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Second Presidency Of Donald Trump
Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon Second inauguration of Donald Trump, his inauguration as the List of presidents of the United States, 47th president on January 20, 2025. On his first day, Trump Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants, pardoned about 1,500 people convicted of offenses in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, January 6 Capitol attack of 2021. At the beginning of his term, he issued many List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump, executive orders, some of which are being Court cases related to Donald Trump's second presidential term, challenged in court. On immigration, he signed into law the Laken Riley Act, signed executive orders blocking asylum-seekers from entering the U.S., reinstated National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States, the national emergency at the Mexico–United States border, Mexico–U.S. border, designated dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Emergency Concerning The Southern Border Of The United States
The National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States (Proclamation 9844) was declared on February 15, 2019, by United States president Donald Trump during his first administration. Citing the National Emergencies Act, it ordered the diversion of billions of dollars of funds that had been appropriated to the U.S. Department of Defense for military construction. Trump declared the emergency after he signed, but derided, a bipartisan funding bill (passed by the House and the Senate a day before) containing border security funding without funding for the Mexico–United States border wall. Trump had previously threatened to declare a national emergency if Congress did not pass his entire desired program for a wall on the United States–Mexican border by February 15, 2019. Under Proclamation 9844, the Trump administration intended to redirect $8 billion in previously agreed expenditure and to use the money to build the wall instead. Under Trump's plan, $3.6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Stock Market Crash
Starting on April 2, 2025, global stock markets crashed amid increased volatility following the introduction of new tariff policies by United States President Donald Trump during his second term. On April 2, which he called "Liberation Day", Trump announced sweeping tariffs impacting nearly all sectors of the US economy. The announcement triggered widespread panic selling across global stock markets, including those in the United States. It became the largest global market decline since the 2020 stock market crash, which occurred during the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump entered his second term with a particularly strong domestic stock market. This momentum continued for several weeks after his inauguration. However, the administration soon began implementing increasingly aggressive trade policies aimed at advancing protectionism and applying economic pressure. These included escalating the ongoing trade war with China, starting a trade war with Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China–United States Trade War
An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when U.S. president Donald Trump began Tariffs in the first Trump administration, imposing tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the aim of forcing it to make changes to what the U.S. has said are longstanding unfair trade practices and Allegations of intellectual property theft by China, intellectual property theft. The First presidency of Donald Trump, first Trump administration stated that these practices may contribute to the U.S.–China Balance of trade, trade deficit, and that the Government of China, Chinese government requires the transfer of American technology to China. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNBC
CNBC is an American List of business news channels, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The network broadcasts live business news and analysis programming during the morning, Daytime television in the United States, daytime trading day, and early-evening hours, with the remaining hours (such as weekday prime time and weekends) are filled by business-related Television documentary, documentaries and reality television programming, as well as occasional NBC Sports presentations. CNBC operates an accompanying financial news website, CNBC.com, which includes news articles, video and podcast content, as well as subscription-based services. CNBC's headquarters and main studios are located in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, while it also maintains a studio at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, New York City. CNBC was originally founded in April 1989 as the Consumer News and Business Channel, a joint venture between NBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation Day Tariffs
On April 2, 2025, United States president Donald Trump held a White House Rose Garden ceremony where he announced what he called a " reciprocal tariff" strategy, which he had previously promised and described as necessary to correct what he characterized as decades of unfair trading relationships that disadvantaged American manufacturers and workers. He called April 2 "Liberation Day" and described it as "one of the most important days in American history." The newly planned tariffs have sometimes been referred to as the "Liberation Day" tariffs. During the event, Trump signed Executive Order 14257, which outlined extensive global tariff policies which he described as the United States' "declaration of economic independence". The announcement of the order marked the beginning of a global trade war and triggered a global stock market crash. The tariffs also have a disproportionate impact on small businesses, driving many to take radical measures, including layoffs and emergen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Financial Post
The ''Financial Post'' is a financial news website, and business section of the ''National Post'', both publications of the Postmedia Network. It started as an English Canadian business newspaper, which published from 1907 to 1998. In 1998, the publication was folded into the new ''National Post''."Black says Post to merge with new paper". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 23, 1998. The name ''Financial Post'' also lives on in the ''Post''s monthly business magazine, ''Financial Post Business''. History and overview The ''Financial Post'' started publication in 1907 by John Bayne Maclean."Publishing Inc. on the move". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 9, 1983. It was a weekly publication, and one of the core assets of Maclean's media business, which eventually became Maclean-Hunter. The paper was purchased by Sun Media in 1987, and expanded into a daily tabloid on February 1, 1988, and added newspaper home delivery in 1990, with a reformatted ''Financial Post Magazine'' following shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press News
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice hourly newscasts and daily sportscasts for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Targeting Of Law Firms And Lawyers Under The Second Trump Administration
The targeting of law firms and lawyers under the second Trump Administration refers to unprecedented actions Government targeting of political opponents and civil society under the second Trump administration, targeting political opponents starting in February 2025 that the Second presidency of Donald Trump, second administration of U.S. president Donald Trump took mainly against those American law firms and lawyers that had previously represented positions adverse to Trump. The retributive actions include issuing executive orders and presidential memorandum, presidential memoranda limiting the ability of attorneys to obtain access to government buildings, stopping any consideration for future employment with the government, canceling government contracts, and preventing any company that uses such a firm from obtaining federal contracts. President Trump signed memoranda and orders that both threatened attorneys in general and targeted certain law firms and lawyers in particular. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 United States Federal Mass Layoffs
More than 275,000 United States federal civil service layoffs have been announced by the second Trump administration. , the New York Times tracked more than 58,000 confirmed cuts, more than 76,000 employee buyouts, and more than 149,000 other planned reductions; cuts total 12% of the 2.4 million civilian federal workers. , CNN has tracked at least 121,361 workers laid off or targeted for layoffs. In limited cases, the administration has rescinded layoff notifications. The administration's efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce have been facilitated by the Department of Government Efficiency, and taken place in overlapping stages, including: a January executive order to remove due process employment protections from civil servants; a January "deferred-resignation" deal; the unilateral closing of several agencies, including the United States Agency for International Development and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The longest-running stage began on the first da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Government Of The United States
The Federal Government of the United States of America (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the Federation#Federal governments, national government of the United States. The U.S. federal government is composed of three distinct branches: United States Congress, legislative, President of the United States, executive, and Federal judiciary of the United States, judicial. Powers of these three branches are defined and vested by the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, which has been in continuous effect since May 4, 1789. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by Act of Congress, Acts of Congress, including the creation of United States federal executive departments, executive departments and courts subordinate to the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court. In the Federalism in the United States, federal division of power, the federal government shares sovereignty with each of the 50 states in their respective t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Government Efficiency
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is an initiative by the second Trump administration within the federal government of the United States. Its stated objective is to modernize information technology, maximize productivity, and cut excess regulations and spending. It emerged from discussions between Donald Trump and Elon Musk in 2024, and was officially established by executive order on January 20, 2025. Members of DOGE have filled influential roles at federal agencies that granted them enough control of information systems to terminate contracts from agencies targeted by Trump's executive orders, with small businesses bearing the brunt of the cuts. DOGE has facilitated mass layoffs and the dismantling of agencies and government funded organizations. It has also assisted with immigration crackdowns and copied sensitive data from government databases. DOGE's status is unclear. Formerly designated as the U.S. Digital Service, ''USDS'' now abbreviates ''United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
