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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the roundtable, Trump addressed questions on the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to cut interest rates and reports that the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, among other topics.

A U.S. oil blockade on Venezuela could ‘devastate’ its economy and further pressure Maduro. But how far is Trump willing to take it?

Questions abound about whether the White House will add new sanctions to oil tankers trekking to Venezuela and how broad the oil blockade will become.

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A U.S. oil blockade on Venezuela could ‘devastate’ its economy and further pressure Maduro. But how far is Trump willing to take it?

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‘You go into the grocery store, you see what things cost, and it’s just not working’: How Democrats figured out affordability politics

‘Take it from me’: Former Biden economics official sees Trump’s message on inflation failing to stick: ‘That argument does not resonate’

As 107% Italian pasta tariff looms, U.S. retailer says ‘It’s basic food. Something’s got to be sacred’

Four guiding principles to navigate a new uncertain environment

Trump blames ‘Too Late Powell’ for the housing crisis—but top analysts say low rates ‘snapped the trap shut’ on Millennial and Gen Z homeowners in the first place

‘We’ve probably made housing unaffordable for a whole generation of Americans’: top real-estate CEO on the real cost of Covid economic firefighting

Trump’s tariffs are a $29 billion tax on Americans’ holiday shopping bills, Lending Tree says

There’s still ‘no evidence’ China is buying all the U.S. soybeans it promised under Trump’s trade deal amid oversupply from South America

Solving hunger is America’s lowest-hanging fruit

Butchered jobs and inflation data add fuel to the fire of uncertainty already blazing in the markets

Top economist Mohamed El-Erian warns the AI bubble will ‘end in tears’ and credit ‘cockroaches’ abound

FAA is silent but airlines see a busy and healthy Thanksgiving travel season

Legendary DC diplomat feels ‘like Paul Revere’ about the $38 trillion national debt: ‘The crisis is coming!’

White House official says October jobs and inflation data are likely to never be released

Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’

Economist behind K-shaped economy sees a ‘sea of despair’ for the bottom 90% and a ‘crisis of confidence’ in the American dream

In just 15 years, the average U.S. homebuyer went from 39 to 59 years old: Top analyst reveals how the housing market has warped in one generation

The longest government shutdown in history is over—but flights and jobs data won’t return to normalcy yet

BofA cites ‘favorable protein economics’ in the chicken restaurant segment with the race afoot to corner the $67 billion market

‘We are guilty of spending our rainy-day fund in sunny weather’: Top economists, historians unite to urge action on $38 trillion national debt

Shutdown starvation was so bad that some Native American tribes killed the buffalo herds that they helped restore

It’s not just affordability, Americans are anxious over jobs too

Trump makes it official: Historic 43-day government shutdown is over

Record U.S. government shutdown is over—but Wall Street only has 10 weeks to relax before the next one could begin

‘The tariffs are a big tax increase’: Top bank crunches the numbers on how much Americans are paying for Trump’s trade regime

Trump, who slapped an extra $100,000 on the H-1B visa, now says there aren’t enough talented people in the U.S. to fill jobs

Ford CEO says he has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with up to 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: ‘We are in trouble in our country’

The shutdown ‘accomplished nothing and caused significant harm’ to many people, budget watchdog says, giving ‘new meaning to fiscal irresponsibility’

Trump’s 50-year mortgage would save you about $119 a month while doubling the interest you pay over the long run, UBS estimates

Tax wonks see Trump blowing his tariff revenue bonanza on half-baked plan to give Americans a $2,000 ‘dividend’

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