Less than two weeks before the 25th anniversary of September 11, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick handed foreign ministers something money can't buy: small squares of steel melted down from the World Trade Center, each one a piece of the building where his brother Gary died alongside 657 of his colleagues.
The federal government is quietly working on a rule that could reshape the balance of power in Congress by changing who counts as a "resident" when divvying up House seats.
The Department of Commerce announced this week it will distribute $874 million in federal funding to seven semiconductor companies and receive a minority ownership stake in each in return, reviving a practice that has drawn pushback from within the Republican Party.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sat for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday to answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and the Republican chairman of the committee left the hearing room with a pointed assessment: Lutnick hadn't been fully honest.
The Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration announced that American contractors have a record number of agreements with foreign government buyers.
