In the days before President Donald Trump suddenly paused most of the punishing tariffs on foreign countries he had revealed in early April, more than a dozen congressional lawmakers were tied to thousands of dollars’ worth of stock transactions,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to extend a July 8 deadline for completing trade talks with countries before higher U.S. tariffs take effect, but did not believe that would be necessary.

Inflation broadly held steady in May — and by some measures cooled unexpectedly — as price growth data showed few signs of President Donald Trump’s tariffs hitting the consumer economy

While Donald Trump hailed the outcome of trade talks in London, Xi Jinping walked away with an understated strategic gain: a negotiating process that buys China time and helps defuse the threat of more harmful tariffs and technology curbs.

US stock futures pulled back on Thursday as Wall Street assessed President Trump's evolving trade policy as well as softening inflation. On Wednesday, Trump said that he would send letters to trading partners within a week or two setting unilateral tariff rates.

Protests surrounding immigration enforcement actions in the Los Angeles area and the Trump administration's response to them have cued up a public spat between President Donald Trump and Gov.