Published on: 2025-04-22 03:08:36
Over the week, the Trump administration announced a set of exemptions for its tariffs imposed on products imported into the United States from China. The exemptions cover product categories like smartphones and laptops, giving Apple a huge reprieve for the iPhone, Mac, and more. In comments earlier this week, Trump bragged about how he “helped” Apple with these exemptions. A new report from The Washington Post dives into the inner workings of the Trump administration, particularly as they relat
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From left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Senator Dave McCormick, his wife Dina Powell McCormick and Elon Musk watch the men's NCAA wrestling competition at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2025. Meta on Friday announced that it was expanding its board of directors with two new members, including Dina Powell McCormick, a part of President Donald Trump's first administration. Powell McCormick served as a deputy national security advisor to Trump from 2017 to 2018
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump on Wednesday dropped new tariff rates on imports from most U.S. trade partners to 10% for 90 days to allow trade negotiations with those countries. Trump announced the pause hours after goods from nearly 90 nations became subject to stiffer, so-called reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States. The president also s
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In case you had any doubts, the golden age of white-collar crime is upon us. The Justice Department announced on Monday that it will stop regulating the digital asset space, instead focusing its efforts on prosecuting crimes that utilize cryptocurrency, like drug and human trafficking. The news comes shortly after President Trump delivered pardons to individuals in the crypto industry, including Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and more recently the leaders of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX. The
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President Donald Trump threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on goods imported from China in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday. The total tariff on China would rise to 104% if the country doesn’t back off and drop the 34% retaliatory tariff it announced in response to Trump’s own 34% hike on goods coming from the U.S. last week. And Trump’s new threat isn’t exactly calming anyone’s nerves. “If China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long ter
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U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk reacts on the day of a rally in support of a conservative state Supreme Court candidate of an April 1 election in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. March 30, 2025. Technology stocks teetered in volatile trading Monday as President Donald Trump stood by his sweeping global tariff plans following last week's devastating selloff. The Magnificent Seven stocks — Nvidia , Apple , Meta Platforms , Amazon , Microsoft and Alphabet — were largely lower after brie
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U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk reacts on the day of a rally in support of a conservative state Supreme Court candidate of an April 1 election in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. March 30, 2025. Technology stocks fell for a third session on Monday, continuing the momentum of last week's devastating selloff after President Donald Trump stood by his sweeping global tariff plans and global market turmoil intensified. Tesla led the Magnificent Seven's losses, dropping 10%. Nvidia fell 7%
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President Donald Trump announced extremely high tariffs on goods coming from virtually every country around the world Wednesday, sending global markets into the toilet. The Dow was down over 1,600 points Thursday and a tweet that appeared to come from Trump has gone viral in the wake of the president’s inexplicable actions to crater the U.S. economy. But we regret to inform you that the one tweet you’re seeing everywhere is completely fake. A screenshot of the supposed Trump tweet reads, “If th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-14 07:04:07
After a January announcement that it would spend $80 billion on data center construction, Microsoft may already be adjusting its future plans. Sources told Bloomberg that Microsoft has delayed or slowed data center efforts in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Some of the cases meant withdrawing from negotiations, while others have involved delays on planned construction projects, according to these insiders. These data centers would be central to Microsoft's eff
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Last Friday could have passed for a lovely spring day on the Connecticut campus of Wesleyan University. Students with books and laptops dotted a green hillside; flocks of admissions visitors trailed tour guides; baseball season had just begun, and practice was under way. It was almost possible to forget the grim straits of American higher education in 2025. Colleges and universities have been early targets of the second Trump Administration. In the past month, the Administration has announced i
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President Donald Trump announced shockingly high tariffs on just about everything entering the U.S. on Wednesday, sending a panic through global markets and leaving experts puzzled. But at least some elected politicians in the U.S. think they can rein in Trump’s ability to impose tariffs by returning the power back to Congress. The question is whether it’s too late to do much good. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, introduced the T
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Eric Trump says his family was "the most canceled company, probably on Earth." That was then. With his dad, President Donald Trump, back in the White House, he sees a new money-making opportunity. "It actually is what drove us toward cryptocurrency," the president's middle son told CNBC, referring to the Trump family's latest business endeavors. "You realize that cryptocurrency was a lot faster, it was a lot more pragmatic, it was a lot more transparent, it was exponentially cheaper." In 202
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iPhone 16 Pro Max in hand. Jason Hiner/ZDNET On Wednesday, April 2, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would impose a new series of tariffs against trade partners. Rates will range from a baseline amount of 10% up to 49% for certain countries. These hikes are slated to go into effect starting April 5. Also: If you need a new laptop, you might want to buy it now - here's why A full list of the tariffs can be found on the Rapid Response 47 account on X, which is run by the
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iPhone 16 Pro Max in hand. Jason Hiner/ZDNET On Wednesday, April 2, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would impose a new series of tariffs against trade partners. Rates will range from a baseline amount of 10% up to 49% for certain countries. These hikes are slated to go into effect starting April 5. Also: If you need a new laptop, you might want to buy it now - here's why A full list of the tariffs can be found on the Rapid Response 47 account on X, which is run by the
