On his first day back, President Trump signed a flurry of executive orders. He set a new record and immediately started tackling some of his biggest campaign promises. Two actions stand out: pardoning over 1, 500 people involved in the Capitol attack and grounding nearly 1, 600 Afghan refugees. Amon
Investors are playing it safe as they wait for more details on President Trump's tariff plans. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped slightly on Friday, but it's still looking at a big gain for the week. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were barely moving. Business activity slowed in January, b
Ivanka Trump has spoken out against a fraudulent cryptocurrency using her name, "IVANKA. " She clarified her stance on social media, emphasizing that she has no involvement with this coin. This scam coin, she explained, poses a risk to consumers and could lead to financial loss. She found the use of
Just days into Donald Trump's second term, Wall Street's attitude towards crypto has done a 180. Morgan Stanley's CEO, Ted Pick, revealed at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the bank is keen to explore crypto transactions if regulations allow. Trump, once a crypto skeptic, has now embraced dig
President Trump just shook up the crypto world by forming a new working group. Led by ex-PayPal exec David Sacks, this team will review regulations for digital assets like cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. They'll also look into creating a national crypto stockpile. This comes right after the SEC la
You might remember that decades ago, some politicians took cash bribes. Then, things changed with a Supreme Court decision called Citizens United. This decision said that giving money to campaigns was okay, so long as it was done through certain funds. Donald Trump has been making money in various
President Trump's new AI project, Stargate, is creating a buzz among tech stocks. This $500-billion venture, joining forces between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, aims to beef up the U. S. 's AI infrastructure. Since the announcement, Oracle's shares have surged by nearly 15%, and Microsoft's by 3%.
In a surprising turn of events, the Senate voted in favor of John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman, as the new CIA director under President Trump. The vote tally was 74-25, with an unexpected 21 Democrats joining the Republican side. Ratcliffe, who served as the director of national intelligenc
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has given federal agencies a tight deadline to comply with President Trump’s order to return to the office. Agencies must revise their telework policies by the end of Friday and aim to be fully compliant within 30 days. This directive is a shift from the prev
Here's something that might surprise you: former U. S. President Trump decided to stop providing security protection for his ex-officials, Mike Pompeo and Brian Hook. This happened even though the current Biden administration had warned that both men were still at risk due to actions they took under
