Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said he owed his victory to Americans' anger over immigration and inflation, specifically the rising cost of groceries.
Progress reducing the rise in consumer prices has stalled, with recent data coming in hotter than expected. By pressuring the Federal Reserve, Trump could reignite inflation.
Trump will probably seek to ease inflation and lower prices by drilling for more oil, loosening regulations, reducing federal spending, experts say.
President Trump at a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday promoted his "No Tax On Tips" proposal and talked about how the current tax system punishes workers in the food and beverage industry. "When I think of Biden,
Trump’s second trade war is shaping up to be much different from his first. His ambitions for a reordering of world commerce are broader, and the opposition is weaker.
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday will sign a memorandum aimed at fighting inflation after he takes office that calls for an "all of government" response to bring down costs for Americans, an incoming White House official said.
“Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America, and the revolution of common sense,” said Trump, who at midday Monday became only the second U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms, after Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia officials are in contact with the administration of President Donald Trump after an executive order issued by the president earlier this week put payments from the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Inflation Reduction Act on pause.
The European Central Bank meets on Thursday for the first time since Donald Trump returned to office, leaving U.S. tariff threats looming over the euro zone's sluggish economy and potentially complicating the economic outlook.
P resident Donald Trump’s new post on Truth Social threatening new economic sanctions on Russia shows that Putin has finally met his match. It now looks as if Donald Trump may not be bullied by Putin’s empty holster of threats, bluster, and bluffs.
Trump promised tariffs on Day 1, yet no tariff policies have been announced so far. But a federal government hiring freeze has been enacted.
President Donald Trump told supporters during his Emancipation Hall speech that immigration, not inflation, was key to his second election win.