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, Science and Transportation in January that the U.S. "can use tariffs to create reciprocity."

Meanwhile, more of the president's nominees are being installed. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and FBI Director Kash Patel were sworn in on Friday. Howard Lutnick, the former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, was sworn in as commerce secretary on Friday at the White House.

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...

Tariffs, if they are imposed, could boost U.S. production of a valuable resource but also raise costs for automakers, construction companies and others.

The Senate has confirmed wealthy financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary. The confirmation vote Tuesday puts Lutnick in charge of the Commerce Department, where he will oversee 50,000 employees

President Donald Trump says he may put the U.S. Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department in what would amount to an executive branch takeover of the independent agency.

President Trump on Tuesday directed his Commerce secretary to investigate the need for possible tariffs on copper, the latest industry to potentially be targeted by Trump’s sweeping trade agenda.

White House officials say they have no immediate plans to take over the service. But the president suggested he would consider a major reorganization of the agency.

Experts say the move would likely violate the law. Trump said Friday that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would be “looking at” the mail agency.

In a ceremony at the White House today, Trump's Secretary of Commerce nominee, Howard Lutnick was sworn into duty.