129 articles in the Economy category.
By Tommy Flynn
ASHINGTON — The Department of Justice Antitrust Division has opened a criminal investigation into major meatpacking companies accused of illicit collusion, price fixing, and market manipulation that has driven up beef prices for consumers while suppressing prices paid to...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — More than 20 commercial vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, April 18, 2026, marking the highest single-day transit volume since the U.S.-Iran conflict escalated in late February, according to shipping analytics firm Kpler. The surge occurred...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A new Government Accountability Office report released April 15, 2026, estimates that fraud in federal programs and operations costs taxpayers between $233 billion and $521 billion every year, with the upper end exceeding half a trillion dollars. The report, titled...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is now “fully open and ready for full passage” after Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared commercial vessels can transit the critical chokepoint during the ongoing 10-day Israel-Lebanon...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Senior Pentagon officials have begun preliminary discussions with top executives from major U.S. automakers, including General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley, about shifting factory capacity and personnel to produce weapons, munitions, and other...
By Herald Truman
Don't fall for the propaganda. The Military action against Iran is exactly America First.
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – Oral arguments began today in a major legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s latest round of global tariffs before the U.S. Court of International Trade. A coalition of mostly Democrat-led states and small businesses sued the administration over the 10%...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – U.S. stock markets rose and oil prices fell sharply Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced a Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire with Iran, easing immediate fears of prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement, made late Tuesday...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget, submitted to Congress on April 3, 2026, sharply reduces federal funding for programs that traditionally fall under state responsibility while boosting spending on core national functions such as border...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy added a robust 178,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in March 2026, snapping back sharply from February’s revised loss of 133,000 jobs and delivering the strongest monthly gain since December 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on April 3, 2026....
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Monday the central bank will continue its “wait and see” stance on how the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict affects the economy, repeating a policy he has maintained for years that critics say is designed to slow President...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – More than 4 million American children have already been enrolled in the Trump Accounts program, including nearly 1 million newborns who qualified for the $1,000 federal seed investment, according to IRS data reviewed by the Washington Examiner and reported by...