Gold hits record high as Trump threatens new steel and aluminium tariffs; BP shares jump after activist Elliott takes stake – business live

UK Steel fears “devastating blow” from Trump tariffs Trade body UK Steel has warned that the imposition of US tariffs on UK steel would be “a devastating blow” to the industry. UK Steel director general, Gareth Stace, says: The US …

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Key figure in Project 2025 expected to be confirmed as Trump’s budget chief – live

Bondi disbands FBI ‘foreign influence task force’ as Musk boosts Russia-linked hoax smearing USAid and Ben Stiller Attorney general Pam Bondi dissolved an FBI taskforce aimed at combatting foreign influence operations on Wednesday, the same day that a hoax news …

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Trump inauguration live: president pardons January 6 rioters and exits Paris climate agreement in slew of executive orders

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Donald Trump and their relations with the US during a lengthy phone call on Tuesday. Citing …

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Who will Trump pick as his 2024 running mate? A VP shortlist

Donald Trump has secured the necessary delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination for a third consecutive election. That result was never in much doubt, but the contest to be Trump’s running mate is harder to predict. Once again, the …

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