Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key role for Trump’s trade agenda
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President Donald Trump is signing executive orders in the Oval Office, a day after marking one month back in the White House. Trump’s executive order signings come shortly after he participated in swearing-in ceremonies for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and FBI Director Kash Patel.
Howard Lutnick sworn in at White House as Trump's commerce secretary
Vice President JD Vance swore in Howard Lutnick as Trump's secretary of commerce at the White House on Friday.
The president is expected to sign an executive order that would fire the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service and leave the agency to the Commerce Department and secretary Howard Lutnick, per reports.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and FBI Director Kash Patel were sworn in on Friday. Kash Patel was sworn in to be Trump's FBI director on Friday by Attorney General Pam Bondi. Kash Patel is sworn in as FBI director by Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington,
Several federal judges on Friday temporarily halted or continued to halt the Trump administration from carrying out various initiatives, including ones governing diversity efforts, access to personal data at Treasury for DOGE representatives and cutting the rate that the National Institutes of Health pays grant recipients.
President Donald Trump swore in Howard Lutnick as his secretary of commerce at the White House Friday. Lutnick has voiced support for Trump’s tariff proposals, and said during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce,
President Donald Trump had a curt response for a reporter during a press conference on Friday in which he appeared to mock her for reading from her notes instead of “speaking” directly to him. The exchange took place not long after the Republican president had taken part in the swearing-in of Howard Lutnick as secretary of commerce in the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremonial swearing-in for Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Pool via
President Donald Trump swore in Howard Lutnick to serve as his commerce secretary. Read More
In a ceremony at the White House today, Trump's Secretary of Commerce nominee, Howard Lutnick was sworn into duty.
A top White House official has threatened to redraw the Canadian border amid Donald Trump’s ambition to turn the country in America’s “51st state...
The billionaire adviser to the president spoke at the beginning of the meeting with the heads of agencies such as the state department and Pentagon.
Tariffs, if they are imposed, could boost U.S. production of a valuable resource but also raise costs for automakers, construction companies and others.
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