‘Peak Trump': Big, Beautiful Bill shows president still has ‘drive' and ‘ambition'
'I just wonder whether this Big, Beautiful Bill might be peak Trump,' Mr Lynch told Sky News host Caleb Bond.
'This is the moment when he's at his maximum influence and power.
'Only seven months in, there's still energy, there's drive, there's ambition.'
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Herald Sun
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- Herald Sun
Donald Trump says White House will host UFC fight for America250
US President Donald Trump stunningly announced that there would be a UFC fight with up to 25,000 spectators at the White House next year to celebrate America's upcoming 250th birthday. Mr Trump, 79, is a close friend of Dana White, the CEO of UFC, aka the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and attended a fight last month in Newark. 'Every one of our national parks, battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of 'America250' and I even think we're going to have a UFC fight,' he said in a speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. 'Does anybody watch UFC? The great Dana White? We're going to have a UFC fight. We're going to have a UFC fight — think of this — on the grounds of the White House. We have a lot of land there. 'We're going to build a little — we're not, Dana is going to do it. Dana is great, one of a kind — going to be UFC fight, championship fight, full fight, like 20,000 to 25,000 people, and we're going to do that as part of '250' also. 'We're going to have some incredible events, some professional events, some amateur events. But the UFC fight is going to be a big deal, too.' This story was originally published on The New York Post. FOLLOW UPDATES BELOW: TRUMP WINS MAJOR VICTORY AS FLAGSHIP BILL PASSES CONGRESS US President Donald Trump on Thursday secured a major political victory when Congress narrowly passed his flagship tax and spending bill, cementing his radical second-term agenda and boosting funds for his anti-immigration drive. The bill underlined the president's dominance over the Republican Party, which had been wracked by misgivings over a text that will balloon the national debt and gut health and welfare support. A small group of opponents in the party finally fell into line after Speaker Mike Johnson worked through the night to corral dissenters in the House of Representatives behind the 'One Big Beautiful Bill.' The bill squeezed past a final vote 218-214, meaning it can be on Trump's desk to be signed into law on the July 4th Independence Day holiday. 'One of the most consequential Bills ever. The USA is the 'HOTTEST' Country in the World, by far!!!' Trump said on social media as he scented victory. The timing of the vote slipped back as Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke against the bill for nearly nine hours to delay proceedings. The legislative win is the latest in a series of successes for Mr Trump, including a Supreme Court ruling last week that curbed lone judges from blocking his policies, and US air strikes that led to a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. His sprawling mega-bill just passed the Senate on Tuesday and had to return to the lower chamber for a rubber stamp of the senators' revisions. The package honours many of President Trump's campaign promises: boosting military spending, funding a mass migrant deportation drive and committing $4.5 trillion to extend his first-term tax relief. 'Today we are laying a key cornerstone of America's new Golden Age,' Johnston said. But it is expected to pile an extra $3.4 trillion over a decade onto the country's fast-growing deficits, while shrinking the federal food assistance program and forcing through the largest cuts to the Medicaid health insurance scheme for low-income Americans since its 1960s launch. Some estimates put the total number of recipients set to lose their insurance coverage under the bill at 17 million. Scores of rural hospitals are expected to close. While Republican moderates in the House fear the cuts will damage their prospects of re-election, fiscal hawks chafed over savings that they say fall far short of what was promised. Johnson had to negotiate tight margins, and could only lose a handful of politicians in the final vote, among more than two dozen who had earlier declared themselves open to rejecting Mr Trump's 869-page text. Mr Trump has spent weeks hitting the phones and hosting White House meetings to cajole politicians torn between angering welfare recipients at home and incurring the president's wrath. Democrats hope public opposition to the bill will help them flip the House in the 2026 midterm election, pointing to data showing that it represents a huge redistribution of wealth from the poorest Americans to the richest. Mr Jeffries held the floor for his Democrats ahead of the final vote, as he told stories of everyday Americans who he argued would be harmed by Mr Trump's legislation. 