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Scott Bessent's economic "asphyxiation" campaign targets any bank or entity doing business with Iran, threatening to cut them from the dollar system.

Alejandro Betancourt, the CEO of North American Blue Energy Partners, has emerged as a central figure in President Donald Trump's landmark oil agreement with Venezuela.

Trump called for a federal incentive to encourage film and television production in the U.S. as lawmakers and Hollywood groups seek to stem overseas job losses.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on global leaders to spur growth by cutting red tape, offering the Trump administration's deregulatory push as a blueprint.

Google Maps has updated Lake Ontario to “Lake America" for U.S. users following Trump’s executive order and the federal government’s official name change.

Trump says Canada has been “ripping" the U.S. off for decades as he defends tariffs and urges Canadian companies to move operations south of the border.

President Donald Trump moves to let ranchers process and sell their own beef, targeting four meatpacking giants that control roughly 85% of U.S. capacity.

Venezuela's Delcy Rodriguez says the 25-year oil deal with President Donald Trump targets 1.5 million barrels per day across 17 strategic oilfields initially.

White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez used advance access to Trump speeches to trade on Kalshi, generating over $107,500 in profits.

Walmart agreed to pay $50 million over allegations its pharmacies knowingly filled thousands of invalid opioid prescriptions from "pill mill" prescribers.

Trump announces a major oil deal with Venezuela, saying the U.S. secured majority control of 65 billion barrels, and the agreement will lower gas prices.

X announced that it performed a probe "into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations" and uncovered some anti-data center accounts within a bot farm.

President Donald Trump said he would waiver beef tariffs on imported ground beef for 90 days in an attempt to bring beef prices down and rebuild the U.S. cattle herd.

Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Shontel Brown urged the Government Accountability Office to probe the Department of Transportation's airline passenger data privacy failures.

President Trump formally expanded the beef import quota by 300,000 metric tons as the White House looks to boost supplies and bring down elevated ground beef prices.

Trump's new executive order gives the Energy Department authority to restrict certain foreign-produced power grid equipment and potentially require existing equipment replacement.

Bill Gates says AI will cause "one of the most turbulent times in human history" and suggests reserving certain jobs for humans to ease the transition.

Deloitte agreed to pay $21.5 million to settle Department of Justice allegations of employment discrimination tied to DEI in federal contracts.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match new U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar" as President Donald Trump orders 50% duties on Canadian goods.

Scott Bessent confirmed Treasury auctions will continue as scheduled while the new buyback structure for longer-dated securities takes effect Sept. 9.