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Trump Shifted on Tariffs After Bond Holders Got Jittery. He Held Millions Himself.

As of August, the president’s investment portfolio showed significantly more in bonds than in stocks. It is unclear if his personal holdings had any bearing on his decisions regarding tariffs.

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While there is no indication that President Trump did anything improper, he had a financial incentive to change course on tariffs.
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Who Is J. Harvie Wilkinson, the Judge Behind a Scathing Rebuke of the White House?

The judge, a conservative Reagan appointee, wrote a blistering opinion accusing the administration of failing to give a man wrongly deported to El Salvador any semblance of due process.

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In recent weeks Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III has voiced his outrage at the White House’s mistake and refusal to do much to get Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back from a notoriously dangerous Salvadoran prison.
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Trump’s Trade War With China Puts Bromance With Xi Beyond Reach

President Trump says he wants Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Xi is ghosting Mr. Trump, and markets are plummeting.

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President Donald Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the G20 Summit in Japan in 2019. “He’s been a friend of mine for a long period of time,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Xi last week.
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Trump’s Attack of Powell Tempered by Risk of Market Panic

President Trump again attacked the chair of the Federal Reserve this week, but advisers say the president has turned more cautious on policies that could stoke extreme financial volatility again.

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The president’s advisers have repeatedly told him that firing Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is both legally and financially fraught.
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Top DOGE Officials Moved From Social Security Administration to Justice Dept.

The Elon Musk operatives were abruptly shifted to the department’s immigration enforcement unit as part of an expanding effort to use personal data in deportation cases, one official said.

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The Justice Department has been given a vastly expanded role in immigration enforcement under President Trump.
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Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury’s Power Struggle With Elon Musk

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.

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Gary Shapley, a longtime I.R.S. agent, was lauded by conservatives after he publicly argued that the Justice Department had slow-walked its investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes.
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Google Makes History With Rapid-Fire Antitrust Losses

Within a year, two federal judges declared the tech giant a monopoly in search and ad technology. The tide may be turning for antitrust.

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The Google antitrust lawsuits are “important affirmations of the ability of the government to pursue major monopolization cases and prevail,” said Nancy Rose, an M.I.T. economist.
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Battling ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists, Venice Brings Its Entrance Fee Back

A measure to limit day tourism on peak days began for the second year on Friday, charging day trippers five euros (or 10 for the spontaneous traveler).

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Tourists at the Rialto Bridge in Venice. The city has recently banned cruise ships from its lagoon and taken other measures to counteract crowding.
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‘Psychological Torture’: London Bans Busking in a Famed Tourist Hub

Noise complaints led the authorities to halt street performances in Leicester Square. Some miss the music. Others found the noise “bloody annoying.”

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Street performers have been a fixture in Leicester Square for generations, but they were barred from the tourist hub this week.
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Trump’s Least Favorite Judge Has Friends in High Places

To President Trump, Judge James E. Boasberg is “a troublemaker” and a “Radical Left Lunatic.” But his record and biography, including a friendship with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, say otherwise.

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Friends and colleagues describe Judge James E. Boasberg as a moderate, known for his calm temperament and thoughtful jurisprudence.
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