Elon Musk company X settles Trump lawsuit over deplatforming

Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 11, 2025.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Social media company X has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump, who has put X’s billionaire owner Elon Musk … Read more

Global winners and losers of Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs

An employee stands at a blast furnace. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would impose new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that he planned to announce new 25% tariffs on Monday, targeting imports of steel … Read more

Trump health care plan likely good for pharmaceutical companies

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about prescription drug prices during an appearance in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters Pharmaceutical companies appear to be hopeful about their growth under a Trump administration, after former President Joe Biden took a hardline stance on … Read more

Crypto gets quick return on Trump investment after funding campaign

FRANCE – 2025/01/20: In this photo illustration, Trump Meme , Trump the Crypto president, is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Romain Doucelin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Romain Doucelin | Getty Images Crypto executives, companies and investors are getting an early return on their investment in Donald Trump. After pouring tens of … Read more

Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a disaster briefing at a hanger, as he visits to assess recovery efforts and tour areas devastated by Hurricane Helene, at Asheville Regional Airport in Asheville, North Carolina, on Jan. 24, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to take executive action to … Read more

President Donald Trump says he’ll ‘demand that interest rates drop immediately’

President Donald Trump lobbed his first volley at the Federal Reserve, saying Thursday that he will apply pressure to bring down interest rates. Speaking via video to an assembly of global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the new president in a wide-ranging policy speech did not mention the Fed by name … Read more

Taliban says 2 Americans freed in prisoner swap with U.S., and Ryan Corbett’s family say he’s one of them

Islamabad, Pakistan — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime saw two Americans freed in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday. In a statement, the family of Ryan Corbett, an American man held … Read more

European markets assess the impact of Trump 2.0, Davos in focus

LONDON — European stocks are expected to open slightly higher Tuesday as traders digest the first executive orders that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Monday. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 10 points higher at 8,531, Germany’s DAX up 4 points at 21,004, France’s CAC 40 7 points higher at 7,740 and … Read more

How Trump could declare a national energy emergency

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office Monday, months after promising voters that he would cut their electric and gasoline prices in half in the first year of his administration.  “To achieve this rapid reduction in energy costs, I will declare a national emergency to … Read more

Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.

Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.  The Apple App Store and the Google Play store’s removal of TikTok means people in the U.S. can no longer download the … Read more