Tag: Steven Mnuchin
China says trade deals are off if U.S. raises tariffs
China has balked at stepping up its purchases of American products, raising the odds of a trade war, if President Donald Trump follows through...
Donald Trump renews China tariff threat, complicating talks
The Trump administration has renewed its threat to place 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it says...
U.S.-China trade talks center on rivalry over technology
A high-powered U.S. delegation arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks with Chinese officials on defusing tensions that are propelling the world’s two largest...
Senate GOP looking for budget deal to open way to tax...
Pushing toward the Republicans' prime goal of tax legislation, the GOP Senate leader and members of the Budget Committee are scrambling to come up...
GOP running out of time for legislative achievements
President Donald Trump and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill have made it through nearly half their first year in power without a single...
Donald Trump tax cut: Huge, vague and likely mild boost for...
President Donald Trump's team boasted Wednesday that its tax-cut plan would lighten Americans' financial burdens, ignite economic growth and vastly simplify tax filing.
Yet the...
Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly
After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. It won't be an overhaul...
Trump hotel may be political capital of the nation’s capital
At a circular booth in the middle of the Trump International Hotel's balcony restaurant, President Donald Trump dined on his steak — well-done, with...
Senate poised to confirm Steven Mnuchin to head Treasury
President Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary is headed toward confirmation by the Senate Monday despite complaints by Democrats that Steven Mnuchin ran a...
Donald Trump’s voter fraud expert registered in 3 states
A man who President Donald Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016...