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Bloomberg
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump Plays Down Iran-Israel Truce as He Leaves G-7 Early
Donald Trump abruptly exited the G-7 summit in Canada, deepening questions about the US president's promise to bring peace. Stephanie Lai explains. (Source: Bloomberg)


Bloomberg
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump's 100 Days Sets Up Next Test for His Agenda
This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation's capital. Today, White House correspondent Stephanie Lai looks at how the president's first 100 days could set the tone for the rest of his term. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here. On his 100th day in office, President Donald Trump is taking the stage in Michigan tonight to tell the voters who helped elect him to a second term that he's delivered on many of his campaign promises.


Bloomberg
04-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump Extends TikTok Deadline 75 Days for Deal to Save App in US
By , Stephanie Lai, and Josh Wingrove Save President Donald Trump said he has decided to extend the deadline for Chinese firm ByteDance Ltd. to divest TikTok's US operations and give his administration more time to finalize a plan to keep the popular app running in the the country. Trump said he will give Beijing-based ByteDance an additional 75 days to agree to a deal that would sell TikTok's US operations to an American buyer and avoid a ban that was set to take effect as soon as this weekend.


Bloomberg
02-04-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Russian Negotiator Dmitriev to Meet Envoy Witkoff in Washington
By and Stephanie Lai Save US special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet in Washington with senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev, according to a person familiar with the plans, an effort to smooth over tensions after President Donald Trump vented frustration with counterpart Vladimir Putin. Trump told NBC News over the weekend that he was 'pissed off' with the Russian president and threatened secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian oil if Putin refused a ceasefire with Ukraine, rare public criticism of Moscow by the US president.


Bloomberg
14-03-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump Says He'll Keep FBI in DC, Scrap Plan to Move to Maryland
By Stephanie Lai and Save President Donald Trump said he would seek to scrap a plan to move the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters from Washington, DC to Maryland, and instead keep it in the nation's capital — the latest in a long-running saga over the site for the agency's main office. Trump, speaking Friday at the Department of Justice, said he was going to stop the move, castigating Maryland — a heavily Democratic state — and saying relocating the FBI would leave it too far away from the DOJ, hampering efforts for the agencies to work together.