Trump’s First Year Back: Markets and Prices Up, Job Engine Slows
The Wall Street Journal’s year-one snapshot of President Trump’s second-term economy paints a picture of uneven performance: some headline indicators look stable or even strong, but several underlying pressures—especially jobs, housing, and trade—remain stubborn or have worsened. On the labor market, the biggest shift is slower job creation. The U.S. added 181,000 jobs in 2025, […]
Oil Slips as Trump’s Tariff Hike Stirs Global-Growth Fears, Offsetting Middle East Risk Premium
Oil prices fell about 1% after a weekend jolt from U.S. trade policy revived worries about global growth and fuel demand, even as tensions between Washington and Tehran had pushed crude sharply higher the week before. In Asian trading, Brent futures dropped roughly 1.2% to about $70.89 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]
Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Sweeping “Emergency” Tariffs, Forcing a Fast Pivot to a New Global Levy
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt Donald Trump a major defeat on tariffs, ruling that he did not have authority to unilaterally impose sweeping global import duties by declaring a national emergency. The ruling struck at a core pillar of Trump’s economic strategy, immediately upended the leverage his administration had used for months to pressure other […]
Pentagon’s New Cyber Certification Rules Raise Costs For Small Defense Suppliers, Risking Bottlenecks
New U.S. cybersecurity requirements for the defense industrial base are forcing some small manufacturers and specialty suppliers to reconsider whether military work is worth the price of compliance, raising concerns about resilience and competition across the defense supply chain. The rules are part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s long-delayed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) […]
US Readies “Freedom.gov” Portal to Let Europeans View Content Their Governments Ban
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal designed to help people in Europe and other regions access online material their governments have blocked — including content categorized as illegal hate speech or terrorist propaganda. The project, hosted at freedom.gov, is framed inside the Trump administration as a pushback against what it calls foreign […]
Democrats Choose Virginia’s New Governor to Answer Donald Trump After His Prime-Time Address to Congress
Virginia’s newly elected governor, Abigail Spanberger, will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address, giving Democrats a high-profile chance to rebut the White House’s message on a night when the president commands the biggest audience. Party leaders framed her selection as a strategic choice: Spanberger won statewide by a […]
With Midterms Looming and Economic Ratings Low, Trump Tries to re-Sell His Cost-of- Living Message in Georgia
President Trump is traveling to Georgia on Thursday to deliver what the White House describes as a fresh economic message focused on lowering household costs—an issue that is increasingly central to Republicans’ hopes of holding Congress in the November 2026 midterm elections. The speech, scheduled in Rome, is the latest in a run of economic […]
White House Fires Back at NY Fed Research Arguing Americans Shoulder Most Tariff Costs
A political clash is brewing between the White House and central-bank researchers after Kevin Hassett publicly suggested punishment for the authors of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York analysis that challenges the administration’s tariff narrative. In a February 18 interview with CNBC, Hassett said the research was “an embarrassment,” called it “the worst paper” […]
After Massive Sewage Spill, Trump Orders Federal Takeover of Potomac Response to Protect Region’s Water
President Trump said the U.S. government will step in to coordinate the response to a major sewage leak into the Potomac River, describing the incident as an environmental emergency that demands federal involvement. Trump said federal authorities — including the Federal Emergency Management Agency — would intervene to help manage the cleanup and protect the […]
Nexo Re-enters the U.S. with a New Compliant Lending and Yield Offer after Regulator Settlement
The crypto firm Nexo says it is returning to the United States, three years after it exited the market following a high-profile clash with regulators that ended in a $45 million settlement. The company, which was founded by former Bulgarian lawmaker Antoni Trenchev, had been targeted over a crypto lending product that U.S. authorities said […]
