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President Trump is threatening severe sanctions against Iraq if the country succeeds in ordering the removal of U.S. troops from the Middle East country. The Iraqi parliament over the weekend passed a resolution calling for U.S. and other coalition forces to leave the country in response to the...

President Trump is not a big fan of Jay Powell's Fed. He's made this abundantly clear in the past and did so again yesterday in his speech on the economy, saying the Fed should have been more aggressive in cutting interest rates, and that countries with lower interest rates have an unfair...

Donald Trump on Oct. 23 ordered the lifting of U.S. sanctions against three senior Turkish government officials and two ministries in response to Turkey's five-day ceasefire along the northern Syrian border.  "As a result of today's action, all property and interests in property, which had been...

By now, we’ve all had a couple of days to absorb the weekend’s trade truce. The question is, with talks starting again and tariff threats receding for the moment, where does the market go from here? The agreement President Trump and President Xi forged arguably takes a big chip off the...

President Trump abruptly walked out of a meeting with Democratic Congressional leaders today (May 22) in what was supposed to be a second round of talks on a potential $2 trillion infrastructure package. After an initial meeting three weeks ago, many believed the summit between the President and...

Good day, As President Trump ramps up the trade war with China, the Administration is keen to get NAFTA's successor, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA, approved. The lifting of the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada – and the removal of those countries'...

President Donald Trump paid little attention to infrastructure in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, but what he did say may have gotten the attention of Democrats in Congress who support a Green New Deal: "I know that Congress is eager to pass an infrastructure bill, and I am...

Last night’s State of the Union didn’t really move the needle much on subjects near and dear to many investors’ hearts—stuff like trade and a possible second government shutdown—so now it’s back to watching earnings and the Fed. Speaking of which, Fed Chair...

Even with Nike Inc (NASDAQ: NKE) roaring back in North America, adidas AG (ADR) (OTC: ADDYY)'s CEO said the brand is maintaining its foothold in the market. Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted appeared on CNBC Tuesday and said the company is gaining market share in North America for the third year...

Opioid legislation recently passed in the House of Representatives includes a temporary lift on the ban on Medicaid funding for substance use disorder and the definition of eligible institutions for mental disease facilities, according to Height Capital Markets.  The Thesis The bill...