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  • Trump Cancels Some Canada Tariffs to Boost Collins in Maine

    President Trump on Friday exempted some specific Canadian products from his 50% tariffs in a bid to help Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and other...

  • Trump Admin to Tap Emergency Heating Oil Reserve

    Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016.   REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo

    With energy prices surging ahead of the midterm elections, the Trump administration said Wednesday that it will release up to 315,000 barrels of fuel...

  • Trump Announces $8 Billion Aid Package for Farmers Hurt by Diesel Prices

    Speaking at a political rally in Kansas on Monday night, President Trump unveiled a multi-billion-dollar aid package for farmers hurt by high prices...

  • Trump Admin Cuts to Satellite Program Could Undermine Weather Forecasting: Report

    Two congressional Democrats are warning about the risks of the Trump administration’s cuts to a weather satellite program after a report from the...

  • US Records Third-Highest Budget Deficit in History

    FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017.   REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

    The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2026 totaled nearly $2 trillion, the Treasury Department reported Friday. The fiscal year runs from October...

  • Iran War Has Cost US Households $2,000 Each: Moody’s

    A customer prepares to fill up his tank in a gasoline station in Nice December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

    Now in its eighth month, the war with Iran has cost the average American household about $2,000, according to a new analysis by Mark Zandi, chief...

  • Lawmakers Press Watchdog Agency to Sue Trump Over Funding Moves

    Congress Capitol

    Bipartisan lawmakers on Capitol Hill are reportedly pressuring the Government Accountability Office, their nonpartisan watchdog agency, to sue the...

  • Trump Renews Effort to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

    Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook

    President Trump announced Friday that he has created a new committee charged with investigating year-old allegations that Federal Reserve Governor...

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