© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Construction continues on the Foxconn manufacturing complex in Mt. Pleasant 2/2 By David Shepardson and Karen Pierog WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn is drastically scaling back a planned $10 billion factory in Wisconsin, confirming its retreat from a project that former U.S. President DonaldRead More →
President Donald Trump plans to pardon or commute the sentences of around 100 people Tuesday, according to reports Sunday night. CNN first reported the plans, and said White House officials met Sunday night to finalize the list. Axios separately confirmed the report. The actions are expected to include white-collarRead More →
With President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, tens of millions of Americans are feeling relieved, thankful, celebratory, or some combination of these emotions. But tens of millions of other Americans are anguished and despondent. It’s essential to recognize that elections are not football games. Opponents are not our enemies. For those who celebrate,Read More →
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 rose above 231,000 on Monday with cases rising in 42 states, as President Donald Trump continued to criticize a key infectious-disease expert and even hinted he might fire him if he wins Tuesday’s presidential election. Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s foremostRead More →
USD/ZAR analysis Beginnings USD The boost comes after Trump’s COVID announcement. Rand holds steady ahead Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) Expected rise in U.S. election volatility could affect ZAR’s appeal. interview DailyFX Education Center Understand why news events are key to fundamental forex analysis. The South African rand has been inRead More →
A customer refuels a car at a Shell petrol station in Etlham, southeast London on September 30, 2020. ben stansall/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Oil prices were hit by a double whammy on Friday, with news that President Donald Trump said he has contracted coronavirus adding to the industry’s concerns aboutRead More →
President Donald Trump defended himself at Thursday’s news conference as he raised more questions after telling renowned journalist Bob Woodward months ago that he was downplaying the coronavirus. “I’m not lying. I’m saying ‘We have to be calm. We can’t panic.’” Trump said a reporter asked him.” Why didRead More →
Microsoft Corp. has paused negotiations to buy the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app TikTok after President Trump said late Friday he opposes the deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The president’s statements spurred TikTok to make additional concessions, including agreeing to add as many as 10,000Read More →
An earlier version of this report misidentified the state that Dan Sullivan represents in the U.S. Senate. It has been corrected. James Carville thinks Trump is going to drop out of the race. Getty Images “ I think there’s a good chance he won’t show up. I mean, thisRead More →
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wanted to remove an incendiary post by then-candidate Donald Trump as far back as 2015, but was convinced instead to change Facebook’s rules to allow such posts in the name of political discourse. The Washington Post reported Sunday that Trump’s 2015 video postRead More →
Kids these days. Trump’s big campaign rally in Tulsa wasn’t as big as promised — the arena seats more than 19,000 people but only a reported 6,200 Trump supporters occupied the general admissions sections. Why? Both sides of the political aisle were armed with answers. The man leading the president’sRead More →
President Trump said on Friday that he would reschedule a June 19 campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., succumbing to calls to change the date of the event that falls on a holiday that marks the end of slavery in the U.S. Via Twitter late Friday, Trump said that he wouldRead More →
President Donald Trump has predicted that the US economy will recover by 2021, citing new jobs data released by the Labor Department which contains a “misclassification error.” Officials say the numbers are artificially low, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and several economists have voiced their concerns. Trump Thinks USRead More →
In times of crisis, our country has been fortunate to have leaders of quality, among them George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. Confronted with war, economic collapse and deep societal divisions, these leaders and others spoke with compassion and foresight. Projecting confidence they may not have felt, they reinforcedRead More →
2/2 © Reuters. U.S. President Trump makes announcement about China at the White House in Washington 2/2 By Jessie Pang and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – Senior Hong Kong government officials lashed out on Saturday at moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to strip the city of its specialRead More →
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order ostensibly to prevent online censorship, a broad government review of private companies’ activities with potentially grave consequences for social-media companies. Trump claimed in the order that social-media companies have “unchecked power” to censor and restrict speech, and “we’re fed up withRead More →
© Reuters. U.S. President Trump hosts Rose Garden event on treating diabetes at the White House during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected internetRead More →
© Reuters. U.S. President Trump speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak in Washington By Steve Holland and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is considering shutting off the country’s southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump saidRead More →
A federal rule that could have helped protect health-care workers from coronavirus has been stuck in regulatory limbo since the start of the Trump administration. An Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule in the works since 2010 was designed to ensure that employers have in place comprehensive programs to protectRead More →
U.S. stock futures fell Wednesday night, after a news conference by President Donald Trump failed to reassure investors and as a new case of coronavirus with no known origin was discovered in California. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -1.31% sank more than 300 points, and S&P 500 ES00,Read More →
The growing number of COVID-19 cases and deaths outside of Asia has put pressure on U.S. officials to more clearly articulate preparedness plans in an effort to ease American worries about the possibility of a pandemic. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that he plans to hold a news conference onRead More →
About 300 Oracle Corp. employees reportedly walked out Thursday to protest a fundraiser for President Donald Trump held the day before by co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison. Bloomberg News reported about 300 workers left their offices or stopped working at remote sites around noon, Pacific time, and spent the remainderRead More →
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump tells supporters in The Villages, Fla., in October 2019 that he’ll always defend Medicare, just days after signing an executive order that opens the door to further privatization. Later this evening, Donald Trump delivers his third State of the Union address. If past speechesRead More →
Democratic presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg could be viewed as winners of the Iowa caucuses debacle, analysts said Tuesday, as the state’s party officials promised to release most of the delayed results by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. The results were delayed Monday night by a problematic app andRead More →
