The U.S. national debt is hurtling toward an unprecedented $39 trillion — and it's growing so fast it can barely be measured.
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Trump to Tout Affordable Housing Plan at Davos
President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million.
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Trump Would Replace Tariffs if Supreme Court Rejects IEEPA Levies
The Trump administration would enact new tariffs almost immediately if the Supreme Court struck down sweeping global tariffs President Donald Trump launched under an emergency law, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in an interview published Monday.
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China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged despite slowing economic growth
The People's Bank of China held its 1-year and 5-year loan prime rates at 3% and 3.5%, respectively, keeping them unchanged for an eighth straight month.
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Fed Chair Powell to Attend Supreme Court Argument on Cook Case
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
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Trump: Dallas Stock Exchange 'Unbelievably Bad' for NYC, Mamdani
The outmigration of blue cities and states has long been a GOP talking point and a useful tool for President Donald Trump to troll dysfunctional Democrat governance of New York, but it might be getting so bad that Trump is actually concerned for the city he used to call home.
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