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Trump’s budget law could widen the deficit by $718 billion more than previously estimated. Here’s why.
Higher borrowing costs are driving up an estimate of the impact to the U.S. budget deficit from President Donald Trump’s ...
Trump caps off 29th week in office with peace deal, celebrating 200th day of second presidency
Trump marks 200th day in office with Apple's $600 billion US investment announcement, new tariffs on India, and ...
Trump expands use of tariffs to reach national security goals
The Trump administration is using trade negotiations to achieve national security goals, including containing China’s ...
Budget office says Trump’s tax law will add $3.4 trillion to deficits, leave 10 million uninsured
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034, the ...
Trump Exaggerates Trade Deficit with Switzerland by Ignoring Surplus in Services
President Donald Trump has cited a $40 billion trade deficit with Switzerland to justify a new, high tariff on imported Swiss ...
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Tom Moran: What’s really driving Trump’s tariff wars? (Hint: It’s not the trade deficit.)
This is a mess, especially with Brazil, and I can’t see what Americans will get from it, beyond higher prices for coffee.
CBO projects ‘big, beautiful bill’ would add $5 trilllion to deficit if temporary tax cuts extended
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) informed Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in a letter ...
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Leaked documents reveal hidden agenda behind Trump tariff demands
President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has been described by the president as a tool to address the United States’ trade ...
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Tariffs would not ‘pay off our deficit,’ as Trump’s commerce secretary said
Two projections show that the Trump administration's tariff revenues would not cover the next 10 years of projected deficits ...
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Trump wants more foreign investment and lower trade deficits — but can't have both
So, the U.S. imports more and exports less, “The likely effect of all of that is a bigger U.S. trade deficit,” Obstfeld said.
Trump’s tariffs are bringing in tens of billions of dollars a month. What’s the government doing with all that money?
Hardly a day goes by without President Donald Trump boasting about the record tariff revenue the US government has been ...