Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: tariffs

Trump defends economy as prices rise, approval sinks, and deregulation alarms...

Primetime address clashes with polling, tariff costs, healthcare pressures, and warnings of renewed financial risk.

How Trump fueled an affordability crisis

While everyday Americans struggle, Trump prefers to party with the rich.

Tariffs and inflation collide as new campaign warns holiday shoppers of...

Businesses and consumers report higher prices across the supply chain as Trump’s tariffs push up the cost of food, gifts, and holiday essentials.

Under Trump, rising costs are hitting families with $700 more per...

New Joint Economic Committee report shows inflation accelerating as White House withholds key CPI data.

Drug prices soar under Trump despite promises, Senate report finds

Senate HELP Minority report says 688 drug prices rose after Trump took office, with some cancer therapies now over $200,000 a year and a rare-disease drug jumping 1,555 percent; White House tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could push costs higher still.

Trump’s pharma tariffs set to hit branded drugs as exemptions widen...

Analysts warn of price risks even as generics, U.S. facilities, and European caps could blunt the impact.

Trade war and immigration crackdown push US farmers to the brink

Farmers describe collapsing export markets, labor shortages, and a missing safety net as tariffs and immigration policies reshape U.S. agriculture.

Trump’s boat strike in international waters triggers legal firestorm and charges...

Administration claims an attack killed 11 members of Tren de Aragua in international waters, but offers little proof as legal experts, rights groups, and lawmakers cite violations of international and constitutional law.

Grocery chains are passing Trump tariff costs on to US consumers...

The price of food has increased by 3 percent in the past year, with meats, poultry, fish, and eggs getting 5.6 percent more expensive from June 2024 to June 2025.

How NYT’s bad reporting helped justify Trump’s tariffs on Brazil

Unlike most other countries—where Trump cited trade deficits to justify these so-called emergencies—the U.S. had maintained a trade surplus with Brazil for years.

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.