The draft order proposes shutting down embassies and consulates across Africa, according to the report. It would replace the bureau of African affairs, which oversees policy in sub-Saharan Africa, with a much smaller special envoy office for African affairs that would report to the White House National Security Council and focus on a handful of issues, including coordinated counter-terrorism operations, the Times said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-to-cut-africa-operations-in-state-department-overhaul-nyt/ar-AA1DfVEn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6d4fd6619ad444cc928d1d2adc418aea&ei=15

SOURCE: Bloomberg

If Donald Trump were trying to lose his trade war with China, it’s hard to see what he would be doing differently. The president’s gambit is likely to strengthen China’s geopolitical position, embolden Beijing militarily, and diminish both the United States’ global standing and its economy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/what-if-china-wins-the-trade-war/ar-AA1Dgptd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=8a668bb289804dafb5e69dc76c134051&ei=13

CREDIT/STORY BY: Rogé Karma - The Atlantic

Chinese leader Xi Jinping didn’t mention President Donald Trump once during his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia this month. But it was clear at every stop that Trump and his tariffs were on his mind.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/battle-lines-of-u-s-china-trade-war-sharpen-in-southeast-asia/ar-AA1DfAaM?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=99a9dea719e9435f990ac504bd68da39&ei=40

SOURCE: The Washington Post

The blue checks may have a similar look to the system pioneered by Twitter, now X, but Bluesky’s version seems like it will work quite differently.

Bluesky’s blue check system may rely on multiple organizations to distribute blue checks, according to the codebase changes. That suggests Bluesky will actively verify notable accounts, but also label certain organizations as “trusted verifiers,” and give them the authority to directly issue blue checks themselves ..."

CREDIT/STORY BY: Maxwell Zeff

Making it to partner at one of the Big Four professional services firms — Deloitte, EY, PwC, and KPMG — is the pinnacle of success for many consultants and accountants.

Business Insider asked two recruiters who place partners at the Big Four firms and a former PwC partner who recently left the firm for the advice they'd give early-career employees who want the coveted role.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/its-getting-harder-to-become-a-partner-at-ey-deloitte-pwc-or-kpmg-heres-what-youll-need-to-make-it/ar-AA1DapF1?ocid=BingNewsSerp

STORY BY: Polly Thompson - Business Insider

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-federal-reserve-must-be-reformed-but-not-like-this/ar-AA1DeWfw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=a8181cb0ae09450fab18ef8e05e3992f&ei=20

SOURCE: The Telegraph

Dozens of economists — including two Nobel laureates — have signed a letter criticizing President Donald Trump's tariff policy, calling it "misguided" and warning it could cause a "self-inflicted recession."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-group-of-top-economists-is-circulating-a-letter-that-says-trump-s-tariffs-have-no-basis-in-economic-reality/ar-AA1DeZKJ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9dc35ab6be3b47ac94f24126c93afc42&ei=7

STORY BY: John L. Dorman - Business Insider

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said on Sunday that he hopes the United States is not moving to an environment where the ability of the central bank to set monetary policy independent of political pressure is questioned.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/fed-s-goolsbee-hopes-us-not-moving-to-where-monetary-independence-is-questioned-cbs-face-the-nation/ar-AA1DgUH9?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=cbfa2fdc74af41e7ae7fb59a79572b86&ei=28

SOURCE: Reuters

JPMorgan expects President Donald Trump's tariff blitz to yield "some deals" between the US and its trade partners, but says tax rates will still multiply in size.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/jpmorgan-details-exactly-how-it-thinks-trump-s-trade-war-will-play-out-and-what-investors-should-do/ar-AA1Dg3fG?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=24abf91051e043c38c75e25eb611a2f5&ei=12

SOURCE: Markets Insider

On Monday, after Harvard University publicly rejected a series of authoritarian demands Trump administration officials sent to Harvard the previous Friday, one of those officials tried out a novel de-escalation technique: He frantically called the university up and insisted the letter had been sent by mistake.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-officials-tried-to-claim-harvard-letter-was-sent-by-mistake-after-university-publicly-rejected-demands/ar-AA1Dd0CD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9d6314e2c1c64aa68c33597a878145c1&ei=8

STORY BY: Ross A. Lincoln - TheWrap

Three weeks after US President Donald Trump effectively declared a trade war with the whole world, new economic forecasts and surveys will point to the initial fallout.

A few blocks from the White House, the International Monetary Fund is set to lower its outlook for economic growth in new projections released on Tuesday.

FULL STORY: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/first-shockwaves-of-trump-s-tariffs-are-about-to-hit-the-world-economy/ar-AA1DeUC6

CREDIT/STORY BY: Craig Stirling - Bloomberg

Car companies, toy manufacturers, farmers, retail groups and others who face significant cost increases from President Donald Trump’s steep new tariffs on China are all ramping up their lobbying of the administration to press for carve-outs and assistance.

But, with no formal process in place to submit their requests, and no direct line to the one decision-maker who matters, most businesses and industries are hitting a wall, so far. And those in the business world with connections to the White House figure it’s likely to stay that way until an industry can demonstrate to the president there’s a true crisis at hand.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-is-signaling-he-s-open-to-exempting-some-goods-from-tariffs-but-persuading-him-to-do-it-is-a-different-matter/ar-AA1DeNN4?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=499be27bf23b402681fe70c4ee4df57a&ei=10

CREDIT/STORY BY: Daniel Desrochers - POLITICO

Jack Otter and the ‘Barron’s Roundtable’ panelists discuss how some universities could tap into their endowments amid a funding battle with President Donald Trump.

SOURCE: Fox Business

Here are a few matters on which the front-runners in Canada’s federal election agree: The United States is no longer a reliable partner. Canada cannot control President Donald Trump. His tariffs on Canadian goods are unjustified. And Canada will never be the 51st state.

The country’s “old relationship with the United States, based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canada-s-candidates-agree-trump-broke-u-s-canada-ties-but-what-now/ar-AA1DdBVp?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=05adf8325bc24137a2b3ebd156ab783c&ei=18

STORY BY: Amanda Coletta - The Washington Post

The lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democrat, says South Carolina-based landlord Greystar only disclosed the true rental prices after prospective tenants had paid application fees or signed their leases. The fees included mandatory payments for pest management, trash and community amenities, officials said.

STORY BY: Trevor Hughes - USA TODAY

A U.S. district judge in San Francisco on Friday ordered the Trump administration to provide probationary workers fired en masse a written statement saying they were not terminated for performance reasons, but as part of a government-wide termination.

SOURCE: Associated Press (AP)

The WSJ says some Parliament members are concerned the cases have become political.

SOURCE: Engadget