🗞️Trump meets with Canada's Prime Minister

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October 7th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with President Trump at the White House today, marking his second visit in five months amid ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada…the discussions focused on U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum, and automobiles, with Carney seeking relief and emphasizing the importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ahead of its 2026 review

• Attorney General Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in her first oversight hearing since taking office, the hearing was contentious and the key issues discussed were about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, federal deployments in Democratic-led cities, and concerns about the department’s impartiality under her leadership…read more here

• Illegal border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2025 fell to nearly 238,000 apprehensions, which is the lowest annual level recorded since 1970

• The U.S. government has acquired a 10% ownership stake in Trilogy Metals with a $35.6 million investment

• OpenAI’s ChatGPT has officially reached 800 million weekly active users

• Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has announced a minority stake investment of up to $2 billion in Polymarket, valuing the crypto-based prediction platform at around $8 billion

• Tesla released new versions of its Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles offering them at lower prices…the Model Y starts at $39,990 and the Model 3 starts at $36,990

• Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Los Angeles jury to pay $966 million in a talcum powder lawsuit awarded to the family of Mae Moore, who died from mesothelioma that was allegedly caused by the company's baby powder…the company denies that its talc products contain asbestos or cause cancer and plans to immediately appeal the verdict

• The price of Gold hit another all-time high and officially crossed above $4,000/oz for the first time ever

• DOW down .20% / S&P down .38%

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