China says U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will arrive in Beijing on June 2 for more talks on settling a sprawling dispute over technology policy and China’s trade surplus with the United States.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s request that the Commerce Department reconsider sanctions against ZTE, the Chinese telecommunications company, was not born from a “quid-pro-quo” agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told senators Tuesday.
Read moreAmid outrage over the Trump administration’s plans to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday threatened to subpoena a Justice Department official who did not appear to testify before the committee.
Read moreConsumers resumed spending in March following two months of sluggishness, while their incomes continued to grow, the Commerce Department said Monday.
Read moreThe Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to support legislative action that provides funds to cities for outreach and educational programs in the state’s effort towards a “complete count” for the 2020 Census.
Read moreRetail sales rebounded in March following two soft months, as consumers stepped up their spending on cars, home furnishings and appliances, the Commerce Department said Monday.
Read moreThe U.S. trade deficit rose for the sixth straight month in February, reaching the highest level since October 2008, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
Read moreThe government announced Monday night it will include citizenship questions on the 2020 U.S. census, prompting a federal lawsuit that evening from California and threats of other suits by more states.
Read moreThe U.S. trade deficit rose to $56.6 billion in January — the highest level since October 2008, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
Read moreNineteen attorneys general and the governor of Colorado banded together Monday to protest the proposed inclusion of citizen status in the 2020 census.
Read moreScientific advisory boards across the spectrum of federal government are worse off than at any time in the past 20 years, according to a study released Thursday by the Union for Concerned Scientists.
Read moreAmericans were willing to spend this holiday season, resulting in solid sales gains in December for traditional and online retailers, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Read moreWhile it sounds like the premise of a dystopian sci-fi film, a digital privacy watchdog says a federal agency is developing a program to scan tattoos in a searchable database which law enforcement can use to track people, identify their religion and political beliefs, and more.
Read moreConstruction of new homes jumped 13.7 percent in October, the largest monthly increase in a year as builders broke ground on more apartments and single-family houses, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Read moreHighlighting unprecedented pitfalls that the U.S. Census Bureau faces for its 2020 count, the NAACP brought a federal complaint Thursday to access records on the bureau’s preparations.
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Invoking Dr. Seuss, a federal judge on Monday quoted from the 1960 classic “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” to uphold a regulatory regime intended to cut down on seafood fraud and protect U.S. fishers from unfair competition.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered an investigation into the national security impacts of cheap foreign steel entering the United States.
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Consumer spending was lethargic in January, despite a prevailing sense of optimism in the direction in which the economy is moving, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
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The U.S. economy grew at a weak 1.9 percent rate in the fourth quarter — a significant slowdown from the 3.5 percent growth achieved just a quarter earlier. The Commerce Department on Tuesday attributed the deceleration in real GDP to a downturn in exports, among other factors.
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The Senate on Monday night confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, and cleared the path for the imminent confirmation of Rep. Ryan Zinke as the nation’s next interior secretary.
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