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Trump uses colorful language to discuss midterms during Ohio rally

Trump uses colorful language to discuss midterms during Ohio rally

But in the days before and after that post, Trump made one mind-boggling statement after another, including one that raised the possibility of cutting off all trade with dozens of the US’s trading partners

At this rate, Democrats may want to stop ordering yard signs and start ordering life jackets

The issue of daily costs has featured prominently in campaign messaging ahead of the November vote

President Donald Trump’s top adviser, Kevin Hassett, is pushing back on the idea that Americans are dissatisfied with the economy and cost of living

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will probably raise interest rates today, as investors overwhelmingly expect

The comments came one day after President Donald Trump went on a social media rampage against AI industry leaders and others who have raised alarms about their own nascent technology

US President Donald Trump has dismissed fears that AI could wipe out humanity

President Donald Trump berated Jerome Powell for years as he sought to pressure the then-Federal Reserve chairman to cut interest rates

House Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as calls mount for more transparency around artificial intelligence and implementing guardrails around the rapidly developing technology

Even some Republicans have poured cold water on Trump’s plan to offer $5,000 payments to voters next year — if they win

Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks from Iraq’s territory forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline

Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks from Iraq’s territory forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline

Former President Obama reportedly urged House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) to make AI oversight a central tenet of his caucus’s agenda earlier this week

He also responds to concerns about whether AI developments could impact the stock market

August's Consumer Price Index report came out Friday, with inflation showing little improvement at a 3.4% annual rate

Trump gives nonsensical answer when quizzed about delay for his $5,000 ‘dividends’

Economically illiterate Truth Social post conflates Fed’s prime rate with an individual obtaining lower interest on a car loan

Demand comes as Tehran takes a hard line on compensation for war Trump started on February 28

Donald Trump demands ‘reparations’ from Iran

Tehran has denied direct talks at all with Washington

Trump isn’t alone in having a poor approval rating—polls showed nearly all 21st Century presidents underwater ahead of their midterms, with the exception of President George W. Bush in 2002, when Republicans were able to fend off a blue wave and actually pick up congressional seats

CNN’s Jake Tapper grilled National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett live on TV Sunday after he tried to defend his previous prediction that shipping activity and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz would soon return to normal amid the ongoing conflict and blockades involving Iran

The United States Senate has passed an aggressive sanctions package targeting Russia’s energy revenues amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo pressed Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, on Friday over weaker-than-expected U.S. economic growth, emphasizing an earlier forecast that the U.S. economy would grow at a 4 percent pace

In a speech delivered to business leaders in his home district, Williams cited five reasons why he expects the latest price surge has run its course

The Consumer Price Index rose 3.5% in the 12 months through June — down from 4.2% in May

Just weeks into his job as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin M. Warsh has embraced some of the central bank’s conventions while signaling seismic shifts ahead

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman attended a private dinner hosted by Bank of America for a group of Wall Street clients on June 17, hours after the U.S. central bank announced it would leave interest rates unchanged, prompting scrutiny over whether the appearance complied with the Fed's communications policies

President Donald Trump’s ability to shock and outrage Washington elites is a superpower when it comes to solidifying his political base

As Americans grapple with rising prices at gas pumps and grocery stores, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser has framed elevated consumer spending as a sign of the country’s resilience

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett attempted to ease concerns over rising fuel costs on Sunday, as hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz linger on the horizon

The vote was largely down party lines with just one Democratic senator — Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman — joining the chamber’s 53 Republican senators in backing him

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett has offered a striking explanation for why American consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest point since records began in 1952 — suggesting the reading reflects not economic failure, but the sheer ambition of President Donald Trump's agenda

It was only five months after Powell took the reins of the Fed in 2018 that Trump began to tweet his frustration at the central bank chief, who was gradually increasing rates in an effort to return borrowing costs to more normal levels as the economy finally healed from the 2008 financial crisis

President Donald Trump announced Monday his plan to reduce the 18-cent federal gas tax for an unspecified period, citing soaring U.S. fuel prices due to the Iran war

U.S. wealth inequality is the highest it has been in nearly four decades, according to federal data, as the economy under the Trump administration appears to increasingly favor the rich

The U.S. leader is on a knife-edge over Iran, after rejecting Tehran's counterproposal to end the 10-week war