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After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos — The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week's major sell-off. — There was little rest on Wall Street this weekend.
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Dow futures fall 1,500 points Sunday as Trump tariff market rout escalates: Live updates — U.S. stock futures dropped on Sunday evening as the White House remained defiant even after a two-day historic stock market rout that followed President Donald Trump's rollout of shockingly high tariff rates on most key U.S. trading partners.


Trump to America as Markets Crash: ‘Sometimes You Have to Take Medicine’ — The president said Sunday he is not deliberately tanking the markets, as U.S. market futures dropped again following his tariff announcement — Donald Trump said Sunday he is not deliberately tanking the stock market …


Bill Ackman warns Trump to call a timeout on trade war: ‘This is not what we voted for’ — Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman, who endorsed President Trump last year, is offering a stark warning about the risks of the White House's tariff plans, arguing they could cause the economy …
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Stocks in Asia Fall Sharply, Extending a Rout Caused by Trump's Tariffs — Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade the index before regular trading begins on Monday, added to last week's sell-off. — Financial markets were hit hard by another wave of selling at the start …
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U.S. Stock Futures, Nikkei Plunge as Tariff Turmoil Deepens — Oil prices and Treasury yields also fell as President Trump stood firm on imposing tariffs that investors fear will clobber the global economy — More pain appears to be in store for markets after their worst week to start a quarter since 2008.
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Trump, Unbowed, Is Enacting Change on Scale Rarely Seen Before — Financial markets, universities, law firms and world leaders are reeling from the president's agenda, but White House officials say this was always the plan — WASHINGTON—And it's only been 77 days.


Hong Kong's Hang Seng plunges nearly 10%, mainland's China CSI 300 slumps about 5% on trade war worries … Asia-Pacific markets extended their sell-off Monday as fears over a global trade war sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs fueled a risk-off mood.
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Wall Street Starts to Speak Out Against Trump's Tariffs — Veteran investor Stan Druckenmiller and Pershing Square's Bill Ackman are among those raising concerns about the president's steep, across-the-globe levies — For weeks, as the contours of President Trump's sweeping tariff plans came …


Trump says he doesn't want stocks to go down, ‘but sometimes you have to take medicine’
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World markets plunge, with Japan's Nikkei diving nearly 8%, after the big meltdown on Wall St
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Trump not trying to crash market with tariffs, says White House economic advisor
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Trump says he's not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
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Democrats hammer Trump for his weekend of golf as stocks tumble
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Trump defends tariffs as markets plunge: 'I don't want anything to go down'
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Meet the Press - April 6, 2025
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick doesn't back down in face of market sell-off: ‘The tariffs are coming’
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In Matter of Days, Outlook Shifts From Solid Growth to Recession Risk
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Trump's Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal
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Trump administration to markets: Don't expect a rescue
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Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador — Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants who were flown from the U.S. to a maximum security prison in El Salvador three weeks ago.
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Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’ — The U.S. government's decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless,” a federal judge wrote Sunday in a legal opinion explaining …
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DOJ suspends attorney who said Maryland man's deportation was a mistake
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Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo ‘Lawless’ Deportation to El Salvador
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Sen. Mullin suggests ‘fake news’ would decline if violence could ‘still’ settle disputes — Journalists would write fewer “fake news” stories if disputes over coverage could be handled through violence, U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin suggested on social media. — In a video posted over the weekend …
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Kennedy announces support for measles vaccine amid outbreak — The statement is a surprising turn for the health secretary and comes amid reports of a second child's death. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who spent years promoting debunked theories and sowing doubts about the safety …
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Second child dies of measles in Texas, media reports
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Treasury Sec. Bessent says 'there doesn't have to be a recession': Full interview — Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent exclusively joins Meet the Press days after President Donald Trump unveiled expansive tariffs on the United States' largest trading partners.
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Bessent calls tariffs ‘a one-time price adjustment’
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NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. — A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.


Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C. — President Donald Trump for years has lusted after a big military parade over which he could preside—just like he sees leaders do in other mostly authoritative countries. — During his first term in 2018 …
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