Former White House chief economic advisor Gary Cohn said Monday that he believes President Donald Trump will go forward with the Dec. 15 tariffs if the U.S. and China haven’t agreed to a trade deal. “I think he thinks that that’s a forcing function and if he keeps blinking, he loses credibility in the Chinese […] Read more
President Donald Trump’s top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, hinted at a middle-class tax cut Tuesday as the president searches for an edge in his 2020 reelection bid. With just under a year until voters decide whether Trump gets a second term in the White House, the National Economic Council Director said “the president has asked […] Read more
Apple announced Monday with California governor Gavin Newsom that it will donate $2.5 billion toward building affordable housing in California. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is skeptical. In a statement on Monday, Sanders said Apple is not fixing the affordable housing problem — it’s becoming a real estate lender. He criticized Apple for not […] Read more
The leader of the U.K. Brexit Party and Donald Trump-ally Nigel Farage kicked off his election campaign on Friday with both an offer and a warning to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The starting gun has been fired on campaigning toward a U.K. general election on December 12 in a bid by different parties to […] Read more
Lawyers for former national security advisor John Bolton have been in touch with officials working on House committees about possibly testifying in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, a person close to Bolton told NBC News on Friday. The news comes more than a week after the White House’s former top Europe expert, Fiona […] Read more
The Greens made strong gains in Switzerland’s election on Sunday while right-wing populist party SVP lost ground, final results showed. Environmentalists could potentially win a seat in the coalition that has governed Swiss politics for decades. As climate change and the country’s relationship with the European Union were the main focuses of the political campaign, […] Read more
Numbers and data from Moody Analytics based on three different economic models now predict a bodacious win for President Trump in 2020. “Trump looks likely to cruise to reelection next year under three different economic models Moody’s Analytics employed to gauge the 2020 race. Barring anything unusual happening, the president’s Electoral College victory could easily […] Read more
President Donald Trump looks likely to cruise to re-election next year under three different economic models Moody’s Analytics employed to gauge the 2020 race. Barring anything unusual happening, the president’s Electoral College victory could easily surpass his 2016 win over Democrat Hillary Clinton, which came by a 304-227 count. Moody’s based its projections on how […] Read more
President Donald Trump blasted the conservative cable network Fox News on Thursday after it reported that its new poll on impeachment found a majority of respondents favoring his removal from office. “Whoever their Pollster is, they suck,” Trump lashed out on Twitter, a day after the Fox poll showed that a new high of 51% […] Read more
Despite the fact that the 2020 presidential election is more than a year away, investors are looking at the potential impact of a progressive political agenda on the stock market. J.P. Morgan, in a new report, compiled a list of firms that would be most affected by progressive policy initiatives, in areas like anti-trust, financial […] Read more
