Then-Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy set the record for the longest “magic minute” in 2021, speaking for more than eight hours before the House voted on President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. McCarthy narrowly broke Nancy Pelosi’s record, set in 2018 ahead of a vote on protecting “Dreamer” immigrants.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for longest-ever House floor speech as he made a last stand against President Donald Trump's major tax cut and spending bill. Jeffries took to the House floor just before 5 a.

President Trump said he preferred to notify most countries of a specific tariff rate, skipping detailed negotiations.

President Donald Trump said Washington will start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they will face on imports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals.

President Donald Trump has acknowledged he will struggle to secure more trade deals before his 90-day pause on tariffs expires and admits the process has been “complicated.” After promising to “liberate America” and secure “90 deals in 90 days,

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on reaching a trade deal with Japan, a day after threatening higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States, claiming the country won’t buy American rice.