President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday (May 1) in which a new technology council will be created to modernize the information technology systems of the government. According to a report in Reuters, the White House confirmed the executive order, saying around twenty technology chief...
As the Trump administration moves to rewrite banking regulations, it looks like a big change to the top of the regulatory structure could be coming down the pipe. Emerging repots indicate that the president is looking to replace Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry as...
Financial records obtained by The Associated Press have confirmed that Paul Manafort’s consulting firm received at least $1.2 million in payments from a pro-Russian political party. According to Business Insider, the information was found in a handwritten ledger in Ukraine last August, which included dollar...
Due to untested evidence, Texas is dealing with a backlog of rape kits that need to be processed for thousands of rape investigations. One lawmaker proposed a bill that would leverage crowdfunding to help pay for the testing and to alleviate the bottleneck, The New York...
A handful of companies that have had runs in with Google are doing some behind-the-scenes lobbying with members of the White House in an attempt to play a role in who is chosen to head the Federal Trade Commission. According to a report by The Wall...
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a former OneWest Bank employee for a spot in his administration, said The Wall Street Journal. Trump is reportedly eyeing Joseph Otting, former OneWest CEO and former employee of the current U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, to head...
Most Americans are well-aware of President Donald Trump’s love affair with Twitter, where he often uses the site to criticize or even threaten companies. And while some are wondering how 140 characters or less can truly impact a business, others are actually drafting plans for...
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, announced that, despite mounting pressure, he will stay on President Donald Trump’s White House advisory council, according to a report by Fortune. The president’s Strategic and Policy Forum, headed by Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, was set to meet last...
So much for being anti-establishment. Just a day after Donald Trump won an historic and unexpected victory to become the nation’s 45th president, his advisors want him to consider a Wall Street player as treasury secretary. According to a report by CNBC, which cited two people...
