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A water tower at the US Steel Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock

Trump called it a disaster. Biden blocked it. Now Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh to celebrate Japan’s takeover of US Steel

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump traveled to Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate a deal he once vowed to oppose – Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel’s long-announced plans to buy iconic American steelmaker US Steel. “We’re going to be so successful. You have just, you have just started, you watch, we’re here today to

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Ship-to-shore (STS) cranes load a container ship at the Bayport Container Terminal at the port of Houston in Seabrook

Trump’s tariffs are under threat, but ports aren’t seeing a big rebound yet. That’s bad news for prices

CNN, POOL, TRUTH SOCIAL, @REALDONALDTRUMP, Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — US ports have been seeing pandemic-level declines in imports, so good news on tariffs was just what port officials were hoping for. For awhile on Wednesday, it looked like retailers and ports got exactly that, with a court blocking many of President

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has stayed silent amid a slew of attacks from President Donald Trump.

Trump met with Jerome Powell today to scold him about rates. Powell stressed the Fed is staying out of politics

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for the first time in his second term, scolding him for not lowering borrowing costs. Powell maintained that any decisions won’t be based on the president’s demands. The meeting, which comes after months of unrelenting attacks

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