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Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The Senate on Monday voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent to be President Trump’s Treasury secretary, putting in place the new…
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Trump’s Suit Against Pulitzer Board Faces a Hurdle: His Previous Arguments
Litigation has long been one of President Trump’s favorite weapons against media outlets whose coverage he objects to. But in at least one…
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Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
President Trump is swinging American energy policy sharply in favor of fossil fuels, but oil and gas companies say those changes won’t…
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Trump’s Colombia Tariff Threat Startled Companies Trying to Rely Less on China
Before Sunday, Colombia was quietly emerging as a refuge for multinational brands seeking a stable place to make their products in a time…
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E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees.
Owners of electric cars in Vermont recently got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles with some bad news. Starting Jan. 1 they…
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Trump’s Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support
Dressed in ball gowns, tuxedos and “Make Bitcoin Great Again” baseball caps, a crowd of some of the country’s most powerful cryptocurrency…
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The Cheat Sheet on Trump’s First Week
During his first week in office, President Trump issued a barrage of executive orders, signing sweeping directives on immigration, D.E.I.,…
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The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like…
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What Is the H-1B Visa Program and Why Are Trump Backers Feuding Over It?
As President Trump embarked on a sweeping crackdown on immigration upon his return to office this week, he left unresolved a rift that…
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The House oversight committee will investigate Republican complaints about banks.
President Trump mused on Friday about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying that states could do a better job at…
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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Commerce Nominee, Discloses Business Interests
Howard Lutnick, the wealthy Wall Street executive whom President Trump has tapped to lead the Department of Commerce, detailed a complex…
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Target to End D.E.I. Policies as Trump Threatens Companies
Days after President Trump ordered federal agencies to investigate private sector entities for “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion…
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Musk Plan for Retooling Government Takes Shape, but Big Questions Loom
The initial plan for retooling the federal government under President Trump started with three loyal billionaires: the banker Howard…
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TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok…
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Meta to Increase Spending to $65 Billion This Year in A.I. Push
Mark Zuckerberg spent all of 2024 telling investors that artificial intelligence would be key to the future of his company, Meta. In 2025,…
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IRS Free Tax Filing System Will Include 13 More States
Taxpayers with income of $84,000 or less still have the option of using the separate Free File program, a partnership between the I.R.S.…
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Debanking, and the Diss Heard Around Davos
Good morning from Davos, Switzerland, on the final day of the World Economic Forum. The hottest chatter over the past 24 hours has been…
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Trump Lashes Out at Bank of America Over Treatment of Conservatives
President Trump took an unexpected swipe on Thursday at the big banks that have cheered his return to office, as he raised longstanding…
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Trump Issues Executive Order to Boost Cryptocurrency Industry
President Trump on Thursday issued an executive order to support the growth of the cryptocurrency industry, calling for a new plan to…
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Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters
In his first term as president, Donald J. Trump targeted what many Republicans consider blatant welfare waste — a rule that gives food…
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S&P 500 Hits Record High Amid Strong Earnings and Easing Inflation Concerns
The S&P 500 clambered back to a record high on Thursday, inching above a peak reached in early December, after a rally that began with…
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Trump Escalates His War on D.E.I.
Crackdown President Trump made clear for months that he would take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives when he took office.…
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How Trump Decided to Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
In December 2023, Angela McArdle, the chair of the Libertarian Party, flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump wanted to…
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Trump's Energy and Border Emergencies Advance His Own Interests
President Trump’s return to the Oval Office came with emergency declarations for the country’s energy sector and the southern border,…