If we hadn't passed this bill, taxes on the American people would have gone up $4.3 trillion,” U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy said ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug.

Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• 07/04/2025: President Donald Trump’s deadline for the Republican-controlled Congress to pass the ...

The US economy is expected to slow the rest of the year as tariffs take a bigger toll on consumers and businesses, immigration constraints intensify ...

Trump made inroads with middle-class voters in the 2024 election. But polls now show his standing with America's ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill is now law but the political fallout remains to be seen, columnist Ron Faucheux writes.

The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was ...

President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s national debt to pay for permanent tax cuts. Republicans insist the bill ...

The office also estimated that the federal budget deficit for the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year, which began in October, is $1.3 trillion. The number is $65 billion more than it was for ...