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President Trump has done ‘incredible damage’ with tariff talk: Former ambassador

Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation during a White House ceremony to establish tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum at the White House in Washington, March 8, 2018. Critics have argued that the tariffs shouldn’t be broad and the real offenders, such as China, …

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Gold spills on Russian runway after plane door glitch

Akos Stiller | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gold bars at Solar Capital Gold Zrt. in Budapest, Hungary, on March 10, 2016. Russian news reports say the hatch of a cargo plane carrying precious metals accidentally flew open upon takeoff — scattering at least 3 tons of gold on the runway. …

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Russia to expel UK diplomats as row over spy attack escalates

Stefan Rousseau-Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during a press conference after their meeting on December 22, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. Johnson defended the measures announced on Wednesday and suggested that there could be further consequences for wealthy …

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Amazon’s original shows drew 5 million people to Prime: Internal documents

Getty Images Executive producers Isa Dick Hackett, David W. Zucker, actors Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rupert Evans, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Rufus Sewell attend Amazon Original Series ‘The Man In The High Castle’ Special Screening Event And Q&A on July 10, 2015 in San Diego, California. Amazon.com Inc’s top television shows …

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Trump seems to hint he could pull US troops out of South Korea if he doesn’t get his way on trade

Chung Sung-Jun | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-In at the presidential Blue House on November 7, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. President Donald Trump seemed to threaten to pull U.S. troops out of South Korea if he didn’t get his way on …

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Trump Organization lawyer reportedly signed porn star Stormy Daniels gag-order documents

Getty Images Stormy Daniels attends the 2018 Adult Video News Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A Trump Organization lawyer was involved in efforts to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claimed she had an affair with President Donald …

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Trump wants Boeing to build stealth F-18s for a ‘good price’ but they don’t exist

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump sits between Boeing Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg (R) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (L) during a round table at Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. March 14, 2018. It would appear as though Boeing’s F-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has entered back …

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Despite woes, Wells Fargo gives CEO Sloan $4.6 million raise

Getty Images CEO and President of Wells Fargo & Company Timothy Sloan testifies during a hearing before Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee October 3, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Well Fargo’s board of directors has given CEO Tim Sloan a $4.6 million raise, despite the bank …

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Kevin Brady is in talks with the White House on tax plan ‘phase two’

Joshua Roberts | Reuters Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) speaks after the House of Representatives passed tax reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 19, 2017. The GOP would at least partly aim to use the new tax proposal as a tool to …

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Kudlow says he favors a strong dollar, has no reason to believe Trump isn’t for one either

President Donald Trump’s newly-appointed top economic advisor Larry Kudlow believes that good economic policy includes a “sound, stable dollar.” “A great country needs a strong currency,” Kudlow said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” Wednesday. “I have no reason to believe [President Trump] doesn’t favor a sound and strong and steady dollar.” …

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