WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering America’s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad. But when President Donald Trump spelled out a sharp turn from that approach in his recent address to Congress, lawmakers in his party couldn’t help but stand and applaud. Moves toward a neutral position on the…
Trump order establishes US Bitcoin reserve President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to establish a “strategic Bitcoin reserve” and is hosting a “crypto summit” at the White House. Fox – LA More presidential approval rating polls have been released, showing how President Donald Trump is faring in the court of public opinion. The latest…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it. The labor market remains healthy with a 4.1% unemployment rate and 151,000 jobs added in February, and Trump likes to point to…
Mar 08, 2025 04:50 AM IST Trump and crypto czar David Sacks hosted a roundtable of digital assets industry executives at the White House digital assets summit in Washington. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would support legislative efforts to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins to keep the US dollar as the world’s…
Donald Trump kept up the pressure on Ukraine to move ahead with a peace deal as signals emerged that the Kremlin would be willing to accept a temporary truce under certain conditions. As the American president pursues an agreement to end the war triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor three years ago, he’s reversed…
Iran on Friday declined to resume negotiations on its nuclear programme with the United States if President Donald Trump continues to implement his “maximum pressure” campaign against it. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gives a joint press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran. (AFP file) Trump wrote to Iran on Friday, asking Tehran’s…
With every announcement that the Trump administration makes lately, it can feel like the U.S. economy is strapped onto a never-ending rollercoaster. Take the ongoing saga of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Just this week, Trump said he was going forward with a 25% additional tariff on almost all goods imported into the U.S. from Mexico and…
Welcome to The Logoff. Today I’m focusing on Donald Trump’s effect on the economy, because we’re seeing some early indications of how the president’s policies are affecting the rest of us — and because the markets may influence his behavior going forward. What’s the latest? We got two early signs of how Trump’s economy is…
Over the past month, through a flurry of phone calls and flattery, Canada and Mexico have twice successfully fended off U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, at least earning temporary reprieves. Meanwhile, Chinese officials have taken a different tack. Like a seasoned boxer in the first round of a fight, rather than lunging in, China…
President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when his on-again, off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent. “I think it’s going to make it more exciting,” Trump said of playing the…