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Berkshire Hathaway Posts a Drop in Earnings in Buffett’s Last Year
In his first report as C.E.O., Gregory Abel, stuck to a straight commentary rather than Warren Buffett’s folksy tone. The lower earnings were largely driven by declines in the insurance business.
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Banks Are Becoming Bulwarks for Vulnerable Seniors
Older Americans are losing billions of dollars annually to financial exploitation. Banks and investment firms are training employees to spot red flags and stop the transactions.
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Lloyd Blankfein on Trump, Epstein and Life After Goldman Sachs
In a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Goldman’s former C.E.O. discussed his life and new memoir.
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Democrats demand immediate vote to restrain Trump on Iran
Congress is expected to vote on two resolutions that seek to block further military action, the latest test of a long-shot strategy to reassert lawmakers’ war powers.
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Trump: ‘Freedom’ for Iran is goal of ‘major military operation’
The president spoke to The Washington Post early Saturday after announcing that the U.S. had begun striking Iran to bring about regime change.
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Trump Decision to Strike Iran Opens Fissures in Midterms
Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.
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Trump Tells Iranians to ‘Take Over’ Their Government. But How?
President Trump’s ambiguous appeal comes after he undermined U.S.-funded media outlets that normally would have helped the administration reach people inside the country.
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Trump, the Self-Declared Peace President, Goes to War Seeking Regime Change
President Trump has become increasingly willing to assert American power overseas, a decade after propelling himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first.”
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How Wesley Hunt of Texas Is Working in Plain Sight With Outside Groups
Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.
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U.S. Ability to Determine What Comes Next in Iran Might Be Limited
Questions remain about how much effort the Trump administration will put into changing the Iranian government.