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NPR and PBS Vow to Fight Trump’s Order to Cut Funding
President Trump’s executive order to defund NPR and PBS was met with fiery pushback on Friday, as the organizations challenged the…
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Trump Tests Fed’s Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies
The Federal Reserve’s independence from the White House has long been enshrined in the law. But an executive order that President Trump…
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Trump Announces ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Across the Globe
President Trump on Thursday set in motion a plan for new tariffs on other countries globally, an ambitious move that could shatter the…
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How Trump Is Gutting Regulatory Agencies Like the SEC, CFPB and EEOC
The Trump administration is rapidly delivering wins to American companies by rolling back regulations, pausing investigations and…
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AP Accuses White House of Violating First Amendment
The Associated Press on Wednesday accused the White House of violating the First Amendment and called on the Trump administration to stop…
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What to Know About the Anti-Bribery Law Trump Is Targeting
President Trump has paused enforcement of a federal law he has long bemoaned: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits companies…
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Fed Chair Faces Lawmakers at a Critical Juncture
When Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, last testified in front of Congress in July, he hailed the “considerable progress”…
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After Trump’s DEI Order, Companies Navigate a Legal Minefield
Companies that just one year ago celebrated Black History Month and stocked Pride products on their shelves are in a new phase — what some…
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Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has confounded…
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Trump’s Executive Orders Leave Imprint on the Fed
President Trump has so far restrained himself from trying to meddle with the Federal Reserve on matters related to monetary policy during…
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Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa,…
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How a Sale of TikTok Would Work and Who Might Buy It
There's a new parlor game on Wall Street: guessing TikTok’s next owner. President Trump signed an executive order in January that delayed…
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How Google Maps Plans to Handle the ‘Gulf of America’
The Trump administration declared on Friday that the Gulf of Mexico had been renamed the Gulf of America, but popular mapping services…
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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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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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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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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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Trump Issues Executive Order to Support the Growth of Cryptocurrencies
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 Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
President Trump is moving to restructure the nation’s energy future to block any transition away from fossil fuels. And he is testing the…
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Leaders at Davos Economic Forum Vow to ‘Stay the Course’ on Climate Action
When President Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on Monday as part of his…
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Trump’s Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits…
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Trump Pitches External Revenue Service to Collect Tariffs: What to Know
President Trump has promised to generate a “massive” amount of revenue with tariffs on foreign products, an amount so big that the…
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Trump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for 75 days, even though the law took…
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TikTok Starts Working Again After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban
TikTok flickered back to life in the United States on Sunday after President-elect Donald J. Trump said that he would issue an executive…