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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington

Treasury secretary says ‘we will see’ about $2,000 rebate checks to Americans as Supreme Court weighs Trump’s tariffs

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s proposal to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks to most Americans would require Congress’ approval. “We will see. We need legislation for that,” Bessent said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” when asked about rebate checks, adding that “Those could

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Higher tariffs on Mexican tomatoes went into effect during the summer.

Trump lowers tariffs on coffee, beef and fruits, as Americans’ concerns about affordability grow

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that retroactively lowers tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, among other agricultural imports, backdated to Thursday. The order Trump signed excludes the goods from “reciprocal” tariff rates, which start at 10% and go as high as 50%. However, the

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US investment group RedBird Capital Partners announced on November 14 it had abandoned its takeover of The Telegraph.

The Telegraph sale collapses as US private equity firm drops its bid for the UK newspaper

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — RedBird Capital withdrew its £500 million bid for the Telegraph Media Group on Friday, leaving the fate of the major British publisher unclear. “RedBird has today withdrawn its bid for the Telegraph Media Group,” a representative for private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners told CNN. “We remain fully confident

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The Frances Perkins Department of Labor building on August 4

The government is back open. Here’s what that means for economic data

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory of the nation’s economy. Data nerds (and government officials, and Federal Reserve policymakers, and business owners, and, well, everyone

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Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon is leaving his position early next year.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is stepping down

CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Doug McMillon, Walmart’s CEO for just over a decade, is retiring next year, the retailer announced Friday. McMillon will be succeeded by John Furner on February 1, 2026. Furner is currently the CEO and president of Walmart’s US operations, the company’s largest business unit. Both executives

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