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APRIL 9, 2025
FILE PHOTO: French employers body MEDEF union leader Patrick Martin leaves after a meeting with the French Prime Minister, trade unions leaders and employers' groups for talks on the 2023 pension reform at the Labour Ministry in Paris, France, January 17, 2025. - REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File photo
PARIS, FRANCE - The leader of the main French business federation, Patrick...
APRIL 9, 2025
A new housing development built along a canal near the Mokelumne River is viewed on May 22, 2023, near Stockton, California.
At the end of January, foreign countries owned $1.32 trillion worth of U.S. mortgage-backed securities, or 15% of the total outstanding, according to Ginnie Mae.
"If China wanted to hit us hard, they could unload Treasurys....
APRIL 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. - (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump signed an executive order this afternoon, directing the Department Of Justice to investigate two former White House employees, one of whom admitted to being part of...
APRIL 9, 2025
Scientists have discovered that you can now take apart and rebuild a new type of solar cell using water instead of harsh chemicals, and it works just as well as the original, reported Tech Xplore.
A team at Linköping University in Sweden has created a way to recycle every part of perovskite solar cells without using toxic solvents. This breakthrough, published...
APRIL 9, 2025
Ray Dalio says it's more important for people to focus on the underlying factors behind Trump's new tariffs than the tariffs themselves. - Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Ray Dalio says your takeaway from Trump's tariffs shouldn't be about the tariffs themselves.
The billionaire said people should instead focus on the factors that led to Trump's rise and actions.
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APRIL 8, 2025
White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt and Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Responding to a question at Tuesday’s daily briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned President Donald Trump’s “idea” to potentially deport “violent” and “heinous” U.S. citizens, adding a seemingly important caveat: “If it’s legal.”
It’s not.
But that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Indeed, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned just a day earlier of...
APRIL 8, 2025
The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest container gateway in the U.S. - ane Hahn for WSJ
Companies are scrambling to prepare for President Trump’s new reciprocal tariffs to take effect one minute after midnight Tuesday.
But who actually pays the duties, and how do they figure out what they owe?
Tariffs on imported goods are typically paid after shipments come into...
APRIL 8, 2025
Tax-Scam Explainer. - Susan Walsh
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to share immigrants' tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to a document signed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The new data-sharing arrangement was signed on Monday...
APRIL 8, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen April 7, 2025 in Washington. - Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Trump administration can move forward with the termination of 16,000 probationary federal workers across six agencies and departments, rescinding a lower court order that they be reinstated as litigation challenging the layoffs continues.
In a brief, unsigned...
APRIL 8, 2025
Ibtihal Aboussad is escorted away by security after interrupting Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, not pictured, during a presentation at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Friday, April 4. - Photographer: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
Microsoft Corp. dismissed two employees who disrupted an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary.
Ibtihal Aboussad, who has urged the company to ax the Israeli government...
