The Trump administration and its allies have worked hard to conceal the true impact the legislation would have on the country.

The administration’s budget cuts will hit Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District hard.

The administration’s budget cuts will hit Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District hard.

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Officials from both sides are meeting on Monday in London, aiming to resolve differences over tariffs and supply chains that have endangered a fragile truce between the countries.

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An authoritarian may be transient, but he can leave a legacy of enduring damage.

Once a seemingly offhand remark at a campaign rally, President Trump’s pledge to not tax overtime could become federal law.

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Employers added 139,000 jobs last month, continuing a steady run of hiring. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent.

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Current and former employees at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau and other agencies say they have confidence in the numbers.

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Trump’s effort to bolster American manufacturing is unproductive.

Tax breaks should go to investments in persistently poor areas, not in up-and-coming ones.

Courts will be hard-pressed to explain why arguments that were fatal to the Biden administration’s overreach do not apply to Trump’s tariffs.

Responses to the story of Carol, an immigrant arrested in a conservative Missouri town. Also: Death by aid cuts; an Orwellian globe; slashing research.

The problem isn’t only the trillions owed. It’s that no modern country has become this indebted absent a crisis.

Senate Republicans understand that energy abundance is essential for the economy, national security and the country’s well-being. Now they must act.

U.S. institutions are still largely functioning. But the deterioration of the country’s political culture is striking — and alarming.

Trump administration officials are getting a second chance to try to sever ties with China by starting a trade war, imposing export controls and revoking student visas.

We can contest the dark dreams of those in power.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet his international counterparts at a G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada.

This approach wouldn’t give Trump even what he told Congress he wanted.

Trump’s fixation on tariffs while he undermines America’s competitive strengths is hastening the onset of the “Chinese Century.”

Trump’s fixation on tariffs while he undermines America’s competitive strengths is hastening the onset of the “Chinese Century.”

What we can learn from polls about the president’s action-filled second term so far and how Democrats are looking.

A 90-day pause on punishing tariffs could restart trade between the world’s largest economies. But it is not enough to resolve uncertainty about the economy.

A House Republican bill introduced this week would do away with tax credits that had encouraged Americans to buy electric vehicles and automakers to invest in new factories.

The temporary lowering of tariffs may compel some U.S. businesses to order goods that they had held off buying after President Trump raised them to 145 percent.

President Trump’s triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products disrupted global trade — but haven’t appeared to result in major concessions from Beijing.

The outcome of the trade negotiations, which will continue on Sunday, could determine the trajectory of the global economy.

For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country.

The president said reducing tariffs to 80 percent from the current 145 percent “sounds right,” as U.S. and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland.