Josh Boak

FILE – President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool Photo via AP, File)

What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years

December 22, 2024 at 9:22 a.m.

Trump’s decision to inject himself into the budget debate a month before his inauguration showed that he remains more adept at blowing up deals than making them.

FILE – A hiring sign is displayed at a hair salon in Vernon Hills, Ill., March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Americans end 2024 with grim economic outlook, but Republicans are optimistic for 2025: AP-NORC poll

December 17, 2024 at 8:26 a.m.

The unemployment rate is healthy and the stock market is up, but Democrats are feeling more pessimistic about the U.S. economy after Donald Trump’s election victory, according to a new...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk between AIDS Memorial Quilts spread over the South Lawn of the White House during a ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families and advocates, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Joe Biden has AIDS Memorial Quilt at White House to observe World AIDS Day

December 1, 2024 at 4:15 p.m.

President Joe Biden on Sunday had the AIDS Memorial Quilt spread on the White House South Lawn for the first time in observance of World AIDS Day.

FILE – The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for Donald Trump’s promises on growth and inflation

November 24, 2024 at 12:43 p.m.

Donald Trump has big plans for the economy — and a big debt problem that will be a hurdle to delivering on them.

FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks with construction workers in midtown Manhattan, April 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Donald Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick

November 23, 2024 at 5:55 p.m.

Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest...

FILE – Investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, N.C., Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

Donald Trump raced to pick many Cabinet posts. He took more time to settle on a treasury secretary

November 23, 2024 at 3:27 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time before settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his treasury secretary nominee.

Donald Trump chooses Scott Bessent to be treasury secretary, Russel Vought as budget chief, Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor

November 22, 2024 at 7:35 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary.

All Stories