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In latest media crackdown, White House limits newswire access to Trump
April 15 (Reuters) – Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said on Tuesday, as it moves to exert greater control over who gets to ask him questions and report on his statements in real time.
The decision comes after the Trump administration last week lost a court challenge brought by another wire service, the Associated Press, over its earlier exclusion from the press pool.

That some attitude … !! has been — really ?

Tokyo has ‘many cards’ to play in U.S. tariff negotiations, says Japanese economic advisor cnbc

Japan has “many cards” to play in tariff negotiations with the United States, according to Takeshi Niinami, senior economic advisor to Japan’s prime minister.

He pointed out that Japan has been the biggest foreign investor in the U.S. and the largest holder of U.S. Treasury bonds.

His comments comes ahead of a three-day trip by top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa to the U.S. for talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. …/..

Who’s the best trader in here 🥰💰💵🤑

Is this an escalation or the trade war or trying to force Chima to negotiate?

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Politics Trump ‘looking into’ legality of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, White House says

President Donald Trump is exploring whether the law allows him to deport United States citizens to prisons in Central American countries, the White House said.

Trump has said he would like to send “homegrown criminals” to a notorious prison in El Salvador, where the U.S. has already deported some non-citizens.

Trump administration officials claim they cannot compel El Salvador to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported from the U.S. to his native country due to an admitted administrative error.

BTCUSD – Bitcoin

Bitcoin reached a new high in this wave Up, but fell short of 86.500

There is no real momentum and it will be difficult to reach and/or breach 88.750

Supports: 84.300, 82.950 & 81.120

Resistances : 86.500, 88.750 & 89.300

DAX – ger30

Sharp fall stops here – for now…

22.000 is a level that might prove hard to break on the first attempt.

Supports: 21.050, 20.600 & 20.150

Resistances: 21.300, 21.650 & 21.900

hasset needs to be careful how , when and to whom he ll start releasing details of those amazing offers

coz IF the amazing offer should starta gold-rush style demand for the dollar …

I too would want to be in on it

cnbc
“Trump aide Hassett says U.S. got ‘amazing’ tariff deal offers, recession ’100% not’ happening”

be nice to see those ‘amazing’ tariff deal offers AND what the admin doing w / them, telling folks no no no you dont have offer so much ?

EURGBP seller returns… tug-of-war between =GBP and EUR… last .8543… I said keep an eye on the cross.

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Is this a head scratcher?

Why is EURUSD firming on what is negative tariff news?

DAX is still up on the day.

One thought is the risk of inflation might deter the ECB from cutting rates on Thursday.

Or is it just thinning liquidity and false starts in pre-Easter week?

Follow the real money flows… EURGBP se3ller is back…last .8546… EURUSD testing 1.1300

AUD AND NZD outperforming

EURGBP Power of 50 (.8350) so far checking the downside… easing some of the selling pressure on EURUSD… KEEP AN EYE ON THIS CROSS

HEATMAP

CDA CPI miss on downside… USDCAD up but not too far… see our Economic Calendar

between rollback of reciprocal tariffs, pause on electronics and looking for something to help auto cos, one could expect that a full on blownout tariff war is not in the cards. but that does not mean it is back to business as usual: market remains leary yet at the same time – stock-wise – remains hopeful.

DLRx prettywell sums up current market sentiment. imo

still puppy needs to hold S at 99 else dollar dumps more