Articles by Oliver Ward

President-elect Donald Trump insists he is not scaling back plans for an across-the-board tariff on U.S. imports, rejecting a Washington Post report suggesting aides are crafting a pared-down proposal.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is laying out an ambitious schedule for enacting President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.

Welcome to the new year, and a new, GOP-controlled Congress. Lawmakers are facing some tough debates and choices when the 119^th Congress kicks off Friday, starting off with Mike Johnson’s bid for re-election as House speaker.

The 119^th Congress kicks off today at noon, with the swearing in of new members – and the election of a House speaker. After meeting with conservative holdouts Thursday, Speaker Mike Johnson was expressing confidence that he’s going to get re-elected relatively easily. Johnson told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow that he thought the voting would take just one ballot.

A lopsided snowpack changes the game * Captive audience law goes to court * Johnson faces tight margin in speaker vote

The U.S. will consider whether to restrict drones made with Chinese and Russian parts over national security and espionage concerns, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, amid increasing drone adoption for agriculture uses. 

Brazilian corn producers could see record corn productivity in their summer season following favorable weather in growing regions, as analysts eye additional export opportunities for the sector under the Trump administration.

Mexico will likely overturn its import ban on genetically engineered corn but enact a domestic planting ban into law, President Claudia Sheinbaum said after a USMCA dispute panel sided with the U.S. last week. 

President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will tap Stephen Miran, a trade hawk who supports the use of tariffs as a revenue-raising tool, to serve as a top economic adviser in his incoming administration.

Some lawmakers are concerned about the future of a trade preference program for sub-Saharan Africa after a last-ditch effort to pass the bill this Congress fell short.