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South Park has continued making jokes aimed at US President Donald Trump, with a trailer for the show’s forthcoming episode showing him stroking the leg of Satan. Season 27 of the long-running satirical animated show opened with the episode Sermon On The Mount, in which Trump is portrayed in a partly AI-generated sequence, where he stripped naked in the desert …

Trump Urges Fed Board to ‘Assume Control’ If Rates Are Not Cut  Bloomberg Trump calls on Federal Reserve board to wrest full control of central bank from Fed Chair Powell  AP News Fed keeps interest rates unchanged for fifth-straight time  CNN Fed holds interest rates steady despite Trump pressure  BBC Trump lashes out at Powell over rate decision with stream of insults  Axios Source link

Trump Administration Cuts UCLA Funding Over Claims of Antisemitism, Chancellor Says  The New York Times UCLA research grants suspended by Trump administration  ABC7 Los Angeles Trump’s UCLA, Columbia settlements don’t stifle free speech. They protect civil rights. | Opinion  USA Today UCLA set to lose some of its federal research funding: Officials  ABC News Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research …

(Bloomberg) — Global stocks extended a selloff as President Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs fueled concerns about the outlook for economic growth. Most Read from Bloomberg Futures on the S&P 500 retreated more than 1%, suggesting the underlying gauge will extend a three-day run of declines. Amazon.com Inc. slumped as much as 8% in premarket trading as its underwhelming earnings …

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Cambodia’s prime minister has praised the new tariff rate and said it is good news for the nation’s economic development. Prime minister Hun Manet said in a statement posted to Facebook late on Thursday night that “this is the best news for the people and economy …

Trump gives major drugmakers 60 days to cut U.S. prices  Axios Trump is demanding drugmakers lower prices within 60 days. Pharma experts say it’s unlikely to happen.  CNN Trump’s drug price ultimatum sets pharma firms scrambling  CNBC Trump calls for price cuts on prescription drugs within 60 days in letters to Eli Lilly, Pfizer, other drugmakers  NBC News Trump pressures 17 pharma CEOs to …

With New 40% Tariff, Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Dependence on China’s Factories  The New York Times Trump’s bid to keep China from dodging tariffs risks supply chain headaches  The Washington Post Trump’s 40% Penalty for Tariff Dodging Missing Key Details  Bloomberg The surprise winner in the U.S.-China tech war? Vietnam’s chip industry  Rest of World Trump tariffs fail to decouple Vietnam from China  South …

Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration. Khalidi made the announcement in an open letter to Columbia’s acting president published in the Guardian on Friday. “Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has raised the tariff rate on U.S. imports from Canada to 35% from 25%, effective Friday. The announcement from the White House late Thursday said Canada had failed to “do more to arrest, seize, detain or otherwise intercept … traffickers, criminals at large, and illicit drugs.” Trump has heckled Canada for months and suggested …

Trump pressures 17 pharma CEOs to cut US drug prices  Reuters Trump Demands That Drugmakers Lower Some of Their U.S. Prices by September  The New York Times Trump’s drug price ultimatum sets pharma firms scrambling  CNBC Trump calls for price cuts on prescription drugs within 60 days in letters to Eli Lilly, Pfizer, other drugmakers  NBC News Trump threatens drug giants with crackdown over …