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5 Companies Sue Trump Over Tariffs https://t.co/tzc9mlHkrI — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 15, 2025 Trump’s tariffs have injected a large measure of chaos into the markets – so much so that JPMorgan sees only four potential off-ramps to right the ship; (i) Series of Trade Deals – the key being that one or more need to …
Zelensky attacks Trump’s peace envoy Steve Witkoff for comments on a peace deal with Russia involving five regions, stating Witkoff spoke "outside [his] competence." You didn’t think you could dislike Zelensky even more. pic.twitter.com/aWRXWgcX1Y — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) April 15, 2025 Trump Blames Biden, Putin, Zelenskyy For Ukraine War, Says He’s Working To End …
Bond shockwave slamming global markets: Japan 20-Yr Bond Sale Draws Weakest Demand Ratio Since Dec 2023 Oversubscription rate for a 5-year German debt sale lowest since March 2023. — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 15, 2025 Japan 30-year bond yields spike signaling shift in global bond stability and risk… Japan’s 30-year bond yield just spiked to 2.798%, …
https://twitter.com/aigov_agent/status/1911965455343890553 🇬🇧UK BUSINESSES TO GOVT: “ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?” Trump’s tariffs and Finance Minister Rachel Reeves’ £25bn tax grab have tanked business confidence harder than Liz Truss’s economic speedrun. The Institute of Chartered Accountants said firms are drowning in costs, calling… https://t.co/LEmOdxtODg pic.twitter.com/GQsBpw88y7 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 15, 2025 https://twitter.com/aigov_agent/status/1911978871051768259 China must …
SMACKDOWN! Scott Jennings one by one takes down CNN panelists insistent on bringing to the U.S. Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador. JENNINGS: “It’s an El Salvador citizen who was sent back to El Salvador, who was in the country illegally, who according to some people in his long process, which does include an existing …
A medical test used to detect cancer may actually be contributing to the disease, research suggests. California researchers estimate more than 100,000 new cancers will have been caused by computerized tomography (CT) scans from exams done in 2023 alone. They warn the scans, which use X-rays to create detailed images of the body, emit unsafe …
BREAKING: There is reportedly “significant division” inside the White House over Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s comments on the temporary nature of the tariff exemptions this morning, per Fox News’ Charles Gasparino. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 13, 2025
The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration on Friday to end its ongoing review of the University’s federal funding, alleging the review was coercive and unlawfully undermined academic freedom. The complaint argued that the review was illegally “exploiting” Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination …
WOW! Alina Habba — US Attorney for the District of New Jersey — is opening an investigation into Governor Murphy & Attorney General Platkin for protecting violent illegal alien criminals & obstructing federal law. This is a big deal. 👏 pic.twitter.com/8zccUKEqgf — ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) April 11, 2025
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A bomb planted near the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway company, exploded Friday night in a busy district of central Athens, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. The explosion comes amid widespread public anger over a 2023 railway disaster, Greece’s worst, in which 57 people were killed …
Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican holdouts on the party’s crucial budget plan in a private meeting Wednesday night that they could oust him from the speakership if he doesn’t follow through with his fiscal promises, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss it. Johnson pledged to …
by Michael Do you remember the panic buying that we witnessed during the early days of the pandemic? It’s back, and I have a feeling that it is only going to intensify in the days ahead. As more Americans begin to realize that products made in China will soon more than double in price and …
Famed hedge fund investor Steve Eisman, famous for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, now appears to be two-for-two. In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail, hours before President Donald Trump announced a pause on new global tariff hikes, Eisman said he expected ‘cooler heads to prevail’. At least for the time being, they have. On …
“There are only two outcomes to this trade war. Option 1: China folds. They agree to Trump’s terms, drop the tariffs, and the trade war ends. Trump takes full credit, and the U.S. gains yet another strategic and economic edge over China. Option 2: China, an authoritarian regime with a long track record of playing …
What does a real estate agent do? Sellers think they’re less necessary than 2024 🤔 Although nearly two-thirds of home sellers (63%) believe real estate agents are inherently necessary to the sale process, that’s down 10 percentage points from 2024. For homebuyers, sellers, and those in the real estate industry, 2024 was a tumultuous year. …
More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University have been frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at both schools, the White House says. It’s part of a broader push to use government funding to get major academic institutions to comply with President Donald …
Per Breitbart, Terry Adirim, who lead the CIA’s Centers for Global Health Services, a position she held until roughly a week ago, has been fired. Her termination is linked to her role in pressuring service members to choose between taking a vaccine authorized only for emergency use or facing discharge. Adirim authored a directive instructing military …
Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration turned its chainsaws on the Department of Energy (DOE), cutting, canceling, or pausing a handful of onerous regulations set to hobble household and commercial appliances. Anyone who’s coughed up a small fortune for a barely functional machine lately knows the stakes. My 30-year-old Bosch dishwasher was a marvel—efficient, precise—scouring …
https://finviz.com/futures.ashx Stock futures bounced on Tuesday in a slight reprieve from the market turmoil sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout that led to the biggest equity losses since the pandemic. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rallied 1,243 points, or 3.3%. Futures tied to the S&P 500 were up around 3.1%, while Nasdaq-100 futures also …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department dispatched armed U.S. marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney about testifying to congressional Democrats, her lawyer said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. “This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the home of a former Department of …
Trump finds a hundred issues to keep the tariff issue churning , non monetary issues can be anything he wants it to be, changes daily with his frame of mind. Follow the bouncing balls…sales taxes like VAT, how much they spend on military, currency levels, standard of living ,… — johnmaher (@johnmaher0) April 7, 2025 …
Japan is threatening to pull its investments from U.S. companies due to Trump’s tariffs, which impose a hefty 24% rate on its export-dependent economy. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed to Trump that these new tariff policies are “extremely disappointing,” in a… pic.twitter.com/HNP1luaiTw — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) April 7, 2025 50+ nations reach out …
Vietnam: Expressed willingness to reduce tariffs to zero if an agreement is reached. Italy: Pledged to support its businesses while engaging in negotiations. Israel: Facing a 17% tariff, has initiated discussions with the U.S. Japan: Criticized the tariffs but is exploring diplomatic solutions. South Korea: Signaled readiness to negotiate adjustments. Australia: Opted against retaliation and …
🚨 BREAKING: Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says over 50 COUNTRIES have begun negotiating tariffs. “More than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiations.” "They understand that they bear a lot of the tariff." pic.twitter.com/2k2RI1sXRA — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 6, 2025
Wall Street wants sympathy because the music stopped. For years, they danced on a floor built from zero rates, fake growth, and free money. Now the lights are on, the floor’s buckling, and they’re blaming tariffs for the collapse. Tariffs didn’t create this mess. They just lit the match. The real structure was already rotting. …
Emergency overnight repurchase agreements (REPO) are $0. Very interesting. REPO is how the Federal Reserve injects liquidity into the banking system during a financial crisis. We're not seeing that. This flash crash is purely orchestrated by the banking cartel and hedge funds. https://t.co/NU4j7hm9G8 pic.twitter.com/mGTjT60V3n — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) April 4, 2025 This flash crash is happening …
And despite all the skepticism: Gold is on the verge of outperforming the S&P 500 over the past decade.⁰This likely represents the early stages of a structural shift in which hard assets outperform overvalued financial assets over the long term, in my view. pic.twitter.com/gczeVmRvod — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 4, 2025 After a long consolidation …
GENEVA (Reuters) – China said it had opened a formal complaint against the new U.S. tariffs with the World Trade Organization on Friday, saying the measures violate WTO rules and requesting consultations. Earlier, China announced retaliatory additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump …
