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During the recent White House Correspondents Dinner, Alex Thompson, currently at Axios, steps up to accept the Aldo Beckham Award for Overall Excellence and says that the media did a poor job covering President Biden’s mental and physical decline during the final years of his presidency. The one thing he says that really sticks out to …
Tide maker Procter & Gamble said this week that its customers were doing fewer loads of laundry to save money on detergent, the latest sign of a consumer pullback amid economic anxiety caused by trade-war talk and volatile markets. Elsewhere, nervous customers are spending less on body wash, snacks, and burritos as they hunker down …
🚨BREAKING: Dr. Oz, the new administrator of Medicare, says they’ve already found BILLIONS in fraud. “If you thought USAID was bad… this will make you shiver.” pic.twitter.com/NGCe90a1WD — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) April 25, 2025
FED'S KASHKARI: I'M WORRIED THAT AMID UNCERTAINTIES BUSINESSES WILL DO LAYOFFS || SAYS NOT SEEING UPTICK IN LAYOFFS YET || SAYS SOME BUSINESSES SAY THEY ARE SCENARIO PLANNING FOR POTENTIAL LAYOFFS IF UNCERTAINTY LASTS — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) April 24, 2025 FED'S KASHKARI: ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) April …
President Donald Trump says he believes “very strongly” that both Russia and Ukraine want peace and an end to the conflict and that eventually, a deal will be reached. But he says he has his “own deadline” for that to happen. Read more: https://bit.ly/3YGRDgP
South Korea’s data protection authority said on Thursday that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek transferred user information and prompts without permission when the service was still available for download in the country’s app market. The Personal Information Protection Commission said in a statement that Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co Ltd did not obtain user consent …
BREAKING: A deal has been reached between Russia and the U.S. over Ukraine. Putin will be meeting Trump in person. — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) April 23, 2025 President Trump issued a stark warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, saying Kyiv’s leader was in a “dire” situation and “can have Peace or, he can fight …
🇺🇸 Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index 6-month outlook for new orders -26. An all-time record low! Chart: @zerohedge pic.twitter.com/wmKOQNUzGZ — Alex Joosten (@joosteninvestor) April 23, 2025 Goldman Sachs, $GS, says to brace for a bigger stock drawdown, wider credit spreads and recession — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 23, 2025 JPMORGAN: MIGRATION CONCERNS HURTING U.S. TOURISM This is …
The IMF projects the overall U.S. federal deficit will dip to 6.5% of gross domestic product this year, down from 7.3% in 2024 The multinational fund cited increased tariff revenues for the decline The IMF highlighted uncertainty surrounding the rollout of higher tariffs and potential revenue increases The International Monetary Fund forecasts U.S. tariffs will …
TRUMP: IF WE DON'T REACH A DEAL WITH COUNTRIES, THEN IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS, WE WILL SET TARIFFS FOR THEM, INCLUDING CHINA DEALZ — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) April 23, 2025 🇺🇸 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP JUST SAID: – IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL WITH CHINA 🇨🇳, IT'S OK — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 23, …
NEW: ‘The Office’ star Rainn Wilson claps back after MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle claims Elon Musk and Donald Trump are responsible for the public distrust of the mainstream media. Wilson: “40% of Americans don’t trust mainstream media. Why is that? How did we get here?” Ruhle: “Trump won and tons of people were shocked or angry …
Markets get a quick relief rally as policy uncertainty drops—Powell stays, and the US signals a China trade thaw. Short term, expect lower volatility, risk-on flows, and upside for trade-linked sectors both in the US and globally. Tap to expand for full context Longer term, the… — Alva (@AlvaApp) April 23, 2025 Dow Jones Futures …
RFK JR. DROPS AUTISM TRUTHBOMB – MEDIA MELTS DOWN HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said the quiet part out loud: autism rates are rising, and families of severely affected kids deserve answers – and compensation. He pointed to the 25% with severe, nonverbal autism who may never live independently, date, or write a poem – and …
