Bondi Swears in FBI Director Patel, Vance Swears in Commerce Sec Lutnick
WASHINGTON – Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and FBI Director Kash Patel were sworn in Friday after confirmation from their respective Senate. Confirmed by 51-45 votes, Lutnick was sworn in his oval office by Vice President JD Vance, as Trump sees. “We're going to get rid of so many waste, fraud and abuse. We're not going […]
JD Vance swears in Howard Lutnick as Donald Trump’s commerce secretary at the White House
Vice President J.D. Vice President Vance vowed at Howard Lutnick as White House Secretary of Commerce on Friday. At the oath ceremony, President Donald Trump said that Lutonic's priorities in his role focused on job growth, claiming that Lutonic “really understands something about business.” Additionally, Trump informed him that he would soon impose mutual tariffs. […]
Trump floats merging Postal Service with Commerce Department
WASHINGTON – President Trump announced Friday that he believes he is merging with the US Post Office and the Commerce Department. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that his administration is considering a “merger” of the two agencies to improve efficiency. “We want to have a post office that works well and doesn't lose […]
Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick reveals Trump’s ‘goal’ to abolish the IRS, utilize tariffs so ‘whole economy explodes’
Details have been made clear from the Trump administration about plans to remove the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and use tariffs to “explode the entire economy.” “His goal is to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and have all outsiders pay,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Wednesday. “As the President said, mutual […]
Howard Lutnick confirmed by Senate to lead Commerce Department
Former Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick was confirmed by a senator on Tuesday to lead the Commerce Department under President Trump. Lutnick's nomination was approved by the senators in a 51-45 party voting. Four senators, Corey Booker (D-NJ), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Gary Peters (D-Mitch) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), missed the vote. With Lutonic's confirmation in […]
Howard Lutnick confirmed as Trump’s Commerce secretary
The Senate confirmed Howard Lutnick on Tuesday and served as President Donald Trump's Secretary of Commerce. The Republican-controlled Senate voted to check out Lutnick on Tuesday, less than a week after the senator voted to call sticky in the nomination. He needed a simple majority for a full confirmation of the Senate, and was confirmed […]
Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce secretary
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Howard Lutnick will serve as Secretary of Commerce and approved a key member of President Trump's economic team amid rising trade tensions. The senator voted 51-45 in support of Lutonic's confirmation to lead the Department of Commerce, which has broad authority over US trade, shipping, infrastructure, communications, environmental surveillance and […]
Trump nominees for Commerce, Small Business headed for Senate floor
The senators on Wednesday proceeded with the nominations of Howard Lutnick and Kelly Loeffler. President Trump's election leads the Department of Commerce and Small Business Management (SBA), respectively. Both nominations have been reported by the committee and are heading to the floor of all Senators for consideration as Republicans step up their efforts to set […]
Trump Commerce pick slams China: 'Stop using our tools to compete'
Howard Lutonic, a candidate for the Ministry of Commerce, is suspected of competing with American artificial intelligence (AI) companies using US manufacturing technology after the US -made AI startup DeepSeek has swept the Internet and the stock market. I blamed China. “I think they are [China] Just care about yourself and try to hurt us. […]
Chamber of Commerce CEO touts small business: ‘state of American business is local’
Making Money host Charles Payne explains the importance of a stunning new small business report. Suzanne P. Clark, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, spoke Thursday on “The State of American Business,” emphasizing the local impact of businesses and the importance of small businesses. Small businesses employ nearly half of the U.S. […]