Trump, copper and tariff
Digest more
1hon MSN
President Donald Trump installs two massive American flags on White House lawns this summer, personally funding the estimated $50,000 per flagpole project instead of using taxpayer funds.
Latest news and live updates as Marco Rubio meet with Russian foreign minister amid tensions over Ukraine and Trump releases tariff letters to trading partners.
Tarcísio de Freitas, governor of São Paulo state and a former infrastructure minister under Bolsonaro, told reporters Thursday that the U.S. tariffs would have a negative impact on the economy and for important industrial exporters from his state, including Brazilian plane maker Embraer.
The Secret Service agents, including some supervisors, were suspended without pay over security lapses at last year’s Butler campaign rally, according to an official.
The decision is a win for Douglass Mackey, a self-proclaimed "troll" who used his Twitter handle to spread false information in 2016 — and who is now threatening to sue for his conviction.
Explore more
President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency chief has thrown his weight behind right-wing conspiracy theories that have spread online in the wake of the Texas floods.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell is resisting President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest rates, saying the Fed should not take debt and deficits into account.
1hon MSN
The filing — a precursor to a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act — names the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the State Department.
The president hasn’t named a successor to Jerome H. Powell, but his insistence on someone who will lower interest rates has already raised doubts about their credibility.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued June 27 after the Supreme Court backed President Trump’s request to scale back nationwide injunctions from lower courts.
4hon MSN
There was confusion and anger in Liberia on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump praised the English skills of President Joseph Boakai. “Such good English,” Trump said to Boakai at the White House,
While noting AI’s benefits, speakers at a Tuesday event argued that an overreliance on the technology while developing regulations could lead to poor decisionmaking and legal challenges.
The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleared three deals that were together worth $63 billion in June, illustrating how FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and DOJ antitrust head Gail Slater are taking a different tack from their predecessors.