biotech?  statnews.com Trump drove firing of FDA official  Politico US FDA’s top vaccine official Vinay Prasad leaves agency after 3 months  Reuters Source link

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Fears Las Vegas is DYING as hotel bookings crater due to rip-off prices and tourists angry at Trump

Fears Las Vegas is DYING as hotel bookings crater due to rip-off prices and tourists angry at Trump

One of the most popular hotel and resort chains in Las Vegas experienced a startling drop-off in business as the tourist mecca continues to reel from a loss of visitors. Caesars Entertainment, which runs eight casino resorts and one non-gaming hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, reported a 3.7 percent year-over-year decline in net revenue in the second quarter of 2025, SEC …

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