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Trump ‘immediately’ imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. China’s on the list

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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said countries that do business with Iran will face a new 25% tariff. The announcement appears to mean goods from China, a major trading partner of both Iran and the United States, would become significantly more expensive to import. “Effective immediately, any Country doing business with

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Paramount chief executive David Ellison

Paramount files lawsuit in pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery and threatens proxy fight

By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Paramount is taking its pursuit of CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery to court. On Monday Paramount CEO David Ellison announced a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court, where shareholders typically bring corporate disputes, as it attempts a hostile takeover of the iconic entertainment company. Ellison criticized Warner

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading in New York

Stocks shrug, hit record highs after Trump ups the ante against Jerome Powell and the Fed

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Investors took one look at the Trump administration’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and decided to resuscitate the “Sell America” trade Sunday night, selling off US stock futures, bonds and the dollar. But the “Sell America” trade was muted Monday, with US stocks recovering

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Jerome Powell

Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over his June testimony before Congress about the central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation of its headquarters in Washington, DC, The stunning action against the independent Federal Reserve was met with an equally extraordinary statement posted

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Venezuela has a ton of oil. It also has something else America needs

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump says US companies will now have access to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. But the country’s other commodities have also caught his administration’s attention. Venezuela has unverified amounts of minerals, metals and potentially rare earth elements, experts say. These raw materials are indispensable for industries

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Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has limited some of its Imagine image generation features to paid X subscribers

After ‘digital undressing’ criticism, Elon Musk’s Grok limits some image generation to paid subscribers

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has limited some of its Imagine image generation features to paid X subscribers, days after international uproar over the AI tool responded to user requests by “digitally undressing” people, including children. The change appears to have occurred between Thursday and Friday. Grok’s X account responds

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Will you notice any change at the grocery store because of RFK Jr.’s new food guidelines? You already have

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The food pyramid is getting turned upside down, with protein and dairy gaining more prominence in the suggested American diet. Sugar and processed foods are getting shunned even more with warning labels. It has whiffs of MAHA, as the new dietary guidelines for Americans promote controversial saturated

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President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat on January 6 in Washington

Trump orders ‘my representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in effort to lower housing costs

By Ramishah Maruf, Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered “my representatives” to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in an attempt to drive down interest rates and monthly payments, writing in a Truth Social post. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two government-owned mortgage giants, are now worth “an

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