Ben Werschkul
Washington Correspondent at Yahoo Finance
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul
Washington was on two parallel tracks this past week when discussing President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."On one front: The nation's capital was transfixed by a seismic fight between Elon Musk and President Trump, centered on the cost of the $3 trillion tax and spending bill. On another front: Republican leaders steadily advanced the pricey package with only a few changes apparently on offer.
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3 weeks ago |
aol.com | Ben Werschkul
Elon Musk began his break with Donald Trump this week with a move against the president's signature legislative priority: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But it widened quickly on Thursday with Musk making a case not just against that bill but with ever-widening critiques that now span significant chunks of Trump's agenda as well as the Republican party itself.
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3 weeks ago |
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul
A call between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping took place Thursday and restarted previously stalled trade talks between the two nations. "Our respective teams will be meeting shortly at a location to be determined," Trump announced on Truth Social after what he described as a "very good phone call" that lasted for one and a half hours. "The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE. Nothing was discussed concerning Russia/Ukraine, or Iran," Trump added.
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3 weeks ago |
aol.com | Ben Werschkul
A call between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken place, according to Chinese state media. The bulletin from China was not immediately confirmed by Trump or his team, with the Chinese offering no immediate details about the call itself other than to say the talks took place and that they happened at Trump’s request.
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3 weeks ago |
aol.com | Ben Werschkul
Congress's top budget scorekeeper released two reports Wednesday suggesting that costs coming from President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" could be at least partially offset by tariffs even as budget hawks offered caution about relying on trade policy for a permanent revenue stream.
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