The Telegraph9 hours agoUS treasury secretary warns Trump not to fire Fed chiefThe TelegraphScott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, has reportedly told the White House not to fire Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve. Donald Trump has frequently lashed out at Mr Powell, who he appointed to lead the central bank in 2018. On social media this earlier today, the US president …
The TelegraphNowStonewall’s hour of reckoning has finally arrivedThe Telegraph - Lucy Burton, Pui-Guan ManFor decades, influential charity Stonewall was widely regarded as a champion for equal rights – winning over the most powerful businesses and politicians. Its influence was such that hundreds of Britain’s largest organisations battled for top spot on its flagship equality leader board, handing …
The TelegraphNowDonald Trump’s mysterious obsession with Ukraine’s shale gas reservesThe Telegraph - Ambrose Evans-PritchardDonald Trump has softened his plan to seize the commodity resources of Ukraine very slightly. The draft remains a coercive document, a pseudo-contractual expropriation of a victim nation with its back to the wall. Ukraine’s leaders finally seem resigned to accepting an ultimatum that has no …
The TelegraphNowThe untouchable central banker threatening to burst Trump’s bubbleThe Telegraph - Tim WallaceDonald Trump wants the world to bend the knee to him, and him alone. “These countries are calling me up, kissing my ass,” the president boasted at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner in Washington, shortly after launching his “liberation day” trade war on friend and foe …
The TelegraphNowBP hit by investor revolt after slashing net zero plansThe Telegraph - Jonathan LeakeBP has been hit by an investor revolt after slashing its net zero plans, with 24pc of shareholders voting to sack chairman Helge Lund at the energy giant’s AGM on Thursday. The Norwegian had angered two opposing sets of investors: those who wanted BP to stick to its 2020 commitment to move away from …
The Telegraph1 hour agoMusk reunites with PayPal co-founder to build Trump defence shieldThe Telegraph - Christopher JasperElon Musk has joined forced with Republican power broker Peter Thiel on a bid to help build Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence shield. Mr Musk’s SpaceX is partnering with Mr Thiel’s Silicon Valley data company Palantir Technologies and US drone builder Anduril Industries on a …
