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Once-lukewarm billionaires set to come back around to Trump at fundraiser hosted by John Paulson
Among those on the list for the April 6 event: hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, who helped bankroll the Trump's 2016 election but sat out 2020.
Trump signs memo excluding illegal immigrants from 2020 Census count
WASHINGTON -- President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order excluding illegal immigrants from being counted in the 2020 United States census. Since the first census in 1790, both US...
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hospitalized but 'doing well'
“Secretary Ross has been admitted into the hospital for minor, non-coronavirus related issues," a spokesperson said.
SpaceX launch makes space 'new war-fighting domain': Ross
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Wednesday afternoon's launch of SpaceX has huge financial and military implications for the US, including making space the "new war-fighting domain."
Wilbur Ross finds an odd silver lining in coronavirus crisis
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross couldn't help but see the silver lining of the coronavirus that has killed at least 171 in China and infected more than 8,100 people. Ross said...
Commerce Secretary's plane makes emergency landing
A military aircraft flying Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to Guatemala was forced to return to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland when its landing gear failed to retract, according to a...
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross slept through Trump's UN speech
Move over, "Sleepy eyes" Chuck Todd -- Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is coming for your title. The 81-year-old Ross was caught on camera apparently dozing off in the audience Tuesday...
Commerce Department gives Huawei 90-day extension to buy from US suppliers
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday the US government will extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from US companies so...
House holds AG Barr, Ross in contempt over 2020 census citizenship question
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold US Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt over the White House's failed push to add a citizenship...
Trump may fire Wilbur Ross after census citizenship question debacle
President Trump is considering firing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, according to a report on Monday. Trump is fed up with Ross over the lack of progress in trade negotiations and...
House majority leader to call for vote to hold Barr, Ross in contempt
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House majority leader, will call for a floor vote next Tuesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt over the...
Insurance firm AIG wants dead couple to pay for fire at Kissinger's co-op
The apartments of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and current Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross were among those damaged by a fire sparked when an elderly woman fell asleep...
2020 Census may have citizenship question after all
President Trump on Wednesday appeared to cast doubt on his own commerce secretary’s statement a day before that the 2020 Census would not include a question on US citizenship —...
Ex-aide: Census citizenship question was added to keep off illegal immigrants
A former top adviser to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told congressional investigators that he spoke to a professor who has advocated for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census...
House committee votes to hold William Barr and Wilbur Ross in contempt
The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over documents about a citizenship question the...
Trump claims executive privilege on census citizenship documents
President Trump on Wednesday refused to hand over documents to Congress detailing the administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the census, claiming they were protected by executive privilege....
Wilbur Ross asks why furloughed workers aren't taking out loans
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that he doesn't understand why federal workers are turning to food banks during the government shutdown when they could take out loans. “Well I...
Federal judge blocks Trump admin's question in 2020 census
A Manhattan federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship in the 2020 census, saying an attempt to do so by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross...
Supreme Court says Wilbur Ross can't be questioned in 2020 census suit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration to block the questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross about his decision to add a citizenship question to the...
Wilbur Ross may be deposed about inclusion of citizenship question on 2020 census
A Manhattan federal judge suggested President Trump’s commerce secretary start clearing room in his calendar to be probed about why he wants to add a citizenship question to the 2020...