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In a proclamation signed August 13, 2026 under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, Trump imposed a 100 percent ad valorem duty on imported unmanned aircraft systems with a maximum take-off weight above 25 kilograms...
The Trump administration approved broader U.S. technology exports to the United Arab Emirates despite internal Commerce Department warnings that the move could increase the risk of sensitive U.S. AI chips and other...
On July 20, 2026, the Commerce Department confirmed that Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), was resigning after roughly three months in the role. Fall was appointed in April to...
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security announced on July 10, 2026 that it would remove the United Arab Emirates from Export Administration Regulations Country Groups D:3 and D:4 and reclassify it into...
President Trump signed a proclamation on July 9, 2026, formally concurring with a Commerce Department finding under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines and...
The Census Bureau disclosed plans to use a survey form containing a citizenship question in its field test for the 2030 census, with test sites in Huntsville, Alabama, and Spartanburg, South Carolina. A citizenship...
On August 22, 2025, the Trump administration announced that the United States would acquire 433.3 million Intel shares at $20.47 apiece, a $8.9 billion purchase amounting to a 9.9% stake in the company. The money came...
Howard Lutnick was confirmed as Commerce Secretary in February 2025 after transferring his stake in Cantor Fitzgerald to trusts benefiting his children, a move ethics trackers say still left him with more identified...
As Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick became a central figure in the Trump administration's push for lighter cryptocurrency regulation, despite deep prior financial ties to the industry through Cantor Fitzgerald, the...