Economy
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The only things keeping America out of a recession are robots and health care.
If you’re worried about inflation from Trump’s tariffs already, just wait until fall.
If the president loses this case, he will go to the Supreme Court to bail him out again.
Two forces are reshaping the same future.
The White House wants to send Medicaid recipients to the mines.
There’s $16 billion in new day care spending tucked inside Trump’s welfare-slashing tax package.
Burritos on a payment plan, explained.
The class of 2025 is graduating into a weird job market.
The conflict could take a toll in both blood and money.
A leading conservative thinker on populism’s rise on the right.
Now that’s what I call economic downturn!
Trump wants to blow a $3 trillion hole in the budget. The bond market is saying “no way.”
If this decision stands on appeal, it’s a big loss for Trump that will make it difficult for his trade war to continue.
Don’t blame Joe Rogan too much — one theory says that the roots of this gender gap go back decades.
The Republican justices draw a line in the sand — in an order that makes absolutely no sense.
The GOP remains a conspiracy to steal from the poor and give to the rich.
Much of the hearing focused on whether Richard Nixon can save Trump’s tariffs.
Is our long-ish national economic nightmare over?
Trump’s team had grand ambitions for reordering global trade. They’re backing down.
America’s most powerful legal organization confronts Trump’s incompetence.
Trump is threatening the independence of the Fed. That’s dangerous.
We’re about to get our first window into whether the judiciary will allow Trump’s trade war to continue.
The end of the de minimis exemption, briefly explained.
Prices are rising due to Trump’s tariffs — but not universally just yet.
It’s time to take a hard look at your own finances — and theirs.
Trade wars are easy to win — if you’re China.
Gold has become a rare safe bet in Trump’s economy.
Businesses and consumers are already appearing to panic.
The Democratic Party faces an electoral math problem post-Trump. A new project is trying to solve it.
A large share of the country still seems to view the Republican Party as the party of the people.
Say goodbye to your $30 toaster.
Consumer confidence is plunging, bond markets are panicking, and gas prices are coming down alarmingly quickly.
Some of his advisers have a theory about what they want. It isn’t working out.
Meet the lonely men who think the tariffs will get them girlfriends.
Nobody knows what Trump will do next — and that’s a problem.
Democrats shouldn’t echo Trump’s myths about trade.
There’s a questionable assumption fueling the stock market rally.
His advisers claimed it was all part of the plan. Trump said otherwise.