U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that his critics say gives him unprecedented power over so-called independent federal agencies intended to work outside of the purview of the White House.
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TRUMP COMPARES HIMSELF TO A KING ON TRUTH SOCIAL
U.S. President Donald Trump last week referred to himself as a king in a post on Truth Social after his administration rescinded the approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program that was aimed at reducing traffic and raising revenue.
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AS FORECAST: GERMANY’S AfD BECOMES MAIN OPPOSITION IN BEST ELECTION SHOWING EVER
Germany abandoned Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition in the country’s snap election on Sunday handing overall victory to Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, and giving the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its strongest showing ever, coming in second place.
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U.S. OPPOSES USING ‘RUSSIAN AGGRESSION’ IN G7 STATEMENT ON UKRAINE INVASION
The U.S. took issue with the first draft of a Group of Seven nation’s statement that was circulated last week and reportedly removed all instances where Russia could be perceived as the aggressor—which was seen as a significant break from the previous administration.
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TRUMP TELLS ZELENSKY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
U.S. President Donald Trump stopped being delicate and ripped into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on several occasions last week and made it clear that he will not allow the status quo to continue in Ukraine and will not allow the “moderately successful comedian” to stop the progress for peace.
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TRUMP CALLS ZELENSKY A ‘DICTATOR’ IN BRUISING WEEK FOR THE UKRAINIAN CLOWN
On 21 December 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received a standing ovation before he addressed a joint meeting of Congress where he assured lawmakers that Ukraine would emerge victorious against Russia.
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UNDER TRUMP, CRYPTO IS WORKING ITS WAY INTO MAINSTREAM FINANCE
Now that Donald Trump has vowed to make the U.S. “the crypto capital of the planet” and “a Bitcoin superpower” and has promised a light regulatory touch, mainstream money managers are getting ready to give digital assets the bear hug that crypto’s boosters have been urging.
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WHICH PRICES WILL BE HIGHER, AND HOW MUCH, UNDER TRUMP’S CHINA TARIFFS?
Now that Donald Trump has laid a 10-percent tariff on everything coming into the U.S. from China—and could raise the import tax higher if he wishes—everything from smartphones and microwave ovens to shoes and cosmetics could cost U.S. consumers more.
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TRUMP FLIP FLOPS ON INTEREST RATES AGAIN
During his presidential campaign and after taking office, Donald Trump said interest rates must come down “immediately.”
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MUSK HAS BEEN TAPPED BY TRUMP TO LEAD COST-CUTTING DRIVE, BUT IS IT REALLY A FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE?
Elon Musk, the Tesla head who donated over $250 million to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has been tasked by the White House to seek and destroy government inefficiencies and waste, but critics wonder how effective the world’s richest man could be given that his companies pull in $20 billion a year in government contracts.