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President Donald Trump helps Sen. Darline Graham. R-S.C., off the stage during a campaign rally at Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Aug. 21, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday will test his endorsement power as South Carolina GOP Sen. Darline Graham squares off against…
A man holds the Iranian toman equivalent of 1 USD as US dollars selling rate on the free market reaches an all-time high, hitting the 200,000 toman mark in Tehran, Iran on Aug. 24, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. announced an “economic D-Day” campaign Monday to isolate Iran from the…
Los Angeles Dodgers chairman Mark Walter during a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, March 25, 2026. Keith Birmingham | MediaNews Group | Pasadena Star-News | Getty Images TWG Global has tapped veteran Goldman Sachs lawyer David Markowitz to be its chief legal officer, as federal investigators probe how two insurers that are…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Monday said Canada was responsible for the collapse of trade deal negotiations last week, telling CNBC that Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour. “We progressed to a point Tuesday night where we had enough agreement among the parties to announce that we had … found the way…
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 20: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends an event announcing the expansion of a foster care initiative in the Rose Garden of the White House on August 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. Finn Gomez | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S will unveil “the single greatest financial offensive ever”…
Treasury SecretaryΒ Scott BessentΒ will hold a press conference Monday to announce sanctions against Iran that he described to CNBC as the greatest campaign of “coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world.” “At dawn begins an economic D-Day β the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary,” Bessent said in an opinion piece…
Fiber optic cables feed into switches inside a communications room at an office in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A small power plant in the U.K. was shut down for four days in July following a cyberattack carried out by hackers…
Construction of a new ballroom continues at the White House on August 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump, for now, to continue construction on his controversial White House ballroom project. Chief Justice John Roberts, in an order, stayed a federal district court…
President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transactions for the month of June in what appears to be broad reshuffling of his portfolio. The president rotated in and out of stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds throughout the month. The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million, according to Trump’s latest filing on Aug….
A truck passes over the Peace Bridge from Buffalo, New York, into Canada, in Fort Erie, Ontario, on August 18, 2026. Cole Burston | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods on Saturday after the two longstanding allies failed to reach a trade deal, with each side accusing the…