Trump has sent letters to leaders of dozens of countries outlining the tariff levels set to begin on Aug. 1. In recent months ...

In recent speeches and media scrums, President Donald Trump has lauded the federal budget surplus for the month of June, ...

Nobody should be too excited and think this means our country is headed toward lower deficits - especially when the ...

The U.S. surplus amounted to a little more than $27 billion, a stark contrast to the $316 billion deficit in May. This ...

Tariff income won’t come close to balancing the federal fisc.

The market has taken the US threat of 30% tariffs on the EU and Mexico in stride. The dollar is narrowly mixed against the ...

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Except for four years in the late 1990s, the Federal Government has had a deficit in […] ...

Donald Trump has proposed 15%-20% blanket levies on most nations amid an unexpected budget surplus in June, because of tariff ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 50% tariff against Brazil on ABC News ...

In an interview with ABC News, Kevin Hassett was also pressed about the president's decision to hit imports from Brazil with ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson touted an alleged federal budget surplus for June 2025, the first since 2017, and said with ...

The higher rates suggest Trump may raise tariffs on certain countries beyond the levels outlined in his April 2 “Liberation ...