United States President, Donald Trump, is ready to impose more restrictions on Russia’s oil, gas and banking sectors. CBS News reports that Trump’s plan is to restrict Russian access to US payment systems, according to four people familiar with the plans. On Wednesday, the Treasury Department let lapse a 60-day exemption put in place by
David Shepardson | Reuters Trump grants one-month tariff exemption for major automakers President Donald Trump granted a one-month tariff exemption to any autos coming from Mexico and Canada for Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. President Donald Trump met General Motors GM.N CEO Mary Barra on Wednesday to discuss the automaker’s investment plans amid his tariff war, a White House
The world’s most widely followed stock-market benchmark slid into a correction on Thursday, a drop that underscores how the two-year-long bull market is running out of steam in the early days of the Trump administration. The move stems from investors’ growing pessimism about the whipsawing policy pronouncements from Washington over the past few weeks. On-again,
Sam Drysdale | State House News Service BOSTON — State government leaders in Massachusetts are trying to instigate a building boom to address a housing shortage marked by high rents and sale prices, but a top housing official is now warning that headwinds from Washington could threaten their efforts. “The equity that’s often needed to
EVANSVILLE — The Tri-State Food Bank has been hit hard by recent cuts at the federal level that eliminated a grant that helped disadvantaged farmers and local communities. The Tri-State Food Bank received a $1.1 million grant in 2024 through the United States Department of Agriculture Local Food Purchase Assistance program. It was the largest
President Donald Trump’s efforts to curb federal spending have hit the Department of Agriculture, which has cut over $1 billion in funding aimed at helping schools and food banks purchase from local farmers. States recently learned about the cuts, which will cut funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS) and the
Crypto prices jump after Trump sets plan for US strategic reserve Prices for bitcoin and the like have soared after Donald Trump set out plans for a U.S. cryptocurrency reserve. He said in a social media post that the stockpile would include bitcoin and ether, as well as smaller tokens XRP, solana and cardano. New
Former President Donald Trump promoted his family’s upcoming cryptocurrency platform called “The DeFiant Ones” in a Truth Social post on Thursday. Trump shared the post with his 7.5 million followers Thursday morning, which son Donald Trump Jr. shared with his 12 million followers on X less than half an hour later. “For too long, the
Former President Trump owns more than $1 million worth of cryptocurrency and up to $250,000 in gold bars along with the portfolio of golf courses and real estate properties that have made him a billionaire, according to newly released financial disclosures. The details come from documents filed by Trump as part of his Republican presidential
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