'This bill, this one big, ugly bill - this reckless Republican budget, this disgusting abomination - is not about improving the quality of life of the American people,' he said. Extra spending on the military and border security will be paid in part through ending clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies - a factor triggering a bitter public feud between President Trump and former supporter Elon Musk. TRUMP GEARS UP TO CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF US INDEPENDENCE US President Donald Trump visits the midwestern state of Iowa on Thursday to kick off a year-long celebration of America's 250th birthday - and tout his own second-term presidency. The Republican will deliver a campaign-style speech followed by fireworks, hot on the heels of what he hopes will be Congress passing his 'big, beautiful' tax and spending bill. It also comes the day before Independence Day on July 4, and has been sold by Mr Trump as the start of celebrations to mark two and a half centuries since the foundation of the United States. But as with a huge military parade in Washington for the US army's 250th birthday last month, it reflects Mr Trump's growing tendency to use the semiquincentennial festivities to boost his own image. 'I am thrilled to announce that I will be travelling to one of my favourite places in the World, beautiful Iowa … to kick off the very beginning of our exciting Celebration of America's 250th Anniversary!' Mr Trump said on Truth Social earlier this week. 'Iowa voted for me THREE TIMES, because they love my Policies for our Wonderful Farmers and Small Businesses, and they LOVE AMERICA!' President Trump, 79, also said he would also be talking about how his trade policies affect farmers, a key demographic in Iowa and one of the voter groups that helped propel him to a second term in the White House. He is set to say that his hard line tariff negotiations with countries around the world, which have caused jitters on the markets, will benefit working class Americans. The America 250 committee, which is organising the events over the next year, said the 'Salute to America' event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds would also feature 'patriotic entertainment and fireworks.' Iowa is well known as one of the first stops for primary campaigns in US presidential elections. Mr Trump won the state by 13 points in 2024. He also easily took it in 2016 when he won the presidency for the first time - and in 2020 when he lost the White House to Democrat Joe Biden. Mr Trump earlier this week dropped a federal lawsuit over an Iowa poll that wrongly forecast he would lose the state in November's election against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. The president had sued renowned pollster Ann Selzer, her former employer the Des Moines Register, and the newspaper's parent company, Gannett, over a poll that showed him trailing Ms Harris by three points. The rally in a place famed for its role in US presidential elections will also throw the focus on who might succeed Mr Trump as Republican candidate in 2028. His second son Eric said last week that he and other relatives may run for public office, fuelling speculation of a Trump dynasty. Mr Trump meanwhile has repeatedly teased trying for a third term, despite it being barred by the US constitution. CANADA-US TRADE DROPS TO LOWEST ON RECORD Canada's trade with its neighbour to the south withered in May in the wake of a punishing tariff war launched by US President Donald Trump, the national statistical agency said Thursday. However Canada made up part of the shortfall with increased shipments to other nations. As exports to the United States fell for a fourth consecutive month, shipments to other nations rose to 'a record high,' said Statistics Canada. As a result, Canada's share of exports destined to the United States fell from a monthly average of 75.9 per cent to 68.3 per cent. The agency said this was 'one of the lowest proportions on record.' Imports from the United States were also down for a third consecutive month, it said. As a result, Canada's trade surplus with the United States widened slightly to Can$3.2 billion (US$2.4 billion). Prime Minister Mark Carney's liberal government and the Trump administration are in intense negotiations to try to reach a deal that would avert escalating tariffs. Mr Trump has imposed steep levies on imports of autos as well as steel and aluminium - two metals that Canada has historically shipped in large quantities to the United States. The North American auto sector is also highly integrated. Carney set a July 21 deadline for a new trade agreement. Without one, he said he would adjust Canada's 25 per cent counter tariffs on US steel and aluminium - in response to a recent doubling of US levies on the metals to 50 per cent. The month of May saw a 1.1 per cent increase in total Canadian exports, led by a jump in gold shipments to the United Kingdom. Canada also shipped more oil to Singapore, aluminium and pharmaceuticals to Italy, and pork to Japan. This rise was partially offset by lower exports of canola and oil to China. Total imports, meanwhile, fell 1.6 per cent as inbound shipments of motor vehicles and parts continued to fall. As a result, Canada's trade deficit with the world narrowed from a record $CAD7.6 billion in April to $CAD5.9 billion in May. - with AFP
