Donald Trump

Presidents rarely criticize the Federal Reserve while they are in office, but Donald Trump has never been one to follow Washington conventions. On Thursday, Trump addressed the Fed interest rate hikes in 2018 in an interview with CNBC, and the market reaction shows investors were listening. What...

President Donald Trump's vision of the future United States-European Union trade relationship is based on bilateral agreements, rather than one agreement for the 28 member states, according to Marianne Schneider-Petsinger, a geoeconomics expert with the London-based think tank Chatham House....

On Monday in Helsinki, President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, producing a firestorm of controversy and criticism in the traditional media as well as social media. Eschewing politics to focus on investing, the S&P 500 closed modestly lower yesterday while the MVIS Russia...

President Donald Trump nominated U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy that will be left by retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Here’s what you need to know. The Judge's Background Kavanaugh launched his career by serving as a law clerk for...

A federal grand jury led by special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 12 Russian military officers with hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign networks with the intent to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. The charges don't implicate any...

Days after burning China with $34 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, President Donald Trump turned up the heat. Trump said Tuesday he intends to target another $200 billion in Chinese imports — from fish and mattresses to baseball gloves and phone components — with 10-percent...

After scrutiny from The White House, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced new plans to split its existing two business units into three, further separating its consumer health care business. What Happened On Monday, President Donald Trump attacked the pharmaceutical giant on drug pricing, tweeting...

The S&P 500 is down 0.8 percent in the past month amid a stream of negative international trade headlines. It seems there’s a new tariff being threatened or applied on a weekly basis. For investors who need a recap of the trade turmoil, here’s a 2018 tariff timeline: Jan 22:...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is a strong believer in America, Americans and especially American capitalism, and CNBC compiled his patriotic comments over the decades. 1997: America Stands Out In Innovation When asked in 1997 if the "age of classical industrial America has passed,"...

Commodity and forex trader and Factory Trading founder Peter Brandt joined PreMarket Prep on Wednesday to discuss a number of topics, including tariffs, interest rates, crude oil, bitcoin and gold. Brandt is looking forward to trading in his sixth different decade when 2020 rolls around, and he...