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President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was pushing for a sweeping overhaul of the civil service, issuing new rules to convert thousands of positions previously reserved for career federal employees into political positions. The changes further strengthen an executive order signed by Trump on his first day in office that claims he has the authority to hire and fire senior civil servants.

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): For the week ended April 15, COMEX gold speculator net long position decreased by 1,548 contracts to 136,919 contracts; COMEX silver futures net long position increased by 1,399 contracts to 23,329 contracts; COMEX copper futures net long position increased by 393 contracts to 14,495 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Net long positions of speculators in the WTI crude futures market increased by 39,021 contracts to 76,370 contracts in the week ended April 15.

On April 18 local time, US President Trump delivered a speech at the White House, reiterating that Federal Reserve Chairperson Powell should lower interest rates. He also said that the United States is very likely to reach an agreement with Ukraine. Federal Reserve Chairperson Powell made it clear in his speech at the Economic Club of Chicago that he would not take emergency rescue measures due to market fluctuations. Powell's statement immediately attracted strong criticism from US President Tr...

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said in a blog post on Friday that it has launched Forex Perpetual Futures, expanding its business into traditional markets by trading major forex pairs around the clock. The first contracts, EUR/USD and GBP/USD, are now available on Kraken Pro, with more to follow. Unlike standard foreign exchange products, Forex perpetual contracts have no expiration date and operate around the clock, similar to cryptocurrency futures. The company said that through foreign exchan...

After Russia announced the end of a one-month ceasefire over Ukraine's energy infrastructure, US President Donald Trump hinted that he might give up on peace efforts if the two sides did not reach an agreement soon. "If for some reason one of the two countries creates great difficulties, we can only say you are stupid," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday.

The acting director of the Internal Revenue Service is about to be replaced, according to the AXIOS website, citing five people familiar with the matter, after Treasury Secretary Vincent Bescent complained to President Trump that the agency's newest leader had been installed at Musk's behest without his knowledge. Bescent believes Musk bypassed him and made Gary Shapley interim director of the Internal Revenue Service, which is under the Treasury Department. Musk's Department of Government Effec...

President Donald Trump is reviving a "Schedule F" to streamline federal worker layoffs by reclassifying about 50,000 federal employees (2% of the total) in policy-related positions as "at-will," a plan that would weaken civil service protections and make it easier for the government to fire employees deemed disloyal.

US President Trump: If all parties make it difficult to end the conflict in Ukraine, I will choose to give up, but hope it doesn't come to that. I don't want to declare that I will withdraw from the negotiations. We have a good chance of reaching an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, and the Ukraine agreement needs to be finalized as soon as possible. Asked if Russia was using him, Mr. Trump said, "Nobody can use me."

President Trump: We have a great opportunity to reach an agreement between Ukraine and Russia.

President Trump: If all parties make it difficult to end the conflict in Ukraine, I will choose to give up, but I hope it will not come to that.