President Donald Trump sought to downplay worries among Chinese student visa holders over his administrationās scrutiny, saying he would tell them that everything would be āfineā as they pursue their studies in the US. āWell, theyāre going to be O.K. Itās going to work out fine,ā Trump said Friday night when asked what his message…
(Bloomberg) — A gauge for emerging-market currencies gained as President Donald Trumpās move to extend a deadline for aggressive tariffs on the European Union bolstered risk appetite, in a session marked by thin trading volumes due to holidays in the US and the UK. MSCIās gauge of EM FX, a total return index that includes…
President Donald Trump thinks Russia will likely walk away from Ukraine peace talks if the US threatens more sanctions, according to his top diplomat, supporting the White Houseās decision not to pressure Moscow despite its resistance to a ceasefire.Ā āIf you start threatening sanctions, the Russians will stop talking,ā Secretary of State Marco Rubio told…
He has ābecome a big star,” President Donald Trump said in Qatar Wednesday. āEvery time he goes on television, everything goes up.” Stocks have gone up since April, as the administration has postponed or rolled back punitive tariffs on imports. Bessent, a former hedge fund manager with an eye on the markets, is getting credit…
WHEN OFFERED a Boeing 747 by the government of Qatar to replace Air Force One, President Donald Trump responded: why not? Only someone dumb would turn down free money. No presidency has generated so many conflicts of interest at such speed in modern history. Yet the worst self-dealing in American politics is found not on…
President Donald Trump said Iran will face āsomething badā if it doesnāt quickly accept a US proposal over its nuclear program, while officials in Tehran called the the US messaging āconfusing and contradictory.ā āThey have a proposal, more importantly they know they have to move quickly or something bad ā something badās going to happen,ā…
President Donald Trump has fired the three Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a week after they voted to defy an executive order that asserted the White Houseās power over independent regulatory agencies.Ā Commissioners Richard Trumka Jr. and Mary Boyle say they were told by the White House that the president had fired them….
Brent prices sank to a four-year low on Monday after Riyadh and its OPEC+ partners announced their second monthly supply hike in a row. The rout extended an earlier selloff triggered by fears that the U.S. trade war would send the world economyāand oil demandāinto a tailspin. The decision to increase supply seems counterintuitive. Saudi…
President Donald Trump pitched his trade framework with the UK as a historic achievement, and the first step in his revolutionary effort to overhaul the global economy.Ā But as the president began revealing specifics of the deal, it became clear it fell short of the āfull and comprehensiveā agreement he had promised, or the US-UK…
President Donald Trumpās administration is launching an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, claiming the schoolās disclosures over foreign funding āmay be incomplete or inaccurate.ā The Education Department said in a statement on its website Friday that it is seeking school records as part of the probe, saying that an earlier review had raised…
