Politically connected corporations received more exemptions from US tariffs on Chinese imports, study finds
Research recently published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis reveals that politically connected ...
Silicon Valley Deal Maker to Join Commerce Dept.
Michael Grimes, a top banker at Morgan Stanley, would become the latest leading tech figure to join the Trump administration, ...
Trump's Pick for Commerce Secretary Wants More Industrial Policy for Chipmakers
On the campaign trail and as recently as last month, Donald Trump and some of his closest allies criticized the Biden ...
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Trump's pick for Commerce Secretary is Howard Lutnick. Here's what to know
The billionaire Wall Street CEO fielded questions about tariffs, China's AI progress, broadband access, allegiance to Trump ...
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Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent becomes highest-ranking out gay person in US history
After being confirmed on Monday (27 January), Scott Bessent becomes the first out gay secretary of the Treasury. He also becomes only the second out gay man to serve in the Cabinet of the United ...
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Trump's billionaire Treasury chief nominee says minimum wage should stay at $7.25 per hour
He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and previously managed the network infrastructure for the North Carolina Department of Correction.
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US Government Agrees to Halt Seafood Imports Tied to Deadly Bycatch of Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals
against the US Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, US Department of the Treasury, and US Department of Homeland Security. Each year, more than 650,000 whales, dolphins, and ...
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Treasury secretary nominee Bessent favors tax cuts, China tariffs, Russia sanctions
16 (UPI) --President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent favors imposing ... on Chinese-made goods sold in the United States. He said China is in a recession, has an ...
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Trump transition team asks 3 State Department officials to resign: report
Dereck Hogan, Marcia Bernicat and Alaina Teplitz, the career diplomats who were allegedly asked to leave their roles, oversee the State Department ... made it clear to us on the national security ...
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Watch live: Treasury hopeful Scott Bessent testifies at Senate confirmation hearing
Billionaire investor Scott Bessent, President-Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department, will testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday morning. During the confirmation hearing ...
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US government moving towards permanent visa renewal process within the country. Here's a rundown
The US Department of State aims to implement a permanent H1B visa renewal program domestically by 2025, following a successful pilot in early 2024. The US government is reportedly working to ...
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What To Know About Scott Bessent: Treasury Pick Will Tout Trump ‘Economic Golden Age’ In Confirmation Hearing
Hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent, who earned Trump’s nomination ... for higher revenue brought in by the U.S. Treasury, the department Bessent could soon head. In his prepared remarks for the ...