INTERVIEW — LARRY KUDLOW – CNBC Senior Contributor and host of The Larry Kudlow Show on WMAL Saturdays at 7 pm and author of “JFK and the Reagan Revolution: A Secret History of American Prosperity”
- Mnuchin: August deadline for tax reform ‘not realistic at this point.’ Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Monday the Trump administration’s target date to get tax reforms through Congress and on President Trump’s desk was “not realistic at this point.” Mnuchin said in an interview with the Financial Times that the August deadline is set to falter following setbacks with Congress over health care. “It is fair to say it is probably delayed a bit because of the healthcare,” Mnuchin told the paper.
- President Trump to sign executive order targeting foreign work visas. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order titled “Buy American, Hire American” Tuesday morning in Kenosha, Wisconsin, calling on agencies to overhaul the H-1B visa program. The order calls on the Department of Labor, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department to “take prompt action to crack down on fraud and abuse” within the U.S. immigration system to “protect workers.” The order doesn’t seem to change the status of existing visa waiver rules in the United States and instead orders departments to review and identify potential “abuses” of the visa waiver system. The president will travel to Wisconsin today and is expected to tout his “Buy American, Hire American” agenda during a visit to Snap-on-Tools — a manufacturer of high-end tools and equipment that, according to their website, employs approximately 11,500 people worldwide. He will talk about his buy America, hire America agenda at Snap-on Tools in Wisconsin,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said. “For those who aren’t aware, Snap-on is a prime example of a company that builds American-made tools, with American workers for U.S. taxpayers.” This marks the president’s first visit to Speaker Paul Ryan’s home state and district since taking office.
