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Billionaire Marc Benioff's $190 million deal for Time could drag tech deeper into Trump's firing line

Marc Benioff, the billionaire CEO of Salesforce, and his wife Lynne Benioff have bought Time magazine. US President Donald Trump is fascinated by Time magazine, particularly who the publication chooses to put on its front cover as person of the year. Trump has a tendency to conflate publications with their owners, as he has done with Jeff Bezos when The Washington Post writes negative coverage about the White House. …read more […]

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Trump doubles down on trade war with China and warns: 'If countries will not make fair deals with us, they will be “Tariffed!”'

The US is expected to levy tariffs on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods as soon as Monday. China has threatened to retaliate and pull out of negotiations if that happens. The US is already engaged in a trade war with China and is expected to levy new tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods as soon as Monday, on top of the tariffs in place on more than $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. …read more […]

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Accuser’s story of attack roils plan for Kavanaugh vote

Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation for the Supreme Court is taking an uncertain turn as Republican senators express concern over a woman’s private-turned-public allegation that a drunken Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take off her clothes at a party when they were teenagers. The White House and other Kavanaugh supporters had dismissed the allegation of sexual misconduct when it was initially conveyed in a private letter. With a name and disturbing details, the accusation raised the prospect of congressional Republicans defending President Donald Trump’s nominee ahead of midterm elections featuring an unprecedented number of female candidates and informed …read more […]