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Trump Trial Has Done a Lot of Damage to American Brand

I was in Europe for the beginning of this case during the Stormy Daniels testimony, when she was testifying, talking to sovereign wealth funds. We've done a lot of damage to the American brand here. A lot of damage. Trump and Biden are going to be gone in four years but the damage done here to the office of the executive, the 200-year-old brand, the reason we can go overseas and bring billions of dollars back to the United States is they trust our system.

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Ukraine Aid Packages Leave Many Unanswered Questions

Leaders in Washington should have answered all these questions, and more, before sending billions to Ukraine. The truth is, though, few have even considered them.

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Biden's Most Potent Message Isn't Working

In painting the 2024 election as a democracy-or-bust binary choice, the president risks losing voters already dissatisfied with the status quo.

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Sorry, Biden's Inflation Numbers Totally Suck

New inflation data may suggest the economy is strong, but a closer look reveals major weaknesses.

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The Man Who Brought Theoretical Physics to Wall Street

There are a vanishingly small number of people whose existence changed Wall Street. One of them was Jim Simons, a former academic mathematician who brought trading closer to the world of theoretical physics - and then exploded the possibilities of how people could make, and lose, money. If he wasn't history's greatest trader, he was among a handful who could ever make that claim. On Friday, the Simons Foundation announced that he had died at the age of 86 in New York City.