Wealthion: Somodevilla/Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue by linking to the content below. Upward momentum in the US stock market has been strong, with the S&P 500 ending 2025 up about 16%. But according to veteran investor and economist Marc Faber, 2026 won’t be sunshine and rainbows – far … Read more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed President Donald Trump wants to annex Greenland to prevent the US from being “drawn” into an “attack” on the territory from Russia. During an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker asked Bessent why Trump is still trying to seize Greenland despite the fact that “the … Read more
In the end, the Supreme Court’s landmark case over whether President Donald Trump can temporarily fire members of the Federal Reserve can be boiled down to a single 26-word sentence. After repeatedly allowing Trump to remove the leaders of other independent agencies, the conservative court appeared to draw a line around the central bank in … Read more
By Erin Banco, Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick NEW YORK/MIAMI/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials held talks with Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello months before the U.S. operation to arrest President Nicolas Maduro and have been in communication with him since then, according to several people familiar with the matter. Officials have warned … Read more
Of all the explanations for Donald Trump’s attempt to occupy Greenland, the most superficially attractive is that the president has dementia. In that case, why not pretend to give it to her? Fly him somewhere that looks green, put on a military parade and tell him that’s it. Senile fantasy fulfilled. Unfortunately, the rot goes … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of counter-protesters drowned out a far-right activist’s attempt to hold a small rally in support of the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Saturday, as the governor’s office said National Guard troops were mobilized and ready to help law enforcement in the city, although they had not yet been … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are scrambling to rein in President Donald Trump’s threats to seize control of Greenland, with some showing the most strident opposition to nearly everything the Trump administration has done since taking office. They gave speeches about the importance of NATO last week. They introduced bills to prevent the US from … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump announced the audacious capture of Nicolás Maduro to face drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., he cast the vice president and longtime adviser to the strongman as America’s preferred partner in stabilizing Venezuela amid a scourge of drugs, corruption and economic chaos. Unsaid is the cloud of suspicion that … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he could punish countries with tariffs if they do not support U.S. control of Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan congressional delegation sought to ease tensions in the Danish capital. Trump has insisted for months that the US should control Greenland, a … Read more
HAVANA (AP) — Trumpets and drums sounded solemnly at Havana’s airport Thursday as white-gloved Cuban soldiers disembarked from a plane carrying urns carrying the remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed in a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela. Nearby, thousands of Cubans lined one of Havana’s most iconic streets to await the bodies as the … Read more