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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo Says She Doesn’t Believe Official Government Jobs Numbers

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday she doesn’t believe the big revisions to the official jobs numbers because she’s only heard them from President Donald Trump. “I’m curious what you think about the Department of Labor announcing today that more than 800,000 fewer jobs were actually created than originally reported,” said ABC News correspondent Kayna […]

Former Commerce secretary questions whether Biden's 'well enough' to remain president

Wilbur Ross, a former commerce secretary under Trump, expressed concern Sunday about whether President Biden will be able to complete his term in office. “If he’s not healthy enough to run for president, there’s no way he’s going to be healthy enough to stay in office,” Ross said during an interview Sunday on “The Cats […]

Ways and Means chair probes Chamber of Commerce Foundation donations

House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) Second letter The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation fined the Tides Foundation on Monday as it continues its investigation into donations from the left-leaning nonprofit. Smith sent his first letter in May, investigating millions of dollars in donations the foundation received from the Tides Foundation, a donor-advised […]

President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Stepping Down

The chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF) plans to step down “at the end of the summer” amid a House of Representatives investigation into donations the foundation received from the Tides Foundation, according to an internal memo. U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Suzanne Clark wrote in an internal memo that […]

Republican chair investigating Chamber of Commerce in seismic K Street shift

Ten years ago, it would have been unthinkable for a Republican committee chairman to investigate Washington’s largest business advocacy group. But times have changed. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) asked the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to answer questions about the more than $12 million it received from the left-leaning nonprofit […]