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President Donald Trump’s vows to roll out punishing new tariffs on Aug. 1 have barely made a ripple with investors who are convinced he’ll once again back down. But at the White House, officials insist they’re serious this time.
U.S. stocks advanced and the dollar firmed on Friday as investors girded themselves for the week ahead, which includes a Federal Reserve policy meeting, crucial corporate results and U.S. President Donald Trump's August 1 deadline for negotiating trade deals.
After The Wall Street Journal published an exclusive on an apparent letter written to Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump went to battle.
A judge grants the paper's request for a deadline extension and sealing of records in Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit, citing privacy concerns.
U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday and Treasury yields reversed their three-day slide after word of a trade deal between the United States and Japan, while a report of a similar deal with the European Union provided welcome signs of progress in President Donald Trump's multi-front tariff negotiations.