Courier-Mail
3 hours ago
- Courier-Mail
‘Insane': Joe Rogan turns on Donald Trump over immigration raids
Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Joe Rogan says the Trump administration's immigration raids on workplaces are 'insane', declaring the federal government would be better off targeting 'cartel members,' 'gang members' and 'drug dealers.' The hugely popular podcaster also said during Wednesday's episode of the Joe Rogan Experience that he didn't agree with the administration's detention of a green card holder and a graduate student over criticism of Israel. Joe Rogan said the Trump administration's immigration raids on workplaces that have resulted in roundups of undocumented laborers are 'insane.' Picture: YouTube Rogan offered up his comments as the Trump administration resumed and intensified rounding up undocumented labourers, reversing a brief mid-June pause that had applied to sectors like agriculture, hospitality and food processing. Despite earlier assurances that these industries might receive temporary relief, ICE has carried out large-scale enforcement actions — including at meat packing plants and restaurants — detaining over 100,000 individuals in June. Business leaders have warned the raids will lead to severe labour shortages. 'It's insane,' Rogan said during a chat with tech entrepreneur Amjad Masad. 'We were told there would be no — well, there's two things that are insane. One is the targeting of migrant workers. Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers. Just construction workers. Showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?' 100 undocumented immigrants arrested on Florida construction site. Picture: X/HSI Tampa National Guard soldiers stand guard at a federal building in Los Angeles as protesters held a "No Kings Day" demonstration, which has been the focus of protests against Trump's immigration raids. Picture: AFP Masad responded: 'Yeah, I don't know what you think of the new administration. Certainly, there are things that I like about it, some of their pro-tech posture and things like that. But what's happening now is — it's kind of disappointing.' Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin refuted their assertions. 'The official data tells the real story: an overwhelming majority of ICE arrests were criminal illegal aliens with criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. Further, many illegal aliens categorised as 'non-criminals' are actually terrorists, human rights abusers, gang members and worse — they just don't have a rap sheet in the US. This deceptive 'non-criminal' categorisation is devoid of reality and misleads the American public. Police deploy tear gas while clearing a street in front of City Hall. Picture: AFP 'Secretary (Kristi) Noem has unleashed the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) to target the worst of the worst — including gang members, murderers, and rapists. We are putting the American people first by removing illegal aliens who pose a threat to our communities.' Masad, a Jordanian-born software engineer and CEO of coding platform Replit, went on to slam immigration enforcement actions on college campuses against anti-Israel protesters. 'Did you see this video of this Turkish student at Tufts University that wrote an essay and then there's video of like, ICE agents, like –' Rogan interjected, 'Is that the woman?' Masad replied, 'Yeah, yeah.' Rogan asked, 'Yeah. What was her essay about? It was just critical of Israel, right?' 'Just critical of Israel, yeah,' Masad confirmed. Rogan responded, 'And that's enough to get you kicked out of the country.' Rumeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by federal officials in Massachusetts in March and held in a Louisiana facility for weeks after the Department of Homeland Security claimed she supported Hamas in an op-ed for the campus newspaper. Rogan was conversing with tech entrepreneur Amjad Masad. Picture: YouTube In May, a federal judge blocked her deportation, calling the detention baseless. She was released and allowed to return to Tufts while her deportation case proceeds in the courts. Rogan also referenced the case of Mahmoud Khalil, the Syrian-born Palestinian and US permanent resident and graduate student at Columbia University. Khalil, who was a leader of pro-Palestinian protests on Columbia's campus, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March after the Trump administration cited alleged false information on his green card application. The administration, which alleged that Khalil's campus activities posed a threat to US foreign policy, also invoked a rarely used immigration law to cite as the basis for his deportation. Khalil was held for more than 100 days at a Louisiana detention facility before he was released on June 20. A White House rep defended the administration's actions pertaining to Khalil and Ozturk. 