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A customer shops in the lumber section of a Home Depot store in Los Angeles

Trump places a 10% tariff on lumber and a 25% tariff on furniture and cabinets

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered significant new tariffs on wood and various wooden products, including imported lumber, timber, kitchen cabinets and upholstered furniture – potentially adding costs to homebuilding and furnishing, which have surged in price in recent months. In a proclamation, Trump said the United States would

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Electronic Arts is going private

Jared Kushner’s firm and the Saudis are taking video game maker EA private in a massive deal

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Video game maker Electronic Arts is going private in a $55 billion deal that’s funded by Saudi Arabia and a Jared Kushner-backed investment firm. The company, which makes hits like “Madden NFL,” “The Sims,” and “Battlefield,” announced Monday that the consortium is led by Saudi Arabia’s Public

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Vice President JD Vance listen to President Donald Trump before he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on September 25 in Washington

Who is George Soros, the famed philanthropist under attack?

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire investor George Soros, whose left-leaning donations have triggered criticism from right-wingers for years, has long been painted as “the puppet master and the extreme left-wing manipulator,” as he once sarcastically described himself. Most of the conspiracy theories involving Soros, 95, have also targeted his nonprofit, Open Society Foundations,

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Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at the Boeing factory in Renton

Boeing is once again allowed to certify 737 Max and 787 Dreamliners as safe to fly on behalf of the FAA

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — For years, following significant and continuous quality and safety errors, Boeing has been barred from certifying the safety of some of its own aircraft on behalf of the US government. Following 18 months of intense oversight and scrutiny from US regulators, the Federal Aviation Administration is restoring Boeing’s safety

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