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    Trump touts tariffs as a budget fix. But the brutal truth is ‘they’re very weak’ and barely dent the $39 trillion national debt

    An international tax policy expert told Fortune any form of tariff fails to “move the needle one way or the other.”

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    Muhammad Ali once joked he should be on a stamp because ‘that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.’ Wish granted

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    Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth hotline organization, The Trevor Project

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    The FOMC has the power to pick its own chair and could keep Powell—unless the DOJ probe and Supreme Court let Trump oust him from the Fed
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    The FOMC has the power to pick its own chair and could keep Powell—unless the DOJ probe and Supreme Court let Trump oust him from the Fed

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    Goldman Sachs top economist says Powell probe won’t change the Fed: ‘Decisions are going to be made based on employment and inflation’

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    A cautionary Hollywood tale: the Ellisons’ lose-lose Paramount positioning

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    Molson Coors CEO: We’re doing our part to solve society’s ‘occasion problem’ – and we’re getting some unexpected help

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    Treasury spent $276 billion in interest on the national debt in the final three months of 2025, says the CBO—up $30 billion from a year prior

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    ‘Sell America’: Investors dump U.S. assets in fear of the end of Fed independence

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    Stock futures slide while gold and silver jump after Powell investigation raises fears over the Fed’s independence

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    DOJ probe on Powell draws swift backlash from Congress as key GOP senator says he won’t confirm anyone for the Fed until case is resolved
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    DOJ probe on Powell draws swift backlash from Congress as key GOP senator says he won’t confirm anyone for the Fed until case is resolved

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    Powell blasts DOJ criminal probe as attack on Fed independence. ‘Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats’
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    Powell blasts DOJ criminal probe as attack on Fed independence. ‘Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats’

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    January 12, 2026
    Oil prices rise as bloody crackdown on Iran protests suggests Tehran fears a ‘dire security threat to the regime’ with loyalty of forces in doubt
    Energy

    Oil prices rise as bloody crackdown on Iran protests suggests Tehran fears a ‘dire security threat to the regime’ with loyalty of forces in doubt

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    January 12, 2026
    Reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from Smithsonian portrait display—while Clinton’s and Andrew Johnson’s still remain
    Politics

    Reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from Smithsonian portrait display—while Clinton’s and Andrew Johnson’s still remain

    By Bill Barrow, Anna Johnson and The Associated Press
    January 11, 2026
    Hundreds more federal agents heading to Minnesota, Noem says
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    Hundreds more federal agents heading to Minnesota, Noem says

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
    January 11, 2026
    Britain is in talks with NATO to boost Arctic security, agreeing with Trump on Russia and China risks as he continues to eye Greenland
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    Britain is in talks with NATO to boost Arctic security, agreeing with Trump on Russia and China risks as he continues to eye Greenland

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
    January 11, 2026
    A Supreme Court ruling that strikes down Trump’s tariffs would be the fastest way to revive the stalling job market, top economist says
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    A Supreme Court ruling that strikes down Trump’s tariffs would be the fastest way to revive the stalling job market, top economist says

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    January 11, 2026
    Iran’s $7 monthly payments fail to ease spiraling economic unrest as Trump weighs military options against Tehran a week after Venezuela raid
    Middle East

    Iran’s $7 monthly payments fail to ease spiraling economic unrest as Trump weighs military options against Tehran a week after Venezuela raid

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    Trump vows to protect Venezuela and warns Maduro ally Cuba ‘I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’
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    Trump vows to protect Venezuela and warns Maduro ally Cuba ‘I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’

    By Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press
    January 11, 2026
    Iran threatens U.S. and Israel as protests enter third week
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    Iran threatens U.S. and Israel as protests enter third week

    By Arsalan Shahla and Bloomberg
    January 11, 2026
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    Greenland’s 1.5 million tons of rare earths might never get mined because there just aren’t any roads to them

    By Josh Funk, Suman Naishadham and The Associated Press
    January 11, 2026
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    ‘We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders’: Local politicians reject Trump

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    Florida man who grabbed Nancy Pelosi’s podium during Capitol riot runs for county office

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    January 11, 2026
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    Venezuela’s opposition leader wants to give or share her Nobel prize with Trump, but the Norwegian panel won’t let her

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    Millions of Americans are grappling with years of declining economic wellbeing and affordability needs a rethink

    By Gene Ludwig and Shannon Meyer
    January 11, 2026
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    Fortune Archives: A dispatch from the oil crisis in Caracas

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    Venezuela slow-walks prisoner releases with 11 freed while over 800 remain locked up, including son-in-law of opposition presidential candidate
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    Venezuela slow-walks prisoner releases with 11 freed while over 800 remain locked up, including son-in-law of opposition presidential candidate

    By Regina Garcia Cano and The Associated Press
    January 11, 2026
    Thousands protest in Minneapolis after deadly ICE shooting as agents continue raids throughout city. ‘We’re all living in fear right now’
    Politics

    Thousands protest in Minneapolis after deadly ICE shooting as agents continue raids throughout city. ‘We’re all living in fear right now’

    By Rebecca Santana and The Associated Press
    January 10, 2026
    U.S. launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush
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    U.S. launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush

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    Trump order says Venezuelan oil revenue is being held by the U.S. for ‘governmental and diplomatic purposes’ and not subject to private claims
    Politics

    Trump order says Venezuelan oil revenue is being held by the U.S. for ‘governmental and diplomatic purposes’ and not subject to private claims

    By Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press
    January 10, 2026
    If Trump takes control of Greenland, he would have to build a welfare state ‘that he doesn’t want for his own citizens,’ expert says
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    If Trump takes control of Greenland, he would have to build a welfare state ‘that he doesn’t want for his own citizens,’ expert says

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    January 10, 2026

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