'Receiving a visa to study in the United States is a privilege not a right. The Trump administration is committed to restoring the rule of law and common sense to our immigration system, and will continue to fight to remove dangerous aliens who pose a risk to American security and interests, and have no right to be in this country,' White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told The Post. A law enforcement officer fires a less-lethal projectile during a protest in Los Angeles. Picture: AFP Rogan, who commands an audience of roughly 10 million listeners — most of whom are young men — publicly endorsed Trump for president on the eve of the 2024 election, calling Elon Musk's case for Trump 'the most persuasive argument' and stating, 'I concur with him at every turn.' Though once a vocal critic of Trump, Rogan's support marked a major shift that the Trump campaign touted as a significant win with young male voters. Last month, Rogan advocated for a path to citizenship for undocumented migrants who live and work in the US without breaking the law. 'Yeah maybe you shouldn't have snuck in,' Rogan said at the time. 'But you did it, and you're not breaking any laws and you're a hardworking person. Those people need a path to citizenship, man. Because if you don't, then they're just preyed upon.' This story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission. Originally published as 'Insane': Joe Rogan turns on Donald Trump over immigration raids
The Advertiser
3 hours ago
- The Advertiser
Stocks dip, dollar slumps as Trump deal deadline looms
Stocks have slipped despite record highs for Wall Street overnight as US President Donald Trump's deadline for trade deals looms. The dollar retraced some of Thursday's gains with US markets already shut for the holiday-shortened week as traders considered the impact of the sweeping spending bill that Trump is expected to sign into law later in the day. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.6 per cent on Friday, driven in part by losses on spirits makers such as Pernod Ricard and Remy Cointreau after China said it would impose duties of up to 34.9 per cent on brandy from the European Union starting July 5. US S&P 500 futures edged down 0.5 per cent following a 0.8 per cent overnight advance for the cash index to a fresh record closing peak. Wall Street is closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday. Trump said Washington would start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they would face on exports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals before a July 9 deadline when tariffs could rise sharply. Investors were "now just waiting for July 9", said Tony Sycamore, an analyst at IG, with the market's lack of optimism for trade deals responsible for some of the equity weakness in export-reliant Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea. At the same time, Thursday's jobs data showed "the US economy is holding together better than most people expected, which suggests to me that markets can easily continue to do better" from here, Sycamore said. Investors cheered the surprisingly robust jobs report on Thursday, sending all three of the main US equity indexes climbing in a shortened session. Following the close, the House narrowly approved Trump's signature, 869-page bill, which would add $US3.4 trillion ($A5.2 trillion) to the nation's $US36.2 trillion debt, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Trump said he expected "a couple" more trade agreements after announcing a deal with Vietnam on Wednesday to add to framework agreements with China and Britain as the only successes so far. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this week that a deal with India was close. However, agreements with Japan and South Korea, once touted by the White House as likely to be among the earliest to be announced, appear to have broken down. The US dollar rallied overnight, taking it up as much as 0.7 per cent versus a basket of major peers after the robust payrolls data saw traders take any expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in July off the table. It ended Thursday with a 0.4 per cent rise. On Friday, the US currency gave back a little of those gains, slumping 0.4 per cent to 144.31 yen and sliding 0.2 per cent to 0.7936 Swiss franc. The euro added 0.2 per cent to $US1.1773, while sterling held steady at $US1.3662. The US Treasury bond market is closed on Friday for the holiday, but 10-year yields rose 4.7 basis points to 4.34 per cent while the two-year yield jumped 9.3 bps to 3.882 per cent. Gold firmed 0.4 per cent to $US3,339 per ounce, on track for a weekly gain as investors again sought refuge in safe-haven assets due to concerns over the US's fiscal position and tariffs. Brent crude futures fell seven cents to $US68.73 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was last seen flat at $US67.02. Stocks have slipped despite record highs for Wall Street overnight as US President Donald Trump's deadline for trade deals looms. The dollar retraced some of Thursday's gains with US markets already shut for the holiday-shortened week as traders considered the impact of the sweeping spending bill that Trump is expected to sign into law later in the day. