Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...

The White House has just released its 2027 budget request to Congress, calling for massive increases in defense and border-related spending, serious cuts elsewhere and the same old deficit and debt ...

Ludicrously lying to a joint session of Congress in February, President Trump said he would balance the federal budget "overnight." In reality, debt is now approaching the highest level in U.S.

The president aims to cut federal jobs and health spending, while extending tax breaks and boosting military outlays.

Both exports and imports rose after the Supreme Court struck down many of the president’s highest levies in February. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson covers international trade. The U.S. trade deficit in ...

Backfilling today’s federal reductions would be costly, and health care advocates are ramping up pressure on Capitol politicians to do it, but the underlying structural deficit is a far bigger nut to ...

Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...