President Trump said in an interview published Friday he would “absolutely” sign legislation to ban congressional stock trading if it reached his desk. “Well, I watched Nancy

President Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” sign a bill banning congressional stock trading, saying he was concerned lawmakers could be using insider information for an advantage.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. and China have been negotiating a deal on tariffs after Beijing said earlier that such assertions from Washington were "fake news."

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Stocks drifted on Thursday and a rebound in the dollar lost traction as investors tried to sift through the noise from the Trump administration and its fickle stance on tariffs and the Federal Reserve's leadership.

President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on some tariffs, excluding those on China. This led to a historic rally in the US stock market on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 2,