32 entries in the ledger
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 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...
Following the Supreme Court's rejection of the administration's IEEPA-based tariffs, the administration imposed a replacement 10 percent global tariff under a different statute. The U.S. Court of International Trade...
After the Supreme Court ruled against his global tariff program, Trump publicly denounced the decision and directed personal criticism at individual justices. Responding to adverse rulings by attacking the judges...
The Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not authorize the president's sweeping global tariff program, rejecting the administration's use of the statute to impose broad, general...
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 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...
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...
A December 2025 report from the Joint Economic Committee's Democratic minority found that passenger vehicle crossings from Canada into the U.S. fell nearly 20 percent from January through October 2025 compared with the...
The Trump administration announced on December 8, 2025 that it would provide $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers, with $11 billion distributed through a new USDA "Farmer Bridge Assistance" program covering row...