Politics


Trump Shares Partial Jobs Data on Social Media Before Key Employment Report

“There was an inadvertent public disclosure of aggregate data that was partially derived from pre-released information,” a White House official said.

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Are ICE Raids Hurting Corona Sales? Constellation Brands Investors Are Wondering Aloud.

The company had long bucked an industry slump with splashy growth, but lately it has been slipping.

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How Trump’s Plan to Buy Mortgage Bonds Will Affect Rates

The president just launched his latest salvo in his battle against high mortgage rates as he tries to make home buying more affordable.

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Defense CEOs Get Paid a Lot. Trump Is Pushing Them to Deliver.

The president ordered future contracts to ensure base salaries for defense company CEOs are capped at current levels if contractors fail to perform.

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Real Estate Stocks Jump on Trump’s Mortgage Bond Plan. Rates Hit 5.99%.

Stocks rally after President Donald Trump outlines a plan to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds.

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Betting Markets Say Supreme Court Will Scrap Trump Tariffs. How to Play It.

Retail stocks, a potential winner if the levies are struck down or curtailed, have already run up.

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Never Mind Venezuela. Latin America’s Future Looks Bright.

Opportunities abound in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and more.

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Trump’s Grand Plan for Housing Relies on His Fed Pick. Here’s Why.

Trump’s plan to lower mortgage rates, Glencore and Rio Tinto in mega-merger talks, General Motors takes another big EV charge, and more news to start your day.

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Oil Isn’t the Only Commodity at Play in the U.S. Ouster of Maduro

America doesn’t have the critical minerals essential to its artificial intelligence push.

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Mamdani Loses Bid to Delay Rent-Control Property Auction. Flagstar Bank Stock Jumps.

A Deutsche Bank analyst said if the loan issues can be resolved, it would be a credit positive for Flagstar.

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House Votes to Extend Obamacare Subsidies With Senate Clash Ahead

Democrats forced a vote on a three-year extension of ACA premium subsidies. A bipartisan Senate group is working on its own, more limited deal—with abortion language as the key sticking point.

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Does a Private-Equity Fund Own the House Next Door? Our Maps Show Where the Big Buyers Are.

Institutional investors who scoop up single-family homes are in the crosshairs of the White House.

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Senate Votes to Limit Trump’s Strikes on Venezuela in Rare Rebuke

The “war powers” resolution would prevent U.S. armed forces from taking actions unless authorized by Congress.

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Trump Wants Greenland. Why He May Be Overestimating Its Value.

The mineral-rich island is also strategically well-located, but acquiring it may be more trouble than it’s worth.

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Trump’s Greenland Grab Is Already Leaving Scars

Trump’s tone-deaf approach to Greenland will damage a far more important pillar of U.S. security, Christopher Smart writes in a guest commentary.

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Trump Wants to Lower Housing Costs. How Fair Isaac and Equifax Could Benefit.

Greater loan origination volume could mean more revenue for Fair Isaac, Equifax, and TransUnion, says Clear Street.

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Donald Trump Is Meddling in Markets. It's a Dangerous Line to Cross.

Trump threatened to penalize defense companies that pay dividends to shareholder or buy back stock, and he said he might ban institutional investor purchases of single-family homes.

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Stock Market Fundamentals Look Great. But Trump, Again, Is the Wild Card.

President Donald Trump has played stock market activist before. The results were mixed.

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Trump Rocks Defense and Property Stocks. This Is the Bigger Risk.

Defense contractors are under fire, an idea to make housing more affordable, Constellation earnings beat expectations, more news to start your day.

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Venezuela Raid Doesn’t Assure a Win for Elliott Management’s Citgo Bid

Elliott faces court and regulatory challenges before taking over Citgo, plus other refiners will compete with Citgo to refine Venezuelan crude.

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Trump Seized a Russian Oil Tanker. The Market Showed Just How Far He Can Go.

We’re learning in real time just how easy it is for upbeat global financial markets to co-exist with a world in unprecedented turmoil. 

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Trump Wants to Ban Big Investors From Buying Homes. Real Estate, Blackstone Stocks Drop.

Trump said he would call on Congress to codify his plan to prevent big investors from buying single-family homes.

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RTX and Other Defense Stocks Fall After Trump Says He’ll Ban Dividends, Buybacks

Trump said defense contractors are too slow to deliver equipment and too slow to maintain and repair equipment.

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Dividend Funds Fall as Trump Targets Defense-Stock Payouts

While the president often touts record stock prices as a sign of his success, on Wednesday he took a swipe at one of the biggest sources of market returns.

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