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MARCH 21, 2025
Financial Markets Wall Street. - Seth Wenig / AP
Stocks are sliding in morning trade amid ongoing concerns about U.S. tariffs and signs that the American economy is faltering.
The Dow Jones Industrial Complex was down 236 points, or 0.6%, to 41,717 as of 11:17 a.m. EST, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 0.6% and 0.5%, respectively.
Investors are pulling...
MARCH 20, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump places his hands on a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
A client of Paul Weiss has fired the U.S. law firm in a criminal case in New Jersey, citing U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order that...
MARCH 20, 2025
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Accenture is displayed on a building, on the first day of the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 15, 2024. - REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Consultancy firm Accenture said on Thursday the Trump administration's efforts to reduce federal spending have led to delays and cancellations of new contracts, sending the company's shares down more...
MARCH 20, 2025
Stocks rose after the Fed held interest rates steady Wednesday. - Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
The Federal Reserve’s first set of projections since Donald Trump’s inauguration underscored—in the central bank’s understated and technocratic fashion—just how much the president’s plans to press ahead with widespread tariffs have turned the economic outlook on its head.
Months ago, policymakers presumed they would spend 2025 gradually cutting...
MARCH 20, 2025
As President Donald Trump argued in recent weeks — for the first time, the third time, the 10th time — to eliminate Canadian sovereignty and convert the country into America’s 51st state, messages started arriving in attorney Mitchell Wine’s inbox.
“A couple friends wrote me and said, ‘It’s all your fault,’” Wine recalled with a chuckle.
Wine does not,...
MARCH 20, 2025
US deports over 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador's mega-prison. - El Salvador Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images
Attorney General Pam Bondi and top Justice Department officials said the government may invoke state secrets privilege to block a federal judge from viewing specific information about two deportation flights of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members, court filings Wednesday show.
In...
MARCH 19, 2025
When noncitizens return to the U.S. from abroad, an immigration officer can decide whether they’re allowed to reenter the country. - Alex Brandon/AP
Several high-profile arrests and deportations in recent weeks have sparked fear among visa and green-card holders that they could be targeted by the Trump administration.
President Trump has made immigration enforcement a central pillar of his administration....
MARCH 19, 2025
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has emerged as the most frequent GOP critic of DOGE in the Senate. Graeme Sloan for The Washington Post and Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is one of the biggest DOGE critics among GOP senators.
On Tuesday, she said Elon Musk may come after her as a result.
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MARCH 19, 2025
Elon Musk (left) hopped on the podcast of Sen. Ted Cruz (center) to talk about his cost-cutting exploits in the early days of President Donald Trump's (right) second term. - Brandon Bell—Getty Images
Elon Musk claimed 14 computers at the Department of Treasury and other government agencies just “send money out of nothing” during a podcast appearance with Sen....
MARCH 19, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens as the Finnish President addresses their joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Mar. 19, 2025. - Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on Wednesday about a partial ceasefire on energy infrastructure amid broader efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Their conversation came one day after Trump...
