Lutnick, 64, has been advocating for food exemptions due to their current cost, according to the Times. Neither the White House nor the Commerce Department immediately responded to a request for comment from the Daily Beast.

For years, President Donald Trump has sought to downplay his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who for years moved in the same social circles as Trump in Palm Beach and Manhattan.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting a range of food imports - including coffee, beef and bananas - from his reciprocal tariff policies.

Trump has repeatedly sought to downplay the extent of his ties to the financier while simultaneously courting far-right conspiracy theorists who maintain Epstein and his co-conspirator, British former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, were members of an international pedophilic cabal.

The BBC is also investigating fresh allegations that its Newsnight program selectively edited footage of Trump's speech in a 2022 broadcast.

At the annual meeting of the world’s major economic powers, U.S. objections are blocking the usual policy statements, highlighting the president’s distaste for multilateralism — and compromise.

The president told reporters Friday evening he's "sort of" made up his mind about his next steps in Venezuela, which his administration blames for narco trafficking.

President Donald Trump said Friday night he has already decided on his next steps toward Venezuela, offering his clearest indication yet that Washington is preparing new military actions against Nicolás Maduro's government as the United States dramatically expands its presence in the Caribbean.