Tag: Trump Administration

Paul Atkins, founder and chief executive officer of Patomak Global Partners LLC and chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. If confirmed by the Senate, Atkins is expected to streamline the process for companies going public and rein in SEC enforcement while playing a major role in shaping new regulations for the digital-asset industry.

Senate confirms crypto and free market advocate Paul Atkins to lead SEC

Zach Halaschak · April 9, 2025 8:10 pm

Laura Loomer walks as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump visits the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company in Shanksville, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Laura Loomer targets Trump’s pick for top Department of Defense lawyer

Elaine Mallon · April 9, 2025 7:53 pm

Republicans breathe sigh of relief over Trump’s tariff retreat

Ramsey Touchberry, Lauren Green · April 9, 2025 7:14 pm

Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada

House Democrat grills Trump trade representative over when he learned about tariff pause: ‘WTF’

Elaine Mallon · April 9, 2025 6:34 pm

Energy and Environment

Trump signs executive order to undo shower pressure standards

Maydeen Merino · April 9, 2025 6:30 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affair

The Republicans who support measures that could overturn Trump tariffs

Zach Halaschak · April 9, 2025 6:13 pm

Jared Isaacman

NASA chief nominee says he won’t allow Musk to influence space agency as sights set on Mars, moon

Jack Birle · April 9, 2025 5:25 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.

Finance and Economy

Goldman Sachs walks back recession prediction after Trump pauses tariffs

Elaine Mallon · April 9, 2025 4:40 pm

Ted Cruz deems Supreme Court ‘the remedy’ to injunctions against Trump

Asher Notheis · April 9, 2025 4:36 pm

A family walks into a Walmart store in La Habra, California, Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Businesses brace for change amid tariff roller coaster

Asher Notheis · April 9, 2025 4:03 pm

Kash Patel removed as acting director of ATF

Annabella Rosciglione · April 9, 2025 3:48 pm

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino shakes hands with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during the signing of a bilateral agreement, in Panama City on April 9, 2025. Hegseth arrived in Panama for the regional security summit and to reinforce the Trump administration's continued interest over the canal.

US and Panama come to agreement giving fast pass through canal

Mike Brest · April 9, 2025 3:40 pm