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It was a split screen Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill.

One eye on the markets. The other eye on the Senate testimony of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

"Do you think your remarks will alter the markets in any way?" yours truly asked Greer as he walked to the hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

"I'm just going to respond to the senators. Be candid as I can be," replied Greer.

TRUMP TRADE REP TAKES BIPARTISAN FIRE OVER TARIFFS AS DEM LAUNCHES BID TO HALT THEM

The public has heard a lot about tariffs from Commerce...

The doll also reflects the basketball star's height - it's an inch taller than the standard Ken doll.

There is much more to this than straightforward retaliation, writes John Sudworth, and it traces back to his first term.

Online apps are posing a threat to physical stores, but their presence so far is limited to big cities.

A recently created Department of Homeland Security task force is using data analytic tools to scour the social media histories of the estimated 1.5 million foreign students studying in the United States for potential grounds to revoke their visas, three sources familiar with the operation told NBC News. They said records are also being searched for charges or criminal convictions of the student visa holders.

DHS officials also announced Wednesday that the department would begin considering what it deems to be antisemitic activity on social media and...

Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News. It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president.

McMaster, who had served as national security adviser during President Trump's first term and was ousted after 13 months, was surprised to hear from Mr. Trump at all.

Just a day earlier, on March 2, Mr. Trump had lobbed his latest insult at McMaster, blasting him on social media as a "weak and totally...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent denied the president's move to implement a pause on his tariffs was the result of declines in the financial markets, which have been causing great concern for investors.

The comments came after the president issued a pause Wednesday for 75 different countries, which, according to the Trump administration, have shown a willingness to negotiate trade deals in good faith with the United States. Simultaneously, the Trump administration increased its tariff rates on Chinese goods to 125%, which came after China imposed...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is delaying a key vote on legislation aimed at advancing President Donald Trump's agenda in the face of a likely rebellion on Wednesday evening.

It comes as fiscal hawks in the lower chamber have raised alarms at the Senate's version of the plan, which guarantees far fewer spending cuts than the House's initial offering.

Johnson told reporters the vote will likely take place on Thursday, the last scheduled day in session for House lawmakers before a two-week recess. The speaker has not ruled out keeping lawmakers in...

The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to limit federal district judges' ability to affect Trump administration policies on a national scale.

The No Rogue Rulings Act, led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., passed the House and limits district courts' power to issue U.S.-wide injunctions, instead forcing them to focus their scope on the parties directly affected in most cases.

All but one Republican lawmaker voted for the bill, which passed 219 to 213. No Democrats voted in favor.

The Trump administration has faced more than 15...

President Donald Trump told reporters that if Iran does not give up its nuclear weapons program, military action led by Israel is a real possibility, adding he has a deadline in mind for when the two countries must come to an agreement.

The U.S. and Iran are expected to hold negotiations Saturday in Oman as the Trump administration continues to try to rein in the country's nuclear program, threatening "great danger" if the two sides fail to come to an agreement.

Trump told reporters from the Oval Office Wednesday he did have a deadline in mind for...

Proponents say space-based data centres will be more secure, but sceptics say big hurdles remain.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed federal agencies to revoke the security clearances and review the activities of two high-level former government officials who questioned his election fraud claims and his conduct in his first term.

Christopher Krebs, the former head of the federal government's top cybersecurity agency, said the 2020 elections were won by Joe Biden, contradicting Trump's claim that the election was stolen.

Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official, wrote an anonymous memoir that criticized Trump's...

The Justice Department seeks to drop its criminal case against a Virginia man accused of being the "East Coast leader" of the MS-13 gang, weeks after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced his arrest in a nationally televised press conference last month.

Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro Santos as "one of the top members and head of the East Coast" of the violent MS-13 gang during a March 27 news conference in Manassas, Virginia. She also accused Villatoro Santos of being responsible for "very violent crimes, anything you can associate with MS-13...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was open to providing exemptions for certain U.S. companies hit especially hard by tariffs through no fault of their own.

The president and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke to reporters Wednesday afternoon and were asked repeatedly about the effect their tariff moves have had on financial markets and whether they will let their recent declines affect future trade decisions.

Trump was asked specifically if he would consider "exempting" some larger U.S. companies that have been hit especially hard by...

The US is now making nice – or at least nicer - with nations that had faced their retaliatory trade fire, writes Anthony Zurcher.