Lutnick, Howard W

• They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise. - Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with the disgraced financier.
• Trump Administration Takes Another Stake in Rare Earth Sector - The administration announced a $1.6 billion deal with USA Rare Earth. The firm also does business with Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of President Trump’s commerce secretary.
• China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy - The president used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order.