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.6 per cent on Friday, driven in part by losses on spirits makers such as Pernod Ricard and Remy Cointreau after China said it would impose duties of up to 34.9 per cent on brandy from the European Union starting July 5. US S&P 500 futures edged down 0.5 per cent following a 0.8 per cent overnight advance for the cash index to a fresh record closing peak. Wall Street is closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday. Trump said Washington would start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they would face on exports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals before a July 9 deadline when tariffs could rise sharply. Investors were "now just waiting for July 9", said Tony Sycamore, an analyst at IG, with the market's lack of optimism for trade deals responsible for some of the equity weakness in export-reliant Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea. At the same time, Thursday's jobs data showed "the US economy is holding together better than most people expected, which suggests to me that markets can easily continue to do better" from here, Sycamore said. Investors cheered the surprisingly robust jobs report on Thursday, sending all three of the main US equity indexes climbing in a shortened session. Following the close, the House narrowly approved Trump's signature, 869-page bill, which would add $US3.4 trillion ($A5.2 trillion) to the nation's $US36.2 trillion debt, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Trump said he expected "a couple" more trade agreements after announcing a deal with Vietnam on Wednesday to add to framework agreements with China and Britain as the only successes so far. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this week that a deal with India was close. However, agreements with Japan and South Korea, once touted by the White House as likely to be among the earliest to be announced, appear to have broken down. The US dollar rallied overnight, taking it up as much as 0.7 per cent versus a basket of major peers after the robust payrolls data saw traders take any expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in July off the table. It ended Thursday with a 0.4 per cent rise. On Friday, the US currency gave back a little of those gains, slumping 0.4 per cent to 144.31 yen and sliding 0.2 per cent to 0.7936 Swiss franc. The euro added 0.2 per cent to $US1.1773, while sterling held steady at $US1.3662. The US Treasury bond market is closed on Friday for the holiday, but 10-year yields rose 4.7 basis points to 4.34 per cent while the two-year yield jumped 9.3 bps to 3.882 per cent. Gold firmed 0.4 per cent to $US3,339 per ounce, on track for a weekly gain as investors again sought refuge in safe-haven assets due to concerns over the US's fiscal position and tariffs. Brent crude futures fell seven cents to $US68.73 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was last seen flat at $US67.02. Stocks have slipped despite record highs for Wall Street overnight as US President Donald Trump's deadline for trade deals looms. The dollar retraced some of Thursday's gains with US markets already shut for the holiday-shortened week as traders considered the impact of the sweeping spending bill that Trump is expected to sign into law later in the day. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.6 per cent on Friday, driven in part by losses on spirits makers such as Pernod Ricard and Remy Cointreau after China said it would impose duties of up to 34.9 per cent on brandy from the European Union starting July 5. US S&P 500 futures edged down 0.5 per cent following a 0.8 per cent overnight advance for the cash index to a fresh record closing peak. Wall Street is closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday. Trump said Washington would start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they would face on exports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals before a July 9 deadline when tariffs could rise sharply. Investors were "now just waiting for July 9", said Tony Sycamore, an analyst at IG, with the market's lack of optimism for trade deals responsible for some of the equity weakness in export-reliant Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea. At the same time, Thursday's jobs data showed "the US economy is holding together better than most people expected, which suggests to me that markets can easily continue to do better" from here, Sycamore said. Investors cheered the surprisingly robust jobs report on Thursday, sending all three of the main US equity indexes climbing in a shortened session. Following the close, the House narrowly approved Trump's signature, 869-page bill, which would add $US3.4 trillion ($A5.2 trillion) to the nation's $US36.2 trillion debt, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Trump said he expected "a couple" more trade agreements after announcing a deal with Vietnam on Wednesday to add to framework agreements with China and Britain as the only successes so far. