• Trump Presses for Trade Deals Before Deadline, Hints of More Time for Talks
  
  The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on trading partners to quickly make new deals before a Wednesday deadline, with plans for the United States to start sending letters Monday warning countries that higher tariffs could kick in Aug. 1.
• Stephan Miran: Some Countries Could See Tariffs Delayed
  
  Countries that are working to negotiate with the United States in good faith could see their tariffs delayed, according to Stephen Miran, the chairman of the White House Economic Advisers, but he declined to say what deals are underway as...
• Bessent: US Close to Several Major Trade Deals
  
  The United States is close to reaching agreements on several trade deals ahead of a July 9 deadline when higher tariffs kick in, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday, predicting several big announcements in coming days.Bessent told CNN's "State of the Union"...
• Investors Eye Tariff Deadline as US Stocks Rally
  
  Investors will be keeping a close eye on tariff headlines out of Washington next week, as a temporary suspension of punitive import levies is set to expire.If that Wednesday deadline passes without an increase in trade tensions, it could prove positive for the markets....
• Musk Says 'America Party' Is Formed in US
  
  A day after asking his followers on X whether a new U.S. political party should be created, Elon Musk said on Saturday that the "America Party is formed."
• Japan Tariff Negotiator Held Talks With Lutnick
  
  Japan's tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held "in-depth exchanges" over the phone with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday and Saturday, the Japanese government said.
• Sec. Turner to Newsmax: Trump Is Making Housing Affordable Again
  
  Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner told Newsmax on Saturday that the president is "100% supportive of making American homes affordable again."
• Trump to Send 12 'Take It or Leave It' Tariff Letters
  
  President Donald Trump said he had signed letters to 12 countries outlining the various tariff levels they would face on goods they export to the United States, with the "take it or leave it" offers to be sent out Monday.
• Trump: US Will Start Talks With China on TikTok Deal
  
  President Donald Trump said on Friday he will start talking to China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal.
• BRICS Nations to Denounce Trump Tariffs
  
  BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry Donald Trump's hard-line trade policies, but are struggling to bridge divides over crises roiling the Middle East.
• Report: US Threatens 17 Percent Tariffs on EU Farm Exports
  
  The U.S. has threatened 17% tariffs on European Union agricultural exports as a Wednesday deadline looms, an eleventh-hour move that EU officials have characterized as an escalation of the trade dispute between the parties.
• EU Diplomat: US Has Threatened Potential 17 Percent Tariff on EU Food Exports
  
  The United States has threatened to impose a potential 17% tariff on agriculture and food exports from the European Union, an EU diplomat said on Friday.
• Google's AI Overviews Hit by EU Antitrust Complaint From Independent Publishers
  
  Alphabet's Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to prevent allegedly irreparable harm to them...
• Microsoft Layoffs of 9K Stir Criticism of H-1B Visa Use
  
  Microsoft's layoffs of about 9,000 employees have sparked strong reactions online, with some social media users questioning the tech giant's H-1B hirings, according to media reports.
• Gabbard Slams Washington Post Reporter's Ethics
  
  Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, on Thursday accused a Washington Post journalist of using deceptive tactics to extract sensitive information from intelligence officials, labeling the reporter "a clear political op."
• Trump to Send Letters, Probably Starting Friday, With Tariff Rates
  
  President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration would start sending letters to countries, probably on Friday, to identify the tariff rates they would face on imports to the United States.Trump told reporters before departing for Iowa that he expected to sign "a...
• Poll: Most Managers Use AI to Decide Raises, Layoffs
  
  As if the impacts of artificial intelligence on the workforce weren't unsettling enough, a new survey released Thursday said that more than half of U.S. managers are using AI to make critical employment decisions.
• '60 Minutes' Reporter Who Interviewed Kamala Upset by Settlement
  
  The "60 Minutes" correspondent who interviewed Kamala Harris reportedly grew emotional at a staff meeting Wednesday held after Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit in which President Donald Trump alleged that the interview was deceptively edited ,...
• Intel's New CEO Explores Big Shift in Chipmaking
  
  Intel's new chief executive is exploring a big change to its contract manufacturing business to win major customers, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a potentially expensive shift from his predecessor's plans.
• Investors Mobilize for Weeks of Market Whiplash From Wild-Card Events
  
  Big investors are mobilizing to trade through weeks packed with wild-card events that may shatter the calm in stock markets and drive big swings for assets they see as exposed to both positive or negative surprises, from gold to corporate credit.
• Tips on Buying EVs After the US Tax Incentives End
  
  The massive tax and spending cut bill that Congress passed Thursday ends federal tax incentives for electric vehicles.
• Trump Notches Major Victory as Congress Passes Flagship Bill
  
  President Donald Trump on Thursday secured a major political victory when Congress narrowly passed his signature tax and spending bill, cementing his second-term agenda and boosting funds for his anti-immigration drive.
• Chip Design Software Firms Climb as US Lifts Curbs on China Exports
  
  Shares of Synopsys and Cadence Design Systems jumped in premarket trading Thursday after the United States lifted export restrictions on chip design software to China, signaling a thaw in trade tensions between the world's top two economies.The two companies, along with...
• Without Strategic Tariffs U.S. Defenses Weakened
  
  Meanwhile, the U.S. has spent decades offshoring its industrial capacity. We can't outsource missile production, AI infrastructure, or the material that holds our aircraft together. Yet this is exactly what America has been doing for decades. Tariffs must be a scalpel, not a hammer.
• What's in Trump's Big Bill, Soon to Become Law?
  
  Republicans muscled President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut bill through the House on Thursday, the final step necessary to get the bill to his desk by the GOP's self-imposed deadline of July 4th.At nearly 900 pages, the legislation, reportedly set for a Friday, 5...

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