Commerce

Container ships are unloaded at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. On Friday, the Commerce Department issues the second of three estimates of how the U.S. economy performed in the second quarter.

Economy grew at 3.2% in first quarter, beating expectations

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2019 12:30 pm

Trump administration’s addition of citizenship question to census to be tested at Supreme Court

Melissa Quinn · April 23, 2019 12:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, July 21, 2017, file photo, Ford cars wait for deployment after arrival by ship at the Ford Dagenham diesel engine plant in London.

Auto tariffs decision could be delayed, Kudlow says

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2019 3:39 pm

Cellerman Franz Graef passes a wall of barrel-aged beers as he pulls a pallet of filled kegs to a walk-in refrigerator at Rhinegeist Brewery in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of downtown Cincinnati.

Beer keg tariffs possible as Trump administration accuses China of violating anti-dumping rules

Sean Higgins · April 2, 2019 4:37 pm

FILE - In this Friday, July 21, 2017, file photo, Ford cars wait for deployment after arrival by ship at the Ford Dagenham diesel engine plant in London.

Nonprofit group sues Trump administration over secret tariff document

Sean Higgins · March 21, 2019 12:54 pm

White House staff secretary Rob Porter, left, walks with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller from Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, as they return with President Donald Trump form Ohio.

White House aide who quit amid wife-beating allegations slams Trump on China trade

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2019 3:22 pm

Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., speaks during a church service at Wellspring Church in Ferguson, Mo.

House Democrat: Trump trying to suppress minority vote with census citizenship question

Paul Conner · March 14, 2019 7:03 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., has undergone a heart procedure and will remain hospitalized for a few days. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats question Commerce Secretary Ross on census citizenship question

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2019 5:33 pm

Trader Daniel Trimble works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Beltway Confidential

Worried about a recession? Cautious optimism is more fitting

Bruce Yandle · March 7, 2019 8:06 pm

Second federal judge blocks Trump administration's citizenship question

Melissa Quinn · March 6, 2019 7:25 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attends a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room.

Top Trump administration ethics official says Wilbur Ross violated conflict of interest agreement

Colin Wilhelm · February 21, 2019 12:14 am

President Trump speaks near an EU flag at the White House.

Trump says EU auto tariffs will depend on negotiations, not long-awaited Commerce report

Sean Higgins · February 20, 2019 8:26 pm