President Donald Trump has called former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “disgusting degenerate” in a Truth Social post, accusing the longtime Democratic U.S. representative for California’s husband of using insider information to profit from the stock market. The attack coincides with growing momentum for a congressional stock trading ban. Newsweek contacted Nancy Pelosi via telephone…
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office is scrutinizing whether insider trading took place in connection with President Trump’s 90-day pause on customized “reciprocal” tariffs announced last week. The examination is in its preliminary stages and is not yet a full-fledged probe, James’ office confirmed to The Post Tuesday. It was not immediately clear whether…
The top economic adviser at the White House rejected suggestions that there may have been insider trading in relation to President Donald Trump‘s decision to pause his reciprocal tariffs. Why it Matters Democrats in Congress are pushing for an investigation into the potential for insider trading after the dramatic swings in the stock markets. Before…
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to abruptly pause most of the sweeping tariffs he announced last week—a move that raised suspicions of possible insider trading and market manipulation—a group of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are urging Republican Speaker Mike Johnson to ensure any stock trades recently made by…
Last March, when Rob Bresnahan, Jr., a wealthy business executive, was running to represent a competitive House district in northeastern Pennsylvania, he published a letter to the editor in a local newspaper demanding an end to stock trading by members of Congress. “The trust our political leaders and institutions have from Americans is at a…
AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading — says Republicans are ‘far more honest’ about it Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is calling out what she sees as a glaring problem in Washington — lawmakers profiting off the stock market while shaping the very policies that influence it. During a recent appearance on “The Weekly…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday announced it arrested former Senior Adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB) John Rogers over accusations he worked with China to steal American trade secrets. Rodgers, 63, is a U.S. citizen with a PhD in economics, the DOJ said in a press…