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Bitcoin tokens and a price chart are seen in this illustration picture taken November 21, 2024. (Reuters File)

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Bitcoin Bounces Back as Risk Assets Stabilize

Construction workers use wood and lumber to build residential homes in Irvine, California, U.S., March 28, 2025. (Reuters/Mike Blake)

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White House Considers Antitrust Probe Into Homebuilders, Bloomberg News Reports

A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. (Reuters/Bing Guan)

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Oil Prices Climb Over $1 on Worries Over Iran-US Talks

President Donald Trump, left, welcomes President Javier Milei of Argentina to the White House on Oct. 14, 2025. Argentina and the United States signed a sweeping trade agreement on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, a key victory for Milei, who has forged close ties with Trump. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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Argentina and US Sign Sweeping Trade Deal as Alliance Deepens

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 5, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

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Bessent Says Trump’s Comment About Suing His Fed Chair Nominee Was a Joke

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Fresno Teen Killed in Pedestrian Crash on Highway 99 Identified

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