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this week that a deal with India was close. However, agreements with Japan and South Korea, once touted by the White House as likely to be among the earliest to be announced, appear to have broken down. The US dollar rallied overnight, taking it up as much as 0.7 per cent versus a basket of major peers after the robust payrolls data saw traders take any expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in July off the table. It ended Thursday with a 0.4 per cent rise. On Friday, the US currency gave back a little of those gains, slumping 0.4 per cent to 144.31 yen and sliding 0.2 per cent to 0.7936 Swiss franc. The euro added 0.2 per cent to $US1.1773, while sterling held steady at $US1.3662. The US Treasury bond market is closed on Friday for the holiday, but 10-year yields rose 4.7 basis points to 4.34 per cent while the two-year yield jumped 9.3 bps to 3.882 per cent. Gold firmed 0.4 per cent to $US3,339 per ounce, on track for a weekly gain as investors again sought refuge in safe-haven assets due to concerns over the US's fiscal position and tariffs. Brent crude futures fell seven cents to $US68.73 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was last seen flat at $US67.02. Stocks have slipped despite record highs for Wall Street overnight as US President Donald Trump's deadline for trade deals looms. The dollar retraced some of Thursday's gains with US markets already shut for the holiday-shortened week as traders considered the impact of the sweeping spending bill that Trump is expected to sign into law later in the day. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.6 per cent on Friday, driven in part by losses on spirits makers such as Pernod Ricard and Remy Cointreau after China said it would impose duties of up to 34.9 per cent on brandy from the European Union starting July 5. US S&P 500 futures edged down 0.5 per cent following a 0.8 per cent overnight advance for the cash index to a fresh record closing peak. Wall Street is closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday. Trump said Washington would start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they would face on exports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals before a July 9 deadline when tariffs could rise sharply. Investors were "now just waiting for July 9", said Tony Sycamore, an analyst at IG, with the market's lack of optimism for trade deals responsible for some of the equity weakness in export-reliant Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea. At the same time, Thursday's jobs data showed "the US economy is holding together better than most people expected, which suggests to me that markets can easily continue to do better" from here, Sycamore said. Investors cheered the surprisingly robust jobs report on Thursday, sending all three of the main US equity indexes climbing in a shortened session. Following the close, the House narrowly approved Trump's signature, 869-page bill, which would add $US3.4 trillion ($A5.2 trillion) to the nation's $US36.2 trillion debt, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Trump said he expected "a couple" more trade agreements after announcing a deal with Vietnam on Wednesday to add to framework agreements with China and Britain as the only successes so far. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this week that a deal with India was close. However, agreements with Japan and South Korea, once touted by the White House as likely to be among the earliest to be announced, appear to have broken down. The US dollar rallied overnight, taking it up as much as 0.7 per cent versus a basket of major peers after the robust payrolls data saw traders take any expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in July off the table. It ended Thursday with a 0.4 per cent rise. On Friday, the US currency gave back a little of those gains, slumping 0.4 per cent to 144.31 yen and sliding 0.2 per cent to 0.7936 Swiss franc. The euro added 0.2 per cent to $US1.1773, while sterling held steady at $US1.3662. The US Treasury bond market is closed on Friday for the holiday, but 10-year yields rose 4.7 basis points to 4.34 per cent while the two-year yield jumped 9.3 bps to 3.882 per cent. Gold firmed 0.4 per cent to $US3,339 per ounce, on track for a weekly gain as investors again sought refuge in safe-haven assets due to concerns over the US's fiscal position and tariffs. Brent crude futures fell seven cents to $US68.73 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was last seen flat at $US67.02.
