WASHINGTON – Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested this week that only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a Social Security check - but honest people like his mother-in-law would ...

Howard Lutnick is facing backlash for dismissing concerns over missed Social Security checks. A former Social Security commissioner called his comments "cavalier disregard" and "utter ignorance." ...

The nation’s political battleground shifted to the stock market this week, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged people to buy shares of Tesla Inc. and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mocked the el ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in ...

Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump’s billionaire commerce secretary, suggested on a podcast this week that missing Social Security checks aren’t a big deal, and that only a “fraudster” would ...

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is calling on the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and ethics officials at the U.S. Department of Commerce to hold Howard Lutnick accountable for violating federal ethics ...