Donald Trump

The News Fix Fines don’t deter Donald Trump. A New York judge held the former president in criminal contempt this week, levying another $1,000 fine for violating his gag order. This is the 10th time that Judge Juan Merchan has fined Trump during the “hush money” trial, in which Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records […]

The media company is basically a meme stock, but it's helping former President Trump accumulate wealth.

The people purchasing stock of the Trump Media and Technology Group are likely buying shares out of loyalty to the former president rather than faith in it as a good long-term investment, argues the University of Florida's Jay Ritter.

SPAC stands for special purpose acquisition company. It's how the parent company of Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is planning to go public.

No screen is likely to be safe from the deluge.

At the annual meeting of right-wing thinkers, economic issues such as tariffs and government spending are expected to be discussed.

"Whe more digital we get, the more we crave these sort of physical manifestations of the digital," says Rob Walker.

Former President Trump has pulled in more than $30 million in a matter of months.

"The highest priority that Congress has is restoring stability and creating certainty," said Wendy Edelberg of Brookings.

Sudeep Reddy, managing editor at Politico, joined Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal to discuss the events in Washington and how business leaders are reacting.