Trump intends to roll back federal environmental protections and efforts to address human-caused climate change. The price tag will be huge, Jon Talton writes.

Gallup's first poll since the Republican sweep of the 2024 election found Americans are more confident about the economy.

The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth.

Donald Trump loved to use tariffs during his first presidency. But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in specific industries.

The economy sped up in November and kept the U.S. on track for another strong quarter of growth, fueled by optimism about falling interest rates and the prospect of a pro-business Trump administration,

In a more extreme scenario, in which the Trump administration deported 8.3 million undocumented immigrants, the economic outlook would be even worse. Compared to the baseline forecast, GDP would plummet by 7.4 percent by 2028, while employment would drop by 6.7 percent.

Americans’ confidence in the economy improved after Republicans won big in the 2024 election earlier this month, a survey released Tuesday found. The Gallup poll shows that Americans rank their confidence in the economy as -17,

In the wake of Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, huge numbers of Republicans who previously believed that the economy was “getting worse” and that U.S. elections are not “free and fair” no longer believe those things,

Donald Trump’s trade plan for 2025 would hit China and Mexico hard as well as cause global damage. But he will struggle to implement it in full

While the incoming administration may not know exactly how to fix healthcare, the opportunity for substantive, system-wide change may be in front of us.

From enacting tariffs on foreign goods to slashing taxes for individuals and businesses, Trump’s economic populism is about to be put to the test.

President-elect Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada would reignite inflation in 2025, hurt the economy, experts say.