Tariffs, spending, taxes, rescissions and economic consequences of administration policy.
President Trump signed a proclamation on July 9, 2026, formally concurring with a Commerce Department finding under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines and...
On July 4, 2026, timed to the country's 250th anniversary, the Treasury Department announced the official nationwide launch of "Trump Accounts," a federal savings-and-investment program created under the 2025 tax law...
On July 1, 2026 — the deadline for the six-year joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement — the Trump administration declined to formally renew the pact for a new 16-year term. President Trump had said in...
Trump threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on Canada if it proceeded with a major trade arrangement involving China. The threat used the prospect of blocking market access as leverage against a close trading partner...
On December 22-23, 2025, the Trump administration announced that the Education Department would resume administrative wage garnishment for borrowers in default on federal student loans, starting the week of January 7...
On December 19, 2025, Trump announced pricing agreements with nine major pharmaceutical companies, including Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, GSK, Novartis, and Sanofi, tying U.S. prices for certain drugs to the...
On December 18, 2025, Trump announced a one-time, tax-free $1,776 payment for more than 1.45 million active-duty and qualifying reserve service members, branding it a "warrior dividend" tied symbolically to the year of...
After delayed November 2025 jobs data showed nonfarm payrolls growing by just 64,000 and unemployment rising to 4.6 percent, its highest level in four years, the White House characterized the report as "strong," with...
In mid-December 2025, Trump confirmed he was strongly considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, a move he signed on December 18...
Trump has repeatedly downplayed the effect of his tariffs on consumer prices by suggesting children simply need fewer toys, saying at various points that "maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls" and...