Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
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Scott Bessent confirmed as treasury secretary, giving him a key role in extending Trump's tax cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes...
Jan 27, 2025
Scott Bessent confirmed as treasury secretary, giving him a key role in extending Trump's tax cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes...
Jan 27, 2025
Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution a...
Jan 27, 2025
Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. The abrupt action targeting ...
Jan 27, 2025
What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?
A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the ...
Jan 27, 2025
Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security ...
Jan 25, 2025
Minnesota high court sides with Democrats in struggle with Republicans over control of state House
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans in the state House of Representatives but left it up to lawmakers to figure out a way...
Jan 24, 2025
Minnesota high court sides with Democrats in struggle with Republicans over control of state House
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans that the chief justice said had left the state House of Representatives "completely d...
Jan 24, 2025
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how h...
Jan 24, 2025
Trump says he will 'demand' that interest rates come down, but it won't be that simple
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep. Economic growth is ...
Jan 23, 2025
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