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Trump says inflation data means Fed should cut interest rates
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump welcomed inflation figures released on Tuesday, using the U.S. consumer price data to reiterate his push for Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell t...
Jan 13, 2026
EU-Mercosur trade pact signals limits of Trump’s hardball diplomacy in Latin America
SAO PAULO/MONTEVIDEO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A mega trade deal clinched between the European Union and South America's biggest economies after a quarter-century of talks may signal the limits of the Trump...
Jan 13, 2026
Trump’s Detroit trip to put manufacturing back in focus amid US factory job slump
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will visit Detroit on Tuesday to refocus attention on U.S. manufacturing and his efforts to tackle high consumer costs, shifting fr...
Jan 13, 2026
Video of Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters it was justifiable
By Julia Harte Jan 13 - Video of a U.S. immigration agent fatally shooting a Minneapolis mother in her car on Wednesday has divided the nation, becoming a political Rorschach test that elicits differe...
Jan 13, 2026
US Supreme Court hears challenge to transgender sports bans
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Tuesday the legality of laws banning transgender athletes from participating on female sports tea...
Jan 13, 2026
Latest Trump move on Fed may have hit a tripwire, with a rally behind Powell
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - After years of berating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, President Donald Trump may have hit a tripwire in launching a criminal probe of the 72-y...
Jan 13, 2026
Global central bank chiefs plan statement of support for Fed's Powell
FRANKFURT, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Global central bank officials are planning to release a coordinated statement of support for U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday after the Trump administr...
Jan 13, 2026
US lawmakers plan Denmark visit as Trump threatens Greenland takeover
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will visit Denmark this week as President Donald Trump threatens a takeover of Greenland, an autonomous part of th...
Jan 12, 2026
Trump prosecutor Smith to give public testimony to congressional panel on Jan 22
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Jack Smith, the former U.S. Justice Department special counsel who brought two now-dropped criminal cases against President Donald Trump, will give a public testimony be...
Jan 12, 2026
Explainer-Donald Trump versus the Federal Reserve - what you need to know
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Jerome Powell, head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said on Sunday the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation against him for allegedly mis...
Jan 12, 2026
