A child during his father’s first term, Barron Trump has become a political advisor—and business partner—to the president. GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images Barron Trump was all in on cryptocurrency before his father knew hardly anything about it. “Barron knows so much about this,” the president said during an interview in September, when the Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S. Steel, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security agreement” submitted by the federal government. Trump’s order didn’t detail the terms of the national security agreement. But the iconic American
President Trump announced Friday that he would double tariffs on imported steel to 50% following a pair of court rulings that left many of his signature duties in limbo. “At 25%, they can sort of get over that fence. At 50%, they can no longer get over the fence,” Trump told US Steel employees at
On May 9, President Donald Trump signed his 150th executive order of 2025, directing Veterans Affairs (VA) to create a center for homeless veterans in Los Angeles on the VA’s West L.A. campus. This site has been subject to legal troubles recently. Last fall, a federal judge ruled the VA failed veterans in its fiduciary
The House Education and the Workforce Committee advanced a new proposal this week that, if enacted, could drastically reshape how Americans pay for college, with reforms to federal student loans and financial aid programs. Why It Matters More than 40 million Americans hold federal student loan debt, per Education Data Initiative. For some, repayment of
The Department of Education recently announced that it will start referring student loans that have gone into default to collections starting May 5. Adam Bettcher / Getty Images for We The 45 Million In a press conference, the White House confirmed it will collect money from people who have defaulted on their student loans by
Beijing will impose 125 per cent tariffs on US goods from Saturday, up from the 84 per cent previously announced, news agency Reuters quoted the Chinese finance ministry said on Friday. This comes a day after the Trump administration decided to pause tariffs for 90 days on many countries, but hit China with a 145
Declaring it a “Liberation Day” for American workers, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping new tariffs that could impact home prices and mortgage rates. “Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, but it is not going to happen anymore,” Trump said in remarks at the White House’s
Good morning. Congratulations to Vice President JD Vance, who sold his home just outside Washington, DC, for $172,000 over the asking price after less than three weeks on the market. The buyer? A former Trump official. In today’s big story, investors are shocked to be battling against President Donald Trump as the stock market closed
The new year started off with considerable fanfare for the cryptocurrency market. Under President Donald Trump’s crypto plan, America was going to become “the crypto capital of the world.” That meant deregulating the crypto market, promoting innovative uses for blockchain technology within the financial markets, and becoming a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) superpower. Those promises mostly