"I know he's done some humdingers," the hedge fund manager says of President Trump's past deal-making.
"The president is right to make this the center point of the rising and sustained trade conflict," says Sen. Chris Coons.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday struck an unyielding tone on America's position in its trade war with China.
In a room full of avowed capitalists, policies that sound to some like socialism are bound not to go over well.
Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday cited progress in talks with the Trump administration aimed at ensuring passage of a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement, but said more work was needed.
Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders.
President Donald Trump said he had to confront China over trade even if it caused short-term harm to the U.S. economy because Beijing had been cheating Washington for decades.
"A trade deal with China would boost market significantly," says Marc Short. "It would benefit the president politically" and probably give him "more of a lift."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he wants to build a global coalition against Iran during urgent consultations in the Middle East, following a week of crisis that saw the United States pull back from the brink of a military strike on Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump officially kicked off his reelection campaign Tuesday at a Florida rally where he exhorted thousands of rollicking supporters to keep advancing his political movement to put America's "own citizens first."
The controversy over video showing alleged abuse of calves in Indiana is calling attention to "ag-gag" laws in at least seven states.
Gold prices jumped 1% on Friday to their highest levels since April 2018 as a sharp slowdown in U.S. jobs growth sent the dollar lower on growing expectations that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this year.
"What President Trump is doing is pushing Mexico to start talking to China," says Miguel Basanez, former Mexican ambassador to the U.S.
Placing tariffs on Mexico isn't going to solve the increased flow of migrants across America's southern border, says former Ambassador Carla Hills.
The U.S. said countries that allow China's Huawei to build their telecoms infrastructure could be cut off from crucial intelligence data.
Stocks in Asia traded mixed on Friday afternoon as Chinese economic data came in below expectations.
"They need to stop those actions, stop cooperating with Iran at this time if they want to actually work with the United States," Marc Short says.
Huawei seeks a summary judgment in hopes of avoiding a full-blown trial in a lawsuit the Chinese telecom giant filed against the U.S. in the March.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is set on Tuesday to offer new incentives to Venezuela's military to turn against President Nicolas Maduro, responding to an attempted uprising that fizzled out last week, a senior administration official told Reuters.
Vice President Mike Pence sits down with CNBC's Eamon Javers to discuss the economy and what he thinks the Fed should do with interest rates.
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