A production with a ruler who looks like President Trump isn't the first time the play has seen a modern politician subbed in for Caesar. It's not even the first time the director of this production, Oskar Eustis, has modernized the play in that way.
For the first time, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin offered a specific month for when the government might come dangerously close to breaching its legal debt limit.
The Public Theater in New York City responded to the controversy over its production of "Julius Caesar" in which a Caesar resembling President Trump is assassinated, saying starting discussions is the goal of a "civically-engaged theater."
Ivanka Trump's company ended talks with a Japanese apparel maker about a business deal because of its ties to the Japanese government, according to a letter made public Monday.
Puerto Rico voted Sunday to become the 51st U.S. state, but that is unlikely to happen any time soon, and it won't help the island's $70 billion bankruptcy.
Hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio warned investors in a LinkedIn post that similar political situations in the past have led to "dictatorships and war."
The state of Maryland and the District of Columbia say President Trump has violated the Constitution in part by accepting foreign money through his business empire.
The Republican plan to gut Dodd-Frank repeals emergency powers that help authorities safely wind down the next Lehman Brothers. Ben Bernanke and others warn that would be a big mistake.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott has added Parkinson's, Crohn's and PTSD to the state's medical marijuana plan, just weeks after rejecting a recreational marijuana plan.
Smirnoff is running ads in the U.S. that needle the White House over allegations of possible collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials.