China hit the brakes on a TikTok deal Thursday “after President Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs around the globe, including against China,” the AP reports. “ByteDance representatives called the White House to indicate that China would no longer approve the deal until there could be

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly looking for a way out of the Trump administration following the Republican president’s disastrous tariff rollout damaged his ‘credibility,’ alleged MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle on Friday,” the Daily Beast reports. Said Ruhle: “Some sources have said to

“It’s almost time for the Senate to begin a vote-a-rama, a period of unlimited amendment votes that precedes final passage of Republicans’ compromise budget resolution,” Punchbowl News reports. “As we’ve explained, this is an opportunity for the minority party to tire out the majority party and

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the stock market plunge has more to do with the emergence of China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence tool than with President Trump’s policies, Reuters reports. Said Bessent: “For everyone who thinks these market declines are all based on the President’s

“The Internal Revenue Service plans to eliminate nearly a quarter of its workforce in layoffs starting Friday, shedding roughly 20,000 jobs as part of plans from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team, the U.S. DOGE Service,” the Washington Post reports. “The reduction in force