Politics

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The last time a U.S. president reshaped the financial architecture of the modern world with a single unilateral act, the announcement came on a Sunday night in August 1971. Richard Nixon walked into the Oval Office, addressed the nation calmly, and dismantled the cornerstone of the postwar monetary order. Markets were closed. Allies were not...

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Something shifted in Washington the week of May 12, 2026. A set of government documents, dense with numbers and financial codes, arrived quietly at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Within hours, analysts were posting reactions in real time. Finance reporters were flagging specific entries. And the phrase “conflict of interest” was appearing in headlines...