Politics

President Donald Trump retweeted Jacob Wohl — the 19-year-old hedge fund manager whose work has drawn the attention of securities regulators — after he credited the commander-in-chief on Wednesday for the market's performance. Trump retweeted Wohl on other occasions this summer....

The CEOs on President Donald Trump’s manufacturing council are from the largest of Fortune 500 companies, but the board’s turnover rate more closely resembles that of a fast food restaurant. After eight of the more than two dozen executives left, Trump shut the initiative down...

President Donald Trump has been under fire for his comments in the days following a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 12. Trump initially tweeted his press conference coverage, in which he stated "both sides" were to blame for the violence that broke out at...

The modern white supremacist movement took root almost 25 years ago today, during a siege at a cabin on a rocky bluff in Idaho called Ruby Ridge. That moment on Aug. 21, 1992, inspired an ex-soldier named Timothy McVeigh to park an explosives-laden rental truck outside the federal building in...

"Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli has some harsh words for Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK)'s CEO Ken Frazier after the executive distanced himself from President Donald Trump. Frazier is one of four executives who stepped down from the president's American Manufacturing Council after Trump's initial...

In a case with potential First Amendment repercussions, the U.S. Department of Justice is demanding the IP addresses of people who visited a website that helps organize protests against President Donald Trump, according to the hosting domain. The hosting domain Dreamhost said in a blog post that it...

North Korea's quick strides in missile technology may be the result of powerful, Soviet-era rocket engines smuggled in from either Russia, the Ukraine or both, a new analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies suggests. The study by Michael Elleman, senior fellow for missile...

The Daily Stormer, the neo-Nazi website favored by the white supremacists who ran amuck in the Virginia city of Charlottesville, appeared to have been taken over by the hacker group “Anonymous,” though members of the latter group believe the hack is a hoax. One of the largest "...

President Donald Trump saw the resignation of a second American Manufacturing Council member Monday after he condemned the “many sides” of the Charlottesville rally rather than denouncing the white supremacist assembly. He wasn’t pleased. Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has...

President Donald Trump could realize a major victory by introducing tax reform, according to a Bloomberg poll of 38 economists and experts. Among those surveyed, 29 expect Congress to pass a tax-cut legislation before November 2018. Also, the tax cut could result in an incremental 0.2 percentage...

Donald Trump's tenure as the president of the United States has been tumultuous from the very start, and his muddled reputation proceeded him — long before even his Republican nomination. Many have resented his brazen remarks, scathing criticisms and the brutality with which he stifled...

White supremacists clashing with anti-racism activists in Virginia has taken place in a city that has a history steeped in Civil War and civil rights, a place that profits greatly from people obsessed with landmarks and milestones that Charlottesville both symbolizes and markets. As a nexus of both...

The story is as old as journalism: the tension between a public servant’s urge to do the right thing while breaking the law, spilling secrets in the process and paying a price when it gets published. Reality Winner, a private defense contractor with security clearance, sits in jail today...

Getting drunk early and often is an equal opportunity affliction, according to a new study, which shows alcoholism rising sharply across every demo of drinkers. Whether they prefer moonshine or merlot, one out of every eight Americans has an alcohol disorder, according to a study published this...

It’s been a rough summer for the tobacco industry. After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to limit nicotine intake, the New York City Council voted Thursday to raise the price of cigarettes, halve the number of licensed retailers and, in a move causing more widespread...