Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at a federal office building on October 20, 2025 in Bradenton, Florida. Octavio Jones | Getty Images Read more CNBC politics coverage “We are delighted to see the media is highlighting the Trump administration’s cost-effective and innovative ways of delivering on the American people’s mandate…
Oleksii Liskonih | Istock | Getty Images The Swiss government said on Wednesday that a previously announced agreement to reduce U.S. tariffs on that country’s imports to a ceiling of 15% will apply retroactively to Nov. 14. The deal reached last month slashed the 39% tariff on imports from Switzerland that President Donald Trump imposed…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed to have “just heard” that all four of former President Joe Biden’s appointments to the Federal Reserve were approved by “autopen,” suggesting they are not authorized to serve in those roles. Trump provided no evidence for the claim, which piggybacks on his repeated assertion that all of his predecessor’s…
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies during a US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on 2026 funding priorities, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Dec. 9, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that the deadline…
A drone view shows the Morelos Dam, which diverts Colorado River water to the Mexicali Valley, as the Mexican government announced an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help address a shortfall under a treaty that has strained U.S.-Mexico relations and prompted tariff threats by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Los Algodones, Mexico, April…
People gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they will uphold the legality of Donald Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission member and give a historic boost to presidential power while also imperiling a 90-year-old legal precedent….
Corn and soybean farmer Don Swanson prepares to harvest his corn crop as he and other Iowa farmers struggle with the effects of weather and ongoing tariffs resulting from the trade war between the U.S. and China that continue to affect agricultural business, in Eldon, Iowa, on Oct. 4, 2019. Kia Johnson | Reuters President…
U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 7, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters President Donald Trump expressed skepticism on Sunday night about Netflix‘s proposed acquisition of parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying…
(L/R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump stand for a family photo with other European leaders in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Tensions are mounting once again between U.S. President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, is seen after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the…
