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Department of Commerce
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Team Claims it Made Billions Off a Gold Card That Doesn’t Exist
Howard Lutnick bragged about selling U.S. residency.
March 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
White House Press Sec. Goes on Bonkers Rant When Asked About Tesla
Karoline Leavitt stumbled when asked about Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick shilling for Elon Musk.
March 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Is Begging People to Buy Tesla Stock
Tesla’s value has tanked in recent weeks due to Elon Musk’s close ties to Donald Trump.
March 17, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Outgoing Commerce Official Shreds Elon Musk’s Starlink in Final Email
An official working on broadband expansion brutally condemned Musk.
March 14, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Commerce Secretary Hit With Brutal Fact-Check on Fox News
Maria Bartiromo was forced to fact-check Howard Lutnick about the economy on air.
March 12, 2025
Marin Scotten
Fox Host Pushes Back Hard on Trump Commerce Secretary’s Tariff Claims
Fox Business host Stuart Varney was unimpressed by the Trump administration’s defense.
February 20, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Secretary Reveals Next Giveaway to the Rich: Abolishing the IRS
Howard Lutnick announced Trump’s ultimate endgame.
November 19, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Adds New Billionaire Conspiracy Theorist to His Cabinet
Donald Trump has picked Howard Lutnick to serve as secretary of commerce. He’d be a disaster in more ways than one.
July 1, 2019
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Steps to the Right
Though liberals could issue a few sighs of relief, the recent term signaled a continued consolidation of conservative power.
June 22, 2018
Alex Shephard
Wilbur Ross’s Financial Shenanigans Should Be a Massive Scandal
The Commerce secretary has flown under the radar, thanks to the migrant family-separation crisis. But a reckoning is coming this fall.
April 14, 2014
Linda Kinstler
GOP Plans to Stick it to Foreigners in Cyberspace Might Hurt Americans on the Internet
January 17, 2013
Lydia DePillis
There's a War in Cyberspace over Icons vs. Text
December 21, 2012
Thomas Mallon
The Captive of San Clemente
August 21, 2012
Mark Muro, Jessica Lee
Hubs of Manufacturing: Let’s Get Started
November 11, 2011
Mark Schmitt
Let’s Get Real, No One’s Eliminating Any Cabinet Departments
September 19, 2011
Mark Muro
Beyond Solyndra: Partnerships for Clean Energy
June 20, 2011
Emilia Istrate
Can Foreign Investment Revive U.S. Manufacturing?
January 28, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
About the Economy...
June 24, 2010
Jonathan Chait
The Wasteful Homebuyer Tax Credit
June 23, 2010
Kenan Fikri, Mark Muro
Job Creation Has Left the Building

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