Posts by Kim Browne
Mass Protests Against Trump Break out Across the Country
Hegseth has more ties to Big Tech in the form of former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, who leads the anti-antitrust Competitiveness Coalition, as well as Google’s former director of law enforcement and information security Richard Salgado, and Evan Bahr, who served as an adviser to Peter Thiel’s hedge fund, according to TAP’s report. Hegseth’s ties…
Read MoreNovo Nordisk Annual Sales Jump on Demand for Ozempic and Wegovy
Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, capped off a somewhat turbulent 2024, reporting profit and revenue on Wednesday that comfortably beat Wall Street expectations. But the drugmaker said it expected sales growth to slow in 2025, as competition increases. Novo Nordisk retains its title as Europe’s most valuable company, but its…
Read MoreTrump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn
“This letter reeks of a cover-up,” Senator Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee, told me. “It doesn’t pass the smell test.” The top-line claim in Treasury’s letter—which is a response to a January 31 letter from Wyden posing questions about Musk—is that this access is “read-only.” It says that a tech executive…
Read MoreTrump’s Extreme Birthright Citizenship Order Shut Down in Court—Again
Another federal judge has blocked Trump’s brutal attack on birthright citizenship. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman filed a preliminary injunction against Trump’s executive order, which was a promise he signed into action his first day in office. Boardman ruled that Trump’s repeal of birthright citizenship “conflicts with the plain language of the 14th…
Read MoreTrump Prepares to Take On the US Trade Deficit, a Familiar Nemesis
To President Trump, one economic number represents everything that is wrong with the global economy: America’s trade deficit. That deficit is the total value of what the United States imports from other nations, minus its exports to other countries. The fact that America runs a trade deficit reflects how the nation’s appetite for foreign goods…
Read MoreWhat’s Next on Trump’s Chopping Block? Look at Pete Hegseth’s Venmo
Hegseth has more ties to Big Tech in the form of former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, who leads the anti-antitrust Competitiveness Coalition, as well as Google’s former director of law enforcement and information security Richard Salgado, and Evan Bahr, who served as an adviser to Peter Thiel’s hedge fund, according to TAP’s report. Hegseth’s ties…
Read MoreFox News Adds Lara Trump as a Host
President Trump persuaded several Fox News hosts to leave the network and take up major roles in his administration. Now a Trump is joining the network. Lara Trump, Mr. Trump’s daughter-in-law and a former co-chair of the Republican Party, will begin hosting a new weekend show on Fox News on Feb. 22, the network is…
Read MoreAuthoritarians Around the World Celebrate Trump Destroying USAID
“Russian Deputy Security Council Chair Dmitry Medvedev wrote, “Smart move by @elonmusk, trying to plug USAID’s Deep Throat. Let’s hope notorious Deep State doesn’t swallow him whole…” “Essentially, [USAID] was the primary transmission belt for globalism as an ideology aimed at the worldwide imposition of liberal democracy, market economics, and human rights, while dismantling sovereign…
Read MoreSean Duffy’s War on Transportation Safety
Relatedly, the department’s first press release after Duffy’s confirmation, issued on January 28, announced his first action on the job: “signing a memorandum directing staff to start the process of resetting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which will ultimately lower the price of a car for American consumers and eliminate the electric vehicle mandate.”…
Read MoreU.S. Trade Deficit Hit Record in 2024 as Imports Surged
The U.S. trade deficit in goods hit a record last year, as American consumers snapped up imported products and a strong U.S. dollar weighed on export growth. Data released Wednesday morning by the Commerce Department showed that U.S. imports of goods and services grew 6.6 percent to $4.1 trillion, as Americans bought plenty of weight-loss…
Read MoreCould the Trade Fight Take a Bite Out of Apple?
President Trump’s proposal that the United States should take control of Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” drew widespread criticism, including from allies. But it also underscored the expanse of his geopolitical and economic aims, especially after his comments about Greenland and Canada. What will serve as checks on his…
Read MoreHonda and Nissan Merger Talks in Peril
Nissan Motor and Honda Motor have hit a standstill negotiating the terms of a merger, announced less than two months ago, that would have created one of the world’s largest auto groups. Before their disclosure in late December that they were exploring combining operations, Nissan and Honda had discussed operating as partners under a holding…
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