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, watches during the inauguration ceremonies for President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President JD Vance, left, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs of between 10% and 49% on imported goods. The majority of Apple's revenue comes from devices manufactured primarily in China and a handful of other As
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Apple CEO Tim Cook (C) looks on behind US President Donald Trump (R) and US Vice President JD Vance (L) after the two were sworn into office at an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Apple slid more than 6% in late trading on Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs of between 10% and 49% on imported goods. The majority of Apple's revenue comes from devices manufactured prima
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Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has refused to commit to resisting President Donald Trump if he ordered the agency to drop its antitrust suit against Meta, saying he would “obey lawful orders” and calling the scenario “a hypothetical.” His comments, made at a tech policy event in Washington, DC, followed a session where Ferguson reaffirmed his belief that independent regulatory agencies are “not good for a democracy.” Ferguson appeared at an antitrust-focused event hosted by Y Co
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Is it all falling apart? Political Liability Now that he's done irreparable damage to the federal government, billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly stepping back in the coming weeks as the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. As Politico reports, president Donald Trump has informed his inner circle that Musk will soon hang up his coat as his number one hatchet man. If confirmed, it'd be a huge inflection point in Musk's arc — and unmiskable evidence that his unpredictable
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-22 23:22:51
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -U.S. Constitution, First Amendment. In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had “brought free speech back to America.” But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unpreced
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-25 04:55:27
Two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission who were fired by President Trump sued him today, saying their removals are "in direct violation of a century of federal law and Supreme Court precedent." "Plaintiffs bring this action to vindicate their right to serve the remainder of their respective terms, to defend the integrity of the Commission, and to continue their work for the American people," said the lawsuit filed by Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya in US District Court
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Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, the two Democratic commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission who were fired earlier this month by President Donald Trump without a specific cause, are suing Donald Trump and FTC leadership over their oustings. The lawsuit sets up a potential showdown regarding presidential authority as it relates to independent agencies. Slaughter and Bedoya, who are represented by the nonprofit anti-authoritarian organization Protect Democracy, are seeking back pa
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is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Staff at the Federal Trade Commission have been instructed to no longer refer to the agency as “independent” in complaints, according to an email obtained by The Verge. “Moving forward, when describing the Commission as the Plaintiff in a Complaint, please track the below edit,” B
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Facepalm: Signal likes to present itself as the most private and secure messaging service around, but the nonprofit likely didn't design the app for sharing classified plans regarding imminent military action. Yet earlier this month, senior U.S. government and military officials did just that. Signal's president later defended the service amid renewed comparisons to WhatsApp. Signal president Meredith Whittaker reiterated the messaging service's commitment to secure encryption and privacy after
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U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Crypto czar David Sacks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets Bo Hines attend the White House Crypto Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. Bo Hines has no professional background in crypto. He earned his law degree three years ago from Wake Forest. He's twice unsuccessfully run for Congress in North Caroli
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Donald Trump insists, incorrectly, that he was the one to rescue those stranded astronauts — and he's getting roundly called out for trying to take credit for something he had almost nothing to do with. As the Washington Post reports, the plans for the safe return of Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the astronaut pair who flew up on Boeing's leaky Starliner craft last June only to be stuck there for nearly nine months longer than expected, were in the works long before Trump even won
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is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. President Donald Trump’s sudden and unlawful firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s two remaining Democrats will serve the tech billionaires who backed him, not the American people, warned one of the ousted officials today. “I think we need to be focused on the billionaires over
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President Trump fired both Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, advancing his administration's claim that the president can fire FTC commissioners despite a US law and a 1935 Supreme Court ruling stating that the president cannot do so without good cause. Trump fired Democrats Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, both of whom said the firings are illegal. Trump "tried to illegally fire me. I'll see the president in court," Bedoya wrote. The FTC was created "to fig
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President Donald Trump has illegally fired two of the five commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission. The commissioners were Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, the Democrats on what is supposed to be a bipartisan commission that oversees the FTC. And that will allow Trump to tremendously weaken the FTC, which oversees consumer protection and competition laws. Bedoya told Gizmodo in an interview that he was at his daughter’s gymnastics class on Tuesday when he learned he’d been fired. “I
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President Donald Trump's efforts to remake the US government continued today with the firing of the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission. This agency has historically had five members: three from the same party as the president and two from the opposing party. The New York Times reported that the president terminated the roles for FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. Both Slaughter and Bedoya said today that firing them is illegal. Commissioners' terms
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