Many financiers are vowing to play nice with Zohran Mamdani, but some are already thinking about how they will blunt the mayor-elect’s most liberal initiatives.
Category: United States Politics and Government
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On Eve of Shutdown Record, Trump Officials Threaten Pain Could Worsen
President Trump and administration officials indicated the fallout could intensify in the coming days, even as he has kept himself at a remove from the crisis.
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Republicans Reprise Unfounded Claims of Widespread Election Interference
Prominent conservatives, including the president, sounded familiar alarms about voter suppression and other efforts to manipulate the vote on Election Day, without presenting evidence.
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Dick Cheney’s Unwavering Image
The former Veep embodied a calculating technocrat out central casting. He didn’t care.
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Trump Aides Raise Recession Fears, and Point Fingers at the Fed
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said some sectors were in a recession as he argued for more interest rate cuts.
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White House Says It Will Make Some SNAP Payments After Trump Threatened to Defy Court
The president suggested earlier in the day that he would withhold food stamp payments despite a court order mandating the administration pay partial benefits.
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Small Businesses Gear Up for Tariff Fight at Supreme Court
Companies that sell diamonds, plant sensors and wine all have one thing in common: They are weighing in against tariffs in a consequential case.
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New Pentagon Press Crew Is All In on Trump
The Defense Department’s new press policy led to an exodus of traditional journalists. Supporters of the president have stepped in.
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The Workers Left Out of Trump’s Drug-Manufacturing Renaissance
President Trump wants pharmaceutical production to return to the United States. A shuttered factory in Louisiana shows how hard that will be for generic medicines.
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With Acquisition, Kimberly-Clark Bets That Tylenol Can Weather the Storm
The consumer products giant reached a $40 billion deal to buy Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, despite a barrage of unproven claims from President Trump and others that use of the pain reliever during pregnancy can cause autism.