GOP lawmakers drop voter-ID demand under pressure from Trump
President Trump persuaded his MAGA allies in Congress not to prolong the partial government shutdown in an effort to force the Senate to vote on a GOP election integrity bill. Source link
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Private credit & buyout firms: Valuations under pressure
Higher base rates are challenging borrowers’ ability to fulfil interest burdens There are signs of more pressure on private credit loans in 2026, as higher base rates challenged borrowers’…
X Implements New Grok AI Restrictions Following U.K. Investigation, Global Pressure
Elon Musk‘s X has implemented new technological restrictions on its Grok AI chatbot to prevent the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, responding to mounting international pressure as…
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Two Minneapolis residents who have been monitoring immigration officers' actions during the Trump administration's latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours…
Netflix Prepping All-Cash Bid for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO Max Amid Paramount Skydance Pressure: Report
Netflix is readying a revised offer — in all cash — to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery‘s streaming and studios businesses, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Under the terms…
Major US banks gear up for bond sales as Trump turns up pressure
Wall Street is about to embark on its regular borrowing binge, as it gears up to sell debt soon after posting results. This year there’s a wildcard: US President Donald Trump, who is…
Target faces activist investor pressure amid sales decline: FT
Activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management (TCIM) has made a significant investment in Target, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Dec 26), intensifying pressure on the…
Target faces activist investor pressure amid sales decline
Activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management (TCIM) has made a significant investment in Target, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Dec 26), intensifying pressure on the…
Trump ramps up pressure on Maduro with sanctions on family members
The Trump administration has issued new sanctions targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, targeting six members of his family and two government officials as President Trump escalates…
EU to yield on combustion engines ban after automaker pressure
It will be the union’s most significant climb-down from its green policies of the past five years [STRASBOURG, France] The European Commission is set to backtrack on the European Union’s…
Trump team uses security guarantee to pressure Ukraine on peace deal
U.S. officials said on Monday that they've developed a peace deal to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which would provide Ukraine with security guarantees similar to those…
ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Spirals Under Intense White House Pressure
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual.…
U.S. military flies 2 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela as scrutiny of pressure campaign grows
The U.S. military flew a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday in what appears to be the closest American warplanes have come to the South American country's airspace…
Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistricting
Spencer Deery's son was getting ready for school when someone tried to provoke police into swarming his home by reporting a fake emergency. Source link
Major Chinese banks cut high-yield deposit products to ease margin pressure
Some major Chinese commercial banks have removed five-year, large-scale certificates of deposit that carry a high yield from their offerings, in an effort to cut costs and offset margin…
Thai central bank proposes new foreign-exchange rules to ease pressure on baht
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) plans to roll out additional measures to ease appreciation pressure on the baht and tighten oversight of gold-related foreign-exchange transactions after the…
Shein faces EU pressure to curb sales of sex dolls and weapons
France is also pushing the European Union to increase customs duties on small packages two years earlier than planned Shein is under pressure from the European Union to curb sales of…
Congress under pressure to lower skyrocketing health care costs
It took 43 days for Congress to reopen the government, and now lawmakers are going to try to negotiate a health care deal in less time than that. Source link
Trump’s Pressure Campaign to Block Epstein Files Is Falling Apart
More Republicans are adding their names to a petition to release the files. Source link
ASX appoints new compliance chief amid pressure to deliver on turnaround plan
AUSTRALIAN stock exchange operator ASX has appointed Lucinda McCann as its new chief compliance officer with immediate effect, the company said on Monday, amid mounting pressure to deliver…
Aramco profit beats estimates in first sign of easing pressure
Net income adjusted for one-time items rose 0.8% to US$28 billion in the third quarter from a year earlier Saudi Aramco reported profit that beat analysts’ estimates as a boost in…
Nearly 600,000 bottles of blood pressure pills recalled over cancer risk
Check your medicine cabinet. A major pharmaceutical company has just recalled nearly 600,000 bottles of a blood pressure medication due to the presence of a potentially cancer-causing…
Asian markets to expect short-term pressure from Fed rate cut: analysts
Asia markets are likely to face short-term pressure from the US Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cuts, but expectations are already priced in, analysts say. The Federal Open Market…
Bank of Japan seen keeping rates on hold, yen pressure looms
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep interest rates steady on Thursday, but reiterate its resolve to continue pushing up still-low borrowing costs to fend off the risk of further…