A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line.

President Donald Trump is intensifying his efforts to punish his critics by signing a pair of memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate two officials from his first administration and

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday continued to defend President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade agenda as even higher tariffs went into effect for dozens of countries and trade tensions with China reach a fever pitch.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would love to get a deal with China to end an escalating trade war. Trump made the comments during a Cabinet meeting opened to press. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during the meeting that as they settle deals with countries,