Monday, February 3, 2025

#news - Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 3, 2025: Democracy Now

3 February 2025

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#USA - Inflation Sticker Shock Across the US: Bloomberg Television and Markets

1 February 2025

The national rate of inflation has dropped significantly since its post-pandemic peak, but perception of inflation in different parts of the country is not created equal.

Michael McKee talks to a small restaurant owner that is now passing along the higher cost of brisket to her customers and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari about how people in his district are dealing with higher prices.

#Beyoncé #Grammys #GrammyAwards - Grammy Awards: 'Cowboy Carter' finally earns Beyoncé Album of the Year • FRANCE 24 English

3 February 2025

On this week's arts24 music show, Marjorie Hache takes a look at the highlights of the 67th Grammy Awards, with author and journalist Morgane Giuliani. They discuss everything from Queen B making history, to Kendrick Lamar's risqué diss track "Not Like Us", as well as victorious French artists Gojira and Justice, plus the arrival of artificial intelligence.

#Beyoncé #Grammys #GrammyAwards

#Israel #Gaza #DonaldTrump - Trump panders to Netanyahu with talks of a Palestinian free Gaza: Times Radio

3 February 2025

"Ethnic cleansing from the Whitehouse."

Trump and Netanyahu seem to be putting there "bad blood" aside as Trump continues talks of moving Palestinians out of Gaza, says The Sunday Times's Mark Urban. 

#Canada #energy - Canada Cuts Off Oil & Power to the U.S. – Trump Left Speechless! Electric Vehicles, Oil & Trade Wars

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#USA - Trump and Musk’s friendship takes a dark turn: MSNBC

3 February 2025

Less than two weeks into Trump's return, it's clear that Elon Musk has had an outsized and unusual role: helping Trump wage a war on his own federal government. Musk is not a federal employee and has no clearances, yet has already gained access to highly sensitive information at the Treasury and USAID.

And those who have tried to stand in his way have either been put on leave or forced to resign.

MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin speaks with former Congressman Denver Riggleman and Democratic Strategist Julie Roginsky about how dangerous this is for U.S. democracy.


#markets #finance - China Laughing if US, EU Start Trade War: EU's Kallas | Bloomberg The Pulse

3 January 2025

Global stocks tumbled and the US Dollar surged as President Trump threatens the start of US tariffs on global trades, beginning with Canada, Mexico and China.

He warns the EU is next, calling the bloc an “atrocity” on trade. Trump’s move is the most extensive act of protectionism taken by a US president in almost a century, with knock-on effect on everything from inflation to geopolitics and economic growth.

EU leaders are meeting for a retreat to discuss defense spending in the context of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and Trump’s demands that the bloc spend more. On Monday,

EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, “If the US and Europe start a trade war, the one laughing on the side is China.

#USA - EU braces for new US tariffs as Trump launches trade war • FRANCE 24 English

3 January 2025

EU leaders say they're prepared to respond if and when US President Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on European imports to the US. But first, we take a closer look the US-Canada trading relationship. Meanwhile, North America's highly integrated auto manufacturing sector is threatened by Trump's latest trade salvo, and markets tank as investors flee high-risk assets. Read more about this story in our article: https://f24.my/Av4H.y

#USA - FBI officials ‘stunned’ by Trump administration targeting the agency: Chris Christie: ABC News

2 February 2025

Chris Christie and Rahm Emanuel look at the legality of Trump’s actions in his first two weeks in office on “This Week.”