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Yahoo Finance Trumponomics Report Card
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Associated Press•3 hours agoTrump's search for a new chief of staff has reality TV feel
Serious contenders are hiding from view. Celebrity hangers-on are applying via Twitter. Fresh names circulate practically on the hour. And the man in charge is stoking much of the confusion. President ...
Associated Press•3 hours agoSenate rebukes Trump, Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi, Yemen war
In back-to-back votes against Saudi Arabia, the Senate delivered an unusual rebuke of President Donald Trump's response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and signaled new skepticism from Capitol Hill toward the longtime Middle East ally. Although the resolutions are largely symbolic — because
Associated Press•3 hours agoSenate rebukes Trump, Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi, Yemen war
In back-to-back votes against Saudi Arabia, the Senate delivered an unusual rebuke of President Donald Trump's response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and signaled new skepticism from Capitol Hill toward the longtime Middle East ally. Although the resolutions are largely symbolic — because
Reuters•6 hours agoTrump was at meeting when hush payments were discussed: NBC
Donald Trump was at a meeting in August 2015 when his personal lawyer Michael Cohen and David Pecker, chairman of the publisher of the National Enquirer, discussed a scheme to pay off women to suppress their stories about having had affairs with Trump, NBC News reported on Thursday. A non-prosecution
Associated Press•8 hours agoTrump invokes 'advice-of-counsel' defense in campaign probe
President Donald Trump offered a simple defense Thursday to accusations he broke campaign finance law by directing attorney Michael Cohen to orchestrate hush-money payments to conceal Trump's alleged affairs: He was following terrible advice from a bad lawyer. "I never directed Michael Cohen
Zacks•8 hours agoDefense ETFs in Focus as Trump Proposes to Raise 2020 Budget
President Trump is backing a $750 billion defense budget request to Congress, putting related ETFs in focus.
- Reuters•8 hours ago
U.S. Senate hands Trump historic rebuke on Saudi Arabia
The Senate voted Thursday to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blame the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Reuters•9 hours agoTrump was at meeting when hush payments were discussed: NBC
Donald Trump was at a meeting in August 2015 when his personal lawyer Michael Cohen and David Pecker, chairman of the publisher of the National Enquirer, discussed a scheme to pay off women to suppress their stories about having had affairs with Trump, NBC News reported on Thursday. A non-prosecution
Reuters•9 hours agoU.S. Senate hands Trump historic rebuke on Saudi Arabia
The votes were largely symbolic because to become law the resolutions would have to pass the House of Representatives, whose Republican leaders have blocked any legislation intended to rebuke the Saudis. In a historic move, Senators voted 56-41 to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition
Reuters•9 hours agoU.S. Senate hands Trump historic rebuke on Saudi Arabia
The votes were largely symbolic because to become law the resolutions would have to pass the House of Representatives, whose Republican leaders have blocked any legislation intended to rebuke the Saudis. In a historic move, Senators voted 56-41 to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition
Reuters•11 hours agoTrump says GM shift to electric vehicles is 'not going to work'
GM last year said it planned to launch 20 new electric vehicles by 2023 as it faces rising regulatory requirements for zero-emission vehicles in China and elsewhere. Trump questioned GM CEO Mary Barra's business strategy in an interview with Fox News. "They've changed the whole model of
- CNBC•11 hours ago
Trump inauguration spending reportedly under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors
The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said the investigation arose in part from the slew of materials seized in April raids on Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, by federal prosecutors.
Reuters•11 hours agoHouse Democrats to seek Trump tax returns: Pelosi
The House Ways and Means Committee will "take the first steps" toward obtaining the documents, said Pelosi, who has the backing of her members to become speaker of the House next month. "There is popular demand for the Congress to request the president's tax returns," she told
Reuters•11 hours agoTrump says GM shift to electric vehicles is 'not going to work'
President Donald Trump on Thursday said General Motors Co's decision to shift much of its focus to electric vehicles will not succeed, and he asserted a new trade deal will make it harder for the company to move work to other countries. GM last year said it planned to launch 20 new electric vehicles
Reuters•11 hours agoTrump says GM shift to electric vehicles is 'not going to work'
President Donald Trump on Thursday said General Motors Co's decision to shift much of its focus to electric vehicles will not succeed, and he asserted a new trade deal will make it harder for the company to move work to other countries. GM last year said it planned to launch 20 new electric vehicles
- CCN•12 hours ago
‘Crypto Congressman’ Floats Blockchain to Help Fund Trump’s Border Wall
Yesterday, US Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) stated in an interview with NPR that blockchain technology could potentially be used as a means to fund the border wall that has become little more than a political football in Congress, with President Donald Trump recently threatening a government shutdown if
Reuters•12 hours agoTrump says five people on short list for chief of staff
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has five people on his short list to become the White House chief of staff when John Kelly leaves the post at the beginning of the new year. Trump is in search of his third chief of staff after Kelly and Reince Priebus. Trump's remarks, made during
- CNBC•13 hours ago
Trump hopes Kasich runs against him. Kasich advisor responds: 'Careful what you wish for'
John Weaver, the chief strategist for GOP Ohio Gov. John Kasich, shot back at Trump after the president told Fox News "I hope so" when asked about Kasich or GOP Sen. Jeff Flake running against him.
- CNBC•14 hours ago
Trump says 'GM is not going to be treated well'
President Donald Trump said General Motors CEO Mary Barra is 'making a big mistake."
- CNBC•14 hours ago
Trump administration takes aim at Russia and China in new Africa strategy
National security advisor John Bolton unveiled the administrations' refocused African strategy, which will take effect immediately, Thursday at the Heritage Foundation.
Reuters•14 hours agoTrump denies ties to ex-lawyer Cohen's crimes
Cohen admitted his actions were aimed at influencing the election in violation of campaign finance laws and said they were directed by Trump. Also on Wednesday, federal prosecutors in New York announced they had reached a cooperation deal with National Enquirer publisher American Media Inc, which admitted
- CNBC•14 hours ago
Trump: Campaign finance charges against Cohen were meant 'to embarrass me'
The president's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for crimes that included campaign finance violations he says Trump directed him to commit.
- CNBC•15 hours ago
Trump again claims Mexico will pay for his wall. Democrats say it means Congress doesn't need to
With just over a week until a government shutdown deadline, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi aimed to turn Trump's border wall statements against him.
- CNBC•15 hours ago
Trump's fixation on the stock market appears to have extended to his handling of the Huawei arrest
President Donald Trump's willingness to intervene in the case against Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou appears to be part of a larger White House effort to close a trade deal with China and boost the stock market.
- CNBC•16 hours ago
Sen. Jeff Flake throws shade at Trump in farewell address, warns of dangers to democracy
"Let us recognize as authoritarianism reasserts itself in country after country that we are by no means immune," Sen. Jeff Flake tells his Senate colleagues in his farewell address.
