Trump's Investments Raise Alarms As Disclosures Reveal Purchase of Netflix, Warner Bros Bonds After Megadeal Announcement Donald Trump bought Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery bonds after the merger was signed and questions were raised over timing and his influence. International Business Times UK · Jan 16
A Trump credit card? Top advisor suggests new method to pay instead of industrywide cap ‘Our expectation is that it won’t necessarily require legislation because there will be really great new Trump cards,’ said Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council The Independent UK · Jan 16
As Trump throws a bone to Gen Z on student debt, watchdog calls it an 'incoherent political giveaway,' straight out of Biden's playbook Student-debt collections are being halted again, as they have for over half a decade now. Fortune · Jan 16
Trump makes a political power play on data centers Officials are scrambling to enable quick build-out of energy-thirsty AI data centers without sticking consumers with even higher bills. Axios · Jan 16
White House and governors join together to push nation’s largest grid operator to lower prices New initiative is an unprecedented pressure campaign against the largest grid operator The Independent UK · Jan 16
Overbooking at Alabama hotel leaves hundreds of Our Little Miss Pageant contestants without a place to stay One parent said she knew of contestants still without hotel rooms at 7 p.m. Thursday The Independent UK · Jan 16
Congress passes $24.4 billion NASA budget, rejecting Trump's deep cuts Congress just approved a $24.4 billion budget for NASA for this year, rejecting the deep cuts that President Trump had proposed last spring. Space · Jan 16
Trump takes victory lap in front of adoring Republicans at Florida boulevard renaming ceremony ‘President Donald J. Trump Boulevard’ stretches between Palm Beach International Airport and Mar-a-Lago The Independent UK · Jan 16
Trump bought up to $1M in bonds from Netflix and Warner Bros days after merger was announced A White House official said that the purchase decisions were made by independent financial advisors and not the Trump family. The Independent UK · Jan 16
Trump Says He's Working With Venezuela's Interim Regime Because Of How The Iraq War Unfolded: 'They Ended Up Being ISIS' President Donald Trump said he is working with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez and the rest of the regime after the capture of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro to avoid mistakes made during the Iraq War. Latin Times · Jan 16
Stocks Finish Slightly Lower as Bond Yields Climb The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -0.06%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.17%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.07%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) fell -0.06%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures... Barchart · Jan 16
The Nobel Prize committee doesn't want Trump getting one, even as a gift—but they treated Obama very differently There isn't a Nobel double standard when it comes to regifting or auctions. One even sold for a whopping $103.5 million. Fortune · Jan 16
From Iraq veteran to ICE officer: Jonathan Ross’ background show long history of anti-immigration work Jonathan Ross was described by a colleague as ‘a thorough agent who would go down rabbit holes in search of undocumented migrants’ The Independent UK · Jan 16
The Independent UK · Jan 16 National Guard troops to stay on Washington, DC, streets through 2026 National Guard troops will be on the streets of Washington, D.C., until the end of the year
The Independent UK · Jan 16 Chinese electric vehicles are making inroads in America. Experts are worried Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker last year
Kiplinger · Jan 16 Small Caps Can Only Lead Stocks So High: Stock Market Today The main U.S. equity indexes were down for the week, but small-cap stocks look as healthy as they ever have.
Barchart · Jan 16 Trump Just Took Aim at Health Insurance ‘Middlemen.’ What Does That Mean for UnitedHealth Stock? UnitedHealth stock sinks as President Trump says he will get rid of insurance brokers and corporate middlemen. Bernstein still recommends buying UNH shares at current levels.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 16 Five Great Reads: Greenlanders on invasion, falling in love with the bush, and Alan Rickman tributes to make you cry Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
The Guardian - US · Jan 16 Trump set to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor after ‘political prosecution’ Wanda Vázquez Garced, who accepted plea deal over campaign finance violation, endorsed Trump in 2020
Fortune · Jan 16 Deficits boost U.S. debt but also inflate corporate profits and stocks, so reducing red ink could trigger a financial crisis, analysts warn "In the financialized U.S. economy, each dollar of deficit spending may flow into a dollar of corporate profit."
The Independent UK · Jan 16 Trump turns down heat on his threat to use the Insurrection Act: ‘I don’t think there’s any reason right now’ Just a day ago the president was threatening to evoke the act and send the military to Minnesota
International Business Times · Jan 16 Canada Circumvents Trump's Tariffs in Sweeping Trade Deal with China After years of tension with Beijing, Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a massive energy deal with President Xi Jinping to expand commercial and policy engagement.
Barchart · Jan 16 Dollar Recovers on Fed Chair Speculation The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday rose by +0.04%. The dollar recovered from early losses on Friday and moved higher after President Trump expressed reluctance to nominate Kevin Hassett as Fed Chair. Hassett was seen by markets as the most dovish candidate, so nominating someone like Kevin Warsh, a...
We Got This Covered · Jan 16 Woman sues Senator Kyrsten Sinema for destroying 14-year marriage with sexually explicit messages to her husband A senator wrecking marriages via text now.