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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference, as she unveils actions against the state of Maine, which is locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over transgender policy, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Leah Millis | ReutersThe Justice Department on Wednesday said that it was investigating whether a California law allowing trans athletes on female sports teams at state schools violates federal civil rights law.The department disclosed the investigation to California’s attorney general and other officials a day after President Donald Trump threatened in a social media post to revoke large-scale…

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against an emerging critique of his on-again, off-again tariff threats, which has been derisively summed up as the “TACO trade.”The term coined by a Financial Times columnist — which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out” — describes a pattern in which Trump announces heavy new tariffs, sending markets tumbling, and then later pauses or lightens them, causing markets to rebound.Read more CNBC politics coverageWhen asked by CNBC about the term at the White House, Trump denied that he had ever backed down and suggested that his moves have helped the U.S. gain ground…

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As college graduates fully enter adulthood and begin their search for jobs and fulfilling careers, there’s another task that they should get started on: saving for retirement.Responsibilities will begin to pile up and it could be easy to push aside investing, especially living on a tight budget. But getting to work on securing long-term financial stability now will pay off over time, as the magic of compound interest and the benefits of being in the market over the long term add up.”When you’re exiting school, it is the absolute best time to set yourself up to be a multi-millionaire effortlessly,” said…

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New calls to revive a cancelled pipeline project pit Republican President Donald Trump against Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul , with Coterra Energy caught in the middle. Conversations about the natural gas Constitution Pipeline resurfaced last week after Trump lifted a stop-work order on the Empire Wind 1 project as part of what appeared to be a compromise with New York. The pipeline met opposition during Trump’s first term and was shelved roughly five years ago. One of the original sponsors of the pipeline was Cabot Oil & Gas, which merged with Cimarex Energy in 2021 to form Coterra,…

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