Nasdaq remains in the red and is on track for its fifth straight losing week. Its longest stretch of weekly losses since May 2022. Trump, who has been quick to brush off the possibility of a recession in interviews, also brushed aside the stock market sell-off.

NEW YORK (AP) — When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to “Go buy Ivanka stuff,” top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethics rules and warning her not to do it again.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed that there will never be a better time to buy Tesla stock, in what legal scholars say could be a Hatch Act violation.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Wednesday that he said will “dramatically increase” U.S. production of critical minerals and rare-earth elements. He also said that a rare-earths deal with Ukraine is imminent.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly. He made the comment after signing an order to increase U.S. production of critical minerals.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that he would be signing a rare earth mineral deal with Ukraine "very shortly." Ahead of signing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education,