Autoworkers at Nissan’s Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant in Tennessee, June 6, 2022. The plant employs thousands of people and produces a variety of vehicles, including the Leaf EV and Rogue crossover. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order softening some of the automotive tariffs his administration put…
Critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese can be found in potato-sized nodules at the bottom of the seafloor. Pallava Bagla | Corbis News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order to jump-start the controversial practice of deep-sea mining, seeking to offset China’s dominant position in critical…
(L-R) US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) look on during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration could soon roll…
Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing to examine claims of voter irregularities in the 2020 election, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2020. Jim Lo Scalzo | Reuters A week ago, President Donald Trump signed an executive…
An attendee takes a photograph using a Google Pixel 9 smartphone during the CP+ trade show in Yokohama, Japan on February 27, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) on Tuesday issued a cease and desist order against Google for unfair trade practices regarding search services…
Donald Trump is going to “make America’s showers great again” by easing rules restricting water flow, the White House says. The US president is ordering the energy secretary to rescind a change introduced by Barack Obama that restricted multi-nozzle showers from discharging over 2.5 gallons of water per minute overall. This served “a radical green…
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., March 28, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Trump administration is broadening its anti-DEI campaign to European companies. Government officials have reportedly sent letters to companies in France and the European Union that hold…
Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC EPA US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing officials to begin dismantling the Department of Education, a promise he made on the 2024 campaign trail. “We’re going to shut it down as quickly as possible,” Trump said after signing the order on Thursday. “It’s doing us…
Video shows alleged gang members deported by US in El Salvador mega-jail The White House has denied an accusation from rights groups that it flouted due process by defying a judge’s order while carrying out deportations at the weekend. A group of 238 alleged Venezuelan gang members, plus 23 alleged members of the international MS-13…
The Trump administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelans accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador, pushing the limits of U.S. immigration law seemingly after a federal judge ordered that the deportation flights not proceed. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador posted a three-minute video on social media on Sunday of men…
