Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and a former U.S. ambassador, sent a letter to lawmakers urging them not to confirm her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who she referred to as a ‘predator’ and said was ‘unqualified’ both professionally and personally to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). RFK Jr. ...
The Trump administration is offering buyouts for nearly all federal employees, including those who work remotely, as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to get employees back into the office, but they only have until Feb. 6 to opt-in. During Trump’s first week in office, he issued several directives to the federal workforce, including a requirement that remote employees must ...
DORAL, Fla. — Vice President JD Vance urged Republicans to stick together during a closed-door meeting at the House GOP annual issues conference on Tuesday, as tensions simmer over some lawmakers’ decisions to skip the multi-day event. House Republicans are at President Donald Trump’s golf course and resort in Doral, Florida, for three days of discussions on how to execute ...
The week started with a wild ride when DeepSeek created a bizarre “deep sink” day in the stock market. NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) was one of the most actively traded stocks, closing lower by 16.97%. The stock lost $593 billion in market cap, which, according to Barron’s, is the most market value a stock has lost in a single day. There ...
Chris Edwards President Trump travelled last week to see damage from the North Carolina floods and Los Angeles wildfires. He suggested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) be reformed or terminated, and he signed an executive order creating a new council to review the agency. Trump suggested “maybe getting rid of FEMA,” and he said, “I think we’re going to recommend ...
Conservatives on social media praised newly minted White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s performance in her first press conference on Tuesday and made the case that her tenure would be a welcome change from the previous administration’s. Leavitt stepped to the White House pressroom podium on Tuesday and answered questions from more than a dozen reporters with various political affiliations ...
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Matthew Memoli sought to clarify the extent of the Trump administration’s freeze on communications and other functions within the Health and Human Services Department, which has raised concern among agency officials and lawmakers. Memoli’s memo, sent Monday to leaders across the NIH’s more than two dozen centers and institutions, said the freeze had ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday defended the legality of President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of at least 17 inspectors general, telling reporters that the administration is confident that the oustings, ordered across nearly every major federal agency, would survive any potential challenges in court. Speaking to reporters for the first time from the podium of the James ...
Trade tariffs have been hogging the headlines since last year, and have been a sticky debate point heading into the 2024 US elections. With newly-elected US President Donald Trump in office, the fear of tariffs is front and center in investors’ minds. On his first day in office, President Trump shied away from slapping tariffs, which provided some relief to ...
While StockCharts offers numerous tools you can use to find top stocks or top-gaining stocks, I decided to focus on an Outperforming SPY: 3-Month Relative Highs scan to see if I can find a few resilient stocks in early-stage trends, especially after Monday’s huge market rout. FIGURE 1. THE OUTPERFORMING SPY SECTION OF THE PREDEFINED SCAN GROUP. I went with ...