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faulted his colleagues for temporarily halting deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act “literally in the middle of the night.” Alito’s dissent, also sent out at nearly midnight Saturday, came after the court agreed in the early hours of the morning to block for now any additional flights that would …
BREAKING: China says 'firmly opposes' trade deals that harm its interests – AFP — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 21, 2025 🇨🇳🇺🇸CHINA COMMERCE MINISTRY: CHINA RESPECTS ALL PARTIES TO RESOLVE THEIR ECONOMIC AND TRADE DIFFERENCES WITH THE UNITED STATES THROUGH CONSULTATIONS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING. FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY PARTY STRIKING A DEAL AT THE EXPENSE OF …
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to blow through another federal deadline meant to halt the $9 congestion toll to enter parts of Manhattan, as NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ administration backed her in a lawsuit to keep the wildly controversial scheme alive. Both the city and state Departments of Transportation on Friday joined a suit the …
ABC News — RFK Jr. is calling out the media and powerful industries for trying to bury the truth about environmental exposures linked to autism. Pointing to a 1992 ADDM report showing that autism rates have skyrocketed nearly fivefold over the past 30 years. The rate used to be 1 in 150. Today, it’s 1 in …
Rick Rieder of Blackrock: – economy in recession now – we are adding gold -we like cash Jesus pic.twitter.com/6Cfv3MsYo9 — Jack Farley (@JackFarley96) April 16, 2025 GOLD $3300 Bucks https://www.investing.com/commodities/gold Trump will NOT relent on China. Otherwise, the rest of his administration will be one of a Paper Tigre. — Sold At The Top (@soldatthetop) …
🇺🇸FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR BONGINO: SWATTING IS DEADLY—WE’RE HUNTING DOWN WHO’S BEHIND IT "SWATTING is deadly serious. The potential for serious injury or death is high. I’ve asked our team to double efforts to locate the people and/or groups behind it. I’m on the road in our… https://t.co/6je1qUPhzw pic.twitter.com/IRdqHOpb3s — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 16, 2025
🚨🇺🇸245% TRUMP TARIFF BODYSLAMS CHINA — WELCOME TO TRADE WAR SEASON 2 The U.S. just jacked tariffs on China up to a face-melting 245% — yeah, not a typo — up from the already brutal 145%. Why? Because Beijing hit back and Trump doesn’t do chill. He also signed an executive… https://t.co/9uWfqezUUd pic.twitter.com/YHzkOpMrXr — Mario …
🚨 #BREAKING: President Bukele says he will REFUSE to send MS-13 gang members back to the United States from El Salvador BUKELE: “How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous!” “Why do you want terrorists… pic.twitter.com/Ng954tOBJG — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April …
President Donald Trump has issued an ominous new justification for his tariff hikes, saying more products need to be made in the United States so it is prepared in case of ‘war.’ Trump has sparked fears of a recession with his crackdown on foreign imports which is part of a campaign to ramp up domestic …
BREAKING: Trump says he’s open to deporting U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes. pic.twitter.com/N1VYjhZJb6 — Patrick Webb (@Patrickwebb) April 14, 2025 🇺🇸 STEPHEN MILLER: WE’LL KEEP SHIPPING TERRORISTS TO EL SALVADOR “As part of our effort to eradicate this foreign terrorist organization from the United States, we're going to continue to send foreign terrorist aliens …
Late Sunday night, President Donald Trump unleashed a Truth Social bomb, accusing CBS’ 60 Minutes of routinely airing “derogatory and defamatory” stories about him — but said this weekend’s broadcast on the left-wing network “tops them all.” “Almost every week, 60 Minutes, which is being sued for Billions of Dollars for the fraud they committed …
The Federal Election Commission opened an investigation into firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, regarding donations to her 2024 campaign made through ActBlue, a Democrat fundraising powerhouse organization. The Coolidge-Reagan Foundation, a conservative advocacy group, made the FEC complaint on March 26, as first reported by The Daily Signal. On April 2, the FEC notified the …
Trump’s message to illegal immigrants: If you’re a farmer or a hotel worker, you’re good to stay for now. pic.twitter.com/NUv6mPQLbL — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) April 10, 2025 Trump on deportations: We are going to work with farmers. If they have strong recommendations for their farms for certain people we’re going to let them stay in …
