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A screen tracks trading on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange after the closing bell in New York City, April 4, 2025. REUTERS ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) — One of the most pivotal weeks in years — even decades — for the global economy closed on Friday to the sound of the Nasdaq crashing into a…

President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk waves on the day of a rally in support of a conservative state Supreme Court candidate of an April 1 election in Green Bay, Wisconsin, March 30, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — Elon Musk poured millions of dollars into a Wisconsin Supreme Court race and ev…

Democrat-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Susan Crawford speaks after voters elected her to the state Supreme Court, at her election night headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, April 1, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesd…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to members of the news media at the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Trump administration sought to put the scandal over its use of the Signal messaging app behind it on Monday, calling it case …

Oil tanker SCF Primorye, owned by Russian state shipping company Sovcomflot, transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was “pissed off” at Russian President Vladimir Putin and will impose…

Angry constituents express themselves during a townhall hosted by Ukrainian-born Republican U.S. representative for Indiana’s 5th District, Victoria Spartz, in the Indianapolis suburb of Westfield, Indiana, March 28, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) —  Boos, jeers and choruses of “do your job…

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-IL, shows a text messages by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 26, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted about pl…

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel appear on the day they testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 25, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Trump …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz react during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a me…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York walks on the day of the Senate Democrats’ weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday dismissed calls from some Democratic lawmakers for him to step d…