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US Senate panel advances Cantor Fitzgerald's Lutnick for Commerce Department chief
Lutnick is worth $1.5 billion according to Forbes. The Commerce Department is a vast government agency with 47,000 employees responsible for U.S. export controls, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy ...
The Conversation on MSN15d
Commerce oversees everything from weather and salmon to trade and census − here are 3 challenges awaiting new secretary
Linda J. Bilmes is affiliated with the Harvard Kennedy School. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Commerce from 1997-1998 and as CFO and Assistant Secretary for ...
U.S. News & World Report8d
US Senate Panel Advances Cantor Fitzgerald's Lutnick for Commerce Department Chief
US Senate Panel Advances Cantor Fitzgerald's Lutnick for Commerce Department Chief By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Senate committee voted on Wednesday to advance President Donald ...
U.S. News & World Report9d
Trump Taps McKinsey Lawyer to Be General Counsel at Commerce Department
Trump also on Monday nominated Washington trade lawyer Jeffrey Kessler to lead the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a key post in the U.S.-China tech war. Kessler ...
CNN6d
Rubio walks back State Department’s claim of free Panama Canal transit for US government vessels
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...
Trump pauses de minimis repeal as packages pile up at US customs
U.S. President Donald Trump paused his administration's repeal of duty-free treatment of low-cost packages from China on ...
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‘De minimis’ exemption: US tariff move ‘will not kill’ Chinese e-commerce, analysts say
US President Donald Trump’s elimination of a long-standing tariff exemption that benefited China’s cross-border e-commerce giants will hurt American consumers – especially those on low ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer7d
What does the U.S. Department of Education really do? What to know and Trump's plans to defund
President Donald Trump plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, pledging to completely close the department, according to a story by USA Today. He plans to fulfill a campaign promise ...
Palm Beach Post6d
Donald Trump wants US Department of Education abolished. What that means for Florida
If the U.S. Department of Education were eliminated, as President Donald Trump has promised, Florida’s education system could face significant shifts. With the state assuming more control over ...
MediaNama13d
US Dept of Commerce Investigating DeepSeek’s Use of Restricted Chips: Report
The United States Department of Commerce is looking into whether Chinese tech company DeepSeek used US chips, which are restricted from being exported to China, to support its operations ...
CNN4d
The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
US-funded aid work around the world has been ... work from continuing following Trump’s executive order, the State Department directed CNN to Rubio’s comments in the Dominican Republic ...