Bessent Defends Policies, Women Crushing in Biz, Strategic Bitcoin, DUI in DC, Firing Squad Penalty

Bessent Defends Policies, Women Crushing in Biz, Strategic Bitcoin, DUI in DC, Firing Squad Penalty

 • Treasury Secretary Besant defends tariffs despite market concerns, dismissing inflation worries
• Trade deficit jumped 34% in January to $131.4 billion, which team Trump sees as justification for tariffs
• Federal deficit already at $840 billion just four months into fiscal 2025
• 91% of female business owners report feeling fulfilled versus 55% of women in corporate jobs
• 58% of current women business owners started their ventures in the last six years
• Freedom and control over their lives drives 62% of women to start businesses
• Trump signs executive order creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve funded through seized assets
• Government already holds approximately 200,000 Bitcoin which will no longer be sold
• Bitcoin receives exclusive strategic reserve status after feedback from crypto community
• House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested for DUI after backing into a parked vehicle
• South Carolina preparing for first firing squad execution in modern times
• Some experts argue firing squad may be more humane than problematic lethal injections

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https://nypost.com/2025/03/06/business/treasurys-scott-bessent-defends-trump-tariffs-for-putting-america-first/ https://nypost.com/2025/03/06/business/study-reveals-trend-that-women-are-opening-more-businesses/ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/trump-signs-executive-order-for-us-strategic-bitcoin-reserve.html? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-chief-of-staff-hayden-haynes-arrested-dui-trump-speech/ https://apnews.com/article/firing-squad-death-penalty-south-carolina-sigmon-05000e874b12bb67c00832c2230f42c8 

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