Ben Protess

5 days ago | afr.com | Ben Protess |Andrea Fuller |Joe Rennison

Ben Protess, Andrea Fuller and Joe RennisonApr 19, 2025 – 10.01am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? When President Donald Trump paused a punishing round of global tariffs last week, he attributed his change of heart to one main thing. “I was watching the bond market,” he said. “The bond market is very tricky.”Loading...

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Ben Protess |Andrea Fuller |Joe Rennison

As of August, the president's investment portfolio showed significantly more in bonds than in stocks. It is unclear if his personal holdings had any bearing on his decisions regarding tariffs. When President Trump paused a punishing round of global tariffs last week, he attributed his change of heart to one main thing. "I was watching the bond market," he said. "The bond market is very tricky."Mr. Trump should know - he had a big personal stake in it.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ben Protess |Maggie Haberman |Michael Schmidt

Mr. Trump's push for the latest flurry of agreements represents an escalation of his crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire for its role in seeking to hold him and his allies to account or opposing him politically. Mr. Trump started going after firms last month by issuing financially punitive executive orders.

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Ben Protess |Maggie Haberman |Michael Schmidt

Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman and Michael S. SchmidtApr 10, 2025 – 12.43pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Willkie Farr & Gallagher last week became the latest law firm to strike a deal with the White House and escape President Donald Trump’s wrath.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ben Protess |Maggie Haberman |Michael Schmidt

As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order. But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism. Willkie Farr & Gallagher last week became the latest law firm to strike a deal with the White House and escape President Trump's wrath. But the firm, which pledged $100 million in legal services to causes that the Trump administration supports, traded one problem for another.