The Senate confirmed Howard Lutnick on Tuesday to serve as President Donald Trump ’s secretary of commerce.

The Senate confirmed billionaire Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary on Tuesday, in a 51-45 vote.

The billionaire is joining an economic team that includes a trade hawk, Peter Navarro.

The wealthy financier will manage the President’s aggressive plans to impose import taxes on U.S. trading partners.

The Senate confirmed businessman Howard Lutnick Tuesday to be Secretary of the Department of Commerce, an important role for ...

President Donald Trump announced a new “External Revenue Service” that would be tasked with collecting revenue from tariffs, ...

By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The Senate on Tuesday voted 51 to 45 to confirm Howard Lutnick to be President Trump’s commerce secretary, putting in place one of the administration ...

Howard Lutnick, former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and a well-known Bitcoin advocate, has officially been confirmed as the new ...

Cantor Fitzgerald's former CEO was confirmed by the Senate to be Commerce Secretary on February 18. The vote was 51-45.

“His goal is to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and let all the outsiders pay,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime.