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Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats…
We’ve got some more thoughts on Elon Musk’s $97 billion hostile bid for Sam Altman’s OpenAI, which, we’re told, still…
The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to confirm Russell T. Vought to lead the Office of Management and…
While he was campaigning last fall, President Trump bemoaned the lack of a U.S.-backed investment fund and promised to create…
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sent a letter on Monday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding answers for why the…
I spoke to Marc Rowan, the C.E.O. of Apollo Global Management, about a provocative plan he believes could fundamentally reshape…
The path of interest rates over the next year doesn’t just affect the cost of mortgages and car loans. It…
The Senate on Monday voted 68-to-29 to confirm Scott Bessent to be President Trump’s Treasury secretary, putting in place the…
The initial plan for retooling the federal government under President Trump started with three loyal billionaires: the banker Howard Lutnick,…
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen told Congress on Friday that on Jan. 21 the Treasury Department will have to begin…