Trump moves to start deep-sea mining in international waters.
White House aides say it could pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the American economy, and counter Beijing’s chokehold on key minerals.
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California Beats Japan as the Fourth Largest Economy
Governor Gavin Newsom touted new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis showing California’s growth.
A dozen US states sue to halt Trump’s tariffs.
Twelve states joined the lawsuit, which was filed with the United States Court of International Trade.
US stocks and dollar plunge as Trump attacks Fed chair Powell.
US equities had opened the session lower, but stumbled further shortly after the opening bell when Trump called Powell a “major loser” for not cutting interest rates in a social media post
Gold Reaches $3,500 as Trump’s Attacks on Powell Unnerve Markets
Gold hit a record $3,500 per ounce for the first time early Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s renewed attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell unnerved markets and sent investors into safe-haven assets
Biden attacks Trump in first speech since leaving White House.
“Fewer than 100 days, this administration has done so much damage, and so much destruction – it’s kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon,”
Obama condemns Trump’s $2.3bn Harvard funding freeze as ‘unlawful’.
Former President Barack Obama is applauding Harvard University’s decision to refuse the White House’s demands that it change its policies or lose federal money
Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack
The US president said on Monday that the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for “millions of people dead” in the Ukraine war.
US stock markets rise on Trump tariff rollback
US stock markets rose on Monday after the White House said tariffs on imports of Chinese-made smartphones and some other electronics devices would not apply.
Zelenskyy urges Trump to visit Ukraine as outrage builds over Russian strikes on civilian targets.
“Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead,”