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Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System

In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.
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One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.

A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.
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Trump, Musk wage two-front war as donor does president’s ‘dirty work’

Trump views Musk as doing the task he assigned him with, and that he benefits from letting someone else take the heat for drastic and controversial measures.
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Musk’s wrecking ball pierces government’s inner sanctum

His allies have been tied to several high-profile ousters at the top of federal agencies.
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Uh oh, Canada: Trump launches trade war on America’s “best friend”

“I don’t think there are a lot of Americans who wake up in the morning saying, ‘We should really go after Canada.'”
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UK politics – live: Starmer’s Brexit reset summit overshadowed by Trump trade war as EU markets tumble

UK politics – live: Starmer’s Brexit reset summit overshadowed by Trump trade war as EU markets tumble – US president warns of EU tariffs ‘soon’ and accuses UK of being ‘out of line’ as prime minister to meet with European leaders
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China’s role in Trump’s Panama Canal gambit: 5 things to know

Rubio demands ‘immediate changes’ to waterway where Hong Kong titan runs ports
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Dollar surges on Trump’s tariffs, sending peers to multi-year lows

By Kevin Buckland, Ankur Banerjee and Greta Rosen Fondahn TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar surged on Monday, pushing its Canadian counterpart and the Mexican peso to multi-year lows while China’s yuan slumped to a record trough in offshore trade after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs kicked off a trade war. The U.S. dollar’s gains were broad, with the euro also touching a more than
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Smart: Metals, Autos Among Most Exposed Sectors in US

President Trump’s tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are set to hurt US households. Christopher Smart, Managing Partner and Founder at Arbroath Group, speaks with Bloomberg TV’s anchor Joumanna Bercetche on Horizons Middle East and Africa about the domestic and geopolitical ramifications the levies will have the US economy and its trading partners. (Source: Bloomberg)