President Trump floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell — whom he first appointed Federal Reserve chair — earlier this week, after years of on-and-off criticism over interest rates.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked Republican lawmakers if he should fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and several people in the room indicated he will do it, CBS News reported, citing multiple sources with direct knowledge.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded by letter Thursday to a senior Trump administration official who accused the head of the central bank of mismanaging an “ostentatious overhaul” of its Washington,

President Donald Trump has announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1.

The EU has reverted to offering the US tit-for-tat tariff reductions on cars, with negotiators abandoning the idea of a complex “netting mechanism” first proposed by German carmakers. Under the latest proposal from EU negotiators,

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate sends PBS, NPR, foreign aid clawbacks to the House and senators consider Emil Bove's nomination to a federal appeals court.

Across Africa, and in the tiny nation of Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United States, after its government confirmed that migrants described by a Department of Homeland security spokesperson as “depraved monsters” had been sent to its prisons.