FBI asks agents to voluntarily travel to Minneapolis
The FBI is asking agents across the US to travel to Minneapolis for temporary duty, according to people familiar with the situation. The bureau in recent days sent messages to…
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It may come down to Trump using political pressure to force banks to cap interest rates on credit cards
President Donald Trump a week ago told the credit card industry it had until Jan. 20 to comply with his demand for a 10% cap on interest rates. With just…
There’s broad bipartisan support in Congress to renew Obamacare subsidies, but the abortion issue could block a deal and keep premiums high
There is broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year. But long-standing disagreements over abortion coverage…
The creator economy may be bigger than we think, and taxing side hustles will be a growing issue as an OnlyFans ‘sin tax’ is debated
Fiscal authorities and statisticians have long underestimated different types of economic activity, and side hustles are no different, according to Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management. In…
Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on his peace board
The Trump administration is asking countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion. According to a draft charter for the…
EU and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign trade deal to end quarter-century of talks, just as Trump hits Europe with new tariffs
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement on Saturday, capping more than a quarter-century of torturous negotiations to…
Making billionaires illegal by taxing their wealth wouldn’t even fund the government for a year, budget expert says
California’s proposed wealth tax is coming in for a lot of criticism these days. From Gov. Gavin Newsom, who counts many billionaires as friends and donors and yet was raised…
Exclusive: Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is studying a tunnel project to Tesla Gigafactory near Reno
Elon Musk’s tunneling startup Boring Company is working with a Nevada state-affiliated group to study a tunnel project that would go under the nine-mile stretch of highway from Reno to…
Trumps threatens to impose tariffs on countries ‘if they don’t go along’ with his Greenland takeover plans
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation…
Republican lawmakers close ranks around Powell, who spent years building ties in Congress. ‘He gets in there, pets the dog, shoots the breeze’
President Donald Trump has spent his second term bulldozing elected and appointed officials who resist him or refuse to bend to his demands. But he may have met his match…