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Larry Kudlow Tells Trump He's Not Interested

Ex-NEC chief from Trump's first term doesn't want Treasury post, any other government job

(Newser) - Donald Trump continues to fill big posts for his incoming administration , but the top spot for Treasury remains up in air. Larry Kudlow, who served as director of the National Economic Council during Trump's first term, is one name that's been bandied about to fill either the NEC...

Fox Worker's Suit: Napolitano Harassed Me, Kudlow Uses Slurs

Network says it has 'parted ways' with Napolitano amid new sexual harassment claims

(Newser) - Fox News has dumped legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, on the heels of a lawsuit alleging the former New Jersey Superior Court judge sexually harassed a Fox Business production assistant. Deadline and Adweek report that employee, 27-year-old John Fawcett, filed his complaint against the network in New York on Monday, seeking...

How a False Story of a Biden Burger Ban Got Started

Biden's climate plan says nothing about holding the beef, despite story about a study

(Newser) - First, the Daily Mail ran a story—along with a colorful graphic and a photo of a double cheeseburger—about what President Biden's plan to attack climate change "could" require Americans to spend and give up. Everyone might be required to buy a $55,000 electric car, install...

Kayleigh McEnany's Fox News Role Is Revealed

Former White House press secretary to co-host 'Outnumbered'

(Newser) - Kayleigh McEnany will host a daytime talk show as part of her new gig with Fox News . The former White House press secretary will join co-hosts Harris Faulkner and Emily Compagno on Outnumbered , which features a rotating panel of guests, starting April 6, Variety reports. Deadline notes it's the...

Kudlow on Next Stimulus Bill: 'There's a $1.2K Check Coming'

Senate GOPers set to reveal $1T coronavirus relief package on Monday

(Newser) - Senate Republicans are set to release a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package on Monday, and with that deal, Americans can expect checks similar to the ones sent out in the last round. "There's a $1,200 check coming," White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow said in...

Top Trump Advisor Says Greenland Is Still in Play
Top Trump
Adviser:
Greenland
Purchase Is
'Developing'
sunday talk shows
Aug 18, 2019 1:27 PM CDT

Top Trump Adviser: Greenland Purchase Is 'Developing'

Larry Kudlow talks to Dana Perino on 'Fox News Sunday'

(Newser) - Larry Kudlow kept the Greenland story alive on Fox News Sunday even though the island nation has said it's not for sale , reports NBC News . The White House economic advisor chuckled when host Dana Perino asked whether she could join him on a possible site survey to Greenland. "...

Kudlow Concedes China Tariffs Will Cost US Consumers

Chief economic adviser contradicts Trump

(Newser) - President Trump's chief economic adviser contradicted his boss Sunday on tariffs placed on imports from China by the US. The president had said that China will bear the cost. On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace pressed Larry Kudlow, saying the cost of tariffs is passed on to US...

Trump Issues a Threat to GM
Trump Issues a Threat to GM
Nov 27, 2018 2:17 PM CST

Trump Issues a Threat to GM

Warns subsidies will be reviewed

(Newser) - President Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to express his displeasure with GM's planned 14,000 layoffs and five plant shutterings; National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow did the same thing from the White House. In afternoon tweets, Trump issued a sort of threat, writing , "Very disappointed with...

4 Possible Culprits Behind Trump Op-Ed
4 Possible Culprits
Behind Trump Op-Ed
OPINION
Sep 6, 2018 12:52 PM CDT

4 Possible Culprits Behind Trump Op-Ed

Pundit doesn't put Mike Pence on the short list

(Newser) - Tucker Carlson of Fox News think he has a "pretty good idea" who wrote the anti-Trump op-ed now in wide circulation, but he's awaiting confirmation before going public, reports the Hill . At the Weekly Standard , Michael Warren has narrowed it down to four likely suspects:
  • Larry Kudlow, chair
...

White House: Kudlow Had 'Very Mild Heart Attack'

'He's doing fine,' wife says

(Newser) - Larry Kudlow is in good condition after a heart attack and "his doctors expect he will make a full and speedy recovery," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said late Monday. President Trump disclosed that Kudlow had suffered a heart attack in a tweet minutes before his summit...

Top Trump Adviser Kudlow Has Heart Attack

President's economic adviser is hospitalized

(Newser) - Minutes ahead of his summit with Kim Jong Un, President Trump's Twitter feed announced that top economic adviser Larry Kudlow has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. "Our Great Larry Kudlow, who has been working so hard on trade and the economy, has just suffered a heart...

White House: 'Sophomoric' Trudeau 'Stabbed Us in the Back'
White House:
'Sophomoric'
Trudeau 'Stabbed
Us in the Back'
SUNDAY TALK SHOWS
Jun 10, 2018 9:07 AM CDT

White House: 'Sophomoric' Trudeau 'Stabbed Us in the Back'

Kudlow keeps up drumbeat against Canadian PM after Trump departs G7

(Newser) - The White House is not letting up in its attack on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a rocky G7 summit. After President Trump assailed Trudeau as "dishonest & weak" in tweets just after leaving Canada on Saturday night, White House National Economic Council director Larry...

Nikki Haley's Retort Sends Message to Trump
Nikki Haley's Retort
Sends Message to Trump
the rundown
Apr 19, 2018 9:30 AM CDT

Nikki Haley's Retort Sends Message to Trump

UN ambassador shows she won't quietly take public humiliation from the White House

(Newser) - Nikki Haley is getting a lot of attention for her not-so-subtle rejoinder to the White House. It all began when the UN ambassador declared that the US would be imposing new sanctions on Russia, only to have President Trump change his mind about them. When Trump economics adviser Larry Kudlow...

Trump's New Economic Adviser Has Surprising Opinions on Tariffs

Sources say Larry Kudlow has accepted role replacing Gary Cohn

(Newser) - Gary Cohn resigned as President Trump's top economic adviser earlier this month over his opposition to Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs . So it stands to reason that the president's choice to replace Cohn ... also opposes those tariffs. Sources tell CNN that Trump has offered the top position...

BofA CEO: We Have a Right to Make a Profit

'Our customers will understand' $5 debit card fee

(Newser) - Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan defended his bank’s controversial new $5 debit card fee in a CNBC interview yesterday, saying that most customers would avoid it, and that the bank had given customers plenty of warning about it. Asked to respond to President Obama’s statement that banks...

AIG Mess Shows Why the Feds Should Quit Banking

(Newser) - All the hubbub around AIG and its bonuses is “a complete farce,” Larry Kudlow writes in the National Review. No one should be surprised that those in charge have “completely bungled” the situation. “The government shouldn’t run anything, because it cannot run anything,” Kudlow...

My 401(k) Proves I Could Do Better Than CNBC
My 401(k) Proves I Could
Do Better Than CNBC
OPINION
Mar 13, 2009 1:25 PM CDT

My 401(k) Proves I Could Do Better Than CNBC

(Newser) - He may have gotten only a B in economics, but James Rainey, in the Los Angeles Times, says he can be the next CNBC personality. “There’s got to be a spot for me on one of those chatter fests,” he says, because “I’ve out-performed the...

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