Trump Treasury chief says tariff deals could be done by Labor Day as trade talks pick up

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said trade talks could yield multiple deals by Sept. 1, citing a new U.S.-China agreement on rare earth shipments. Read More

Canada retaliates against U.S. steel imports after Trump terminates trade talks

The president posted on Truth Social that Canada had planned to put a tax on U.S. technology companies, calling the move "a blatant attack." ... Read More

How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s

Joseph R. Biden Jr. ran for the White House as a sharp critic of President Donald J. Trump’s crackdown on trade with China. In office, though, he has taken Mr. Trump’s trade war with Beijing ... Read More

Trump changes his tune on speedy trade deals: From the Politics Desk - NBC News

The start of the deal: Why Trump stopped emphasizing speed on trade deals By Jonathan Allen. Just a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump and White House aides were boasting that his tariffs would ... Read More

How Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy - USA TODAY

Biden's push to Trump-proof his legacy extends to the federal courts, too. Zients said the White House is "urging the Senate to confirm as many nominees as possible in the time we have left." ... Read More

Biden, breaking his silence, slams Trump on Social Security cuts

CHICAGO — Former president Joe Biden, in his first public comments since leaving the White House, slammed the Trump administration’s handling of Social Security, saying sweeping cuts to the ... Read More

Democrats Widely Blast Trump’s Tariffs, but Not Necessarily Tariffs - The New York Times

While Democrats have widely criticized President Trump’s whipsawing trade strategy as chaotic, they’ve displayed little consensus on where the party stands on tariffs overall. Read More

Trump upended trade once, aims to do so again with new tariffs

Trump also has pledged to pay down U.S. debt with tariff revenues. On Tuesday, he promised to create an "External Revenue Service" to collect tariffs, duties and all revenue from foreign sources ... Read More

Biden’s economic adviser: Trump should ‘declare victory’ in trade war - MSN

Jared Bernstein, the chief White House economist in the Biden administration, said he would advise President Trump to “declare victory” in the trade war and let the economy recover from the ... Read More

Trump announces he’ll sign executive order that aims to cut drug prices | CNN Politics

If the new executive order is comparable to the 2020 rule, both Medicare and its beneficiaries could see savings. But it could also limit patients’ access to medications, experts said. Read More

Trump Orders Investigation Into Biden’s Actions as President

President Trump alleged on social media in March that former President Joe Biden’s pardons were “void, vacant, and of no further force of effect” because they were signed with an autopen. Read More

Trump is right: Everyone will remember the day he launched a total trade war | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order, on the day of his remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. Read More