In an interview with “60 Minutes,” President Trump was circumspect on potential escalation targeting Venezuela. He was also pressed on deportations, the government shutdown and his recent demand for ...

Modern presidents have used financial sanctions such as freezing assets or blocking trade, not tariffs, for their foreign policy and national security aims, said Josh Lipsky, a former Obama White ...

President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has used them in an unprecedented way, not only as the underpinning of his economic ...