Joshua Roberts | Reuters Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson speaks to employees of the agency in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2017. The Trump administration is snipping away at loose ends — and more cuts could be coming. In his first year as president, Donald Trump has parted …

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of red flags at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. President Donald Trump could tout a more aggressive trade policy against China when he visits a Boeing plant Wednesday. Investors are increasingly concerned over the prospect …

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a test launch of ground-to-ground medium long-range ballistic rocket Hwasong-10 in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 23, 2016. Under third-generation North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the reclusive state has …

Bitcoin prices are in a bubble that will burst in the near future because the cryptocurrency has many inherent flaws, Allianz Global Investors said in a report. “It appears to us that bitcoin mania is a textbook-like bubble – and one that is probably just about to burst,” the asset …

Bitcoin prices dropped 6 percent Wednesday following news that Google, the world’s largest online ad provider, plans to ban cryptocurrency advertising after a similar move by Facebook in late January. Bitcoin prices hit a low of $8,596.73 as of 9:28 a.m. ET Wednesday, after starting the day above $9,000, according …

Alex Wong | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to members of the media at the State Department October 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Goldstein’s dismissal was the just the latest in a series of firings Tuesday by the Trump administration. In addition to Tillerson, Trump’s personal …

Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal on March 11, 2018 in Salisbury, England. Britain has called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security …

Getty Images Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testifies before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on February 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is considering removing Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and replacing him with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing …

Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal on March 11, 2018 in Salisbury, England. “The Foreign Secretary has emphasized that if this was a direct act …

Yuri Gripas | Reuters CIA Director Mike Pompeo speaks at the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, October 19, 2017. President Donald Trump nominated 54-year-old Pompeo — a three-term Republican congressman known for his hardline views — after firing Rex Tillerson, whose sudden departure sparked concerns about the credibility of …