Stock futures were steady on Monday, with Wall Street aiming for more record highs. Traders this week are eyeing a key inflation reading, the upcoming summit between President Trump and Russian President Putin, and an unusual sales arrangement between Nvidia (NVDA), AMD (AMD), and the US government. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) rose 0.3%….
Elon Musk finished dead last in favorability in a recent Gallup poll asking Americans to assess 14 world figures. What Happened: Musk’s approval ratings have taken a nosedive following his contentious tenure at the White House and the ensuing fallout with President Donald Trump. Musk’s actions have not only tarnished his personal image but have also…
Aug 8 – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock climbed over 3% on Thursday after former President Donald Trump promised full tariff relief for U.S.-based manufacturers, specifically benefiting companies like Apple that are ramping up domestic production. Trump made the pledge during a speech at the White House, stating that chipmakers and tech firms producing inside the U.S….
President Donald Trump is reconsidering his approach to ending the conflict in Ukraine, wavering on his self-imposed deadline for Russia to stop its invasion or face economic sanctions.On Thursday, Trump appeared to back away from his previous stance that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must be part of peace talks with Russia. When asked if Russian…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans as soon as Tuesday to formally axe a program launched by billionaire former Trump adviser Elon Musk requiring federal employees to summarize their five workplace achievements from the prior week, two people familiar with the matter said. The Office of Personnel Management, the federal human resources agency that implemented…
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of testing so the deadly outbreak looked less severe. When he lost the 2020 election, he had a ready-made reason: The vote count was fraudulent. And on Friday, when the July jobs report…
President Trump is moving forward on a new suite of tariff rates with an approach increasingly focused on grouping countries into tiers, as opposed to a previous approach of simply looking at the trade balance. The new approach remains heavily influenced by either a trade surplus or a deficit but has grown more complex —…
President Donald Trump’s attempt to revive the long-defunct Presidential Fitness Test veered into political scandal and absurdity Thursday after he launched the children’s health initiative alongside a convicted sex offender, boasting that there’s “nobody like him.” It was meant to be a nostalgic salute to American fitness. Instead, it became a microcosm of the Trump…
Reporter’s Notebook: Trump’s White House ballroom and Martin Van Buren – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s plan to build a $200 million ballroom at the White House brings to mind an episode from Martin Van Buren’s presidency. John Dickerson explains Source link
US stock futures slipped as the White House began to release the policy consequences of the expiration of President Trump’s trade deadline, including a baseline tariff rate of 10% and increased levies on Canada. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) ticked down 0.2%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) fell…