Should these threats be believed? Yes and no, said Trump’s former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. The threat of blanket tariffs is likely being overstated, Ross said in an interview with CNN.

President Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary says the United States needs tariffs to punish countries that "take advantage" of American kindness. He made the statement during his ...

As Commerce Secretary, Lutnick will work with Trump’s nominee to be U.S. trade representative, Jamieson Greer, to lead the president’s promised tariff onslaught. Lutnick was CEO at Cantor ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday revoked the security detail and security clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, according to Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot, an unprecedented move against the ...

The U.S. secretary of commerce oversees the smallest but arguably most complex of all Cabinet-level departments. Established as a distinct entity in 1913, it has evolved into a sprawling ...

Bilmes is affiliated with the Harvard Kennedy School. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Commerce from 1997-1998 and as CFO and Assistant Secretary for Management ...

Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday ... Duffy's commitments won praise from Democratic senators on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which ...

to serve as secretary of transportation under his administration, calling him a "tremendous and well-liked public servant." Duffy underwent a grilling by the Senate Commerce, Science, and ...

Fresh off her high-profile role as the U.S. secretary of commerce, former Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has landed a new gig. On Monday, the Council on Foreign Relations announced that Raimondo ...

Aghogho Edevbie, one of Michigan's top-ranking election officials, announced Monday he would launch a campaign to succeed Jocelyn Benson when her second term as secretary of state expires in 2026.

The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as America's 47th president, former U.S. senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, was sworn in as the 72nd secretary of state. Rubio was the first of Trump's ...