With the passage of deep tax cuts late last year, annual U.S. budget deficits are expected to balloon over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday. The independent financial scorekeeper said that the long-term U.S. debt, now more than $21 trillion, could soar to more than $33 trillion by 2028, with increasing […]
President Donald Trump called the raid on his personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s office “a disgraceful situation,” an “attack on our country” and a “whole new level of unfairness.” “It’s a total witch hunt,” the president said at the start of a meeting with senior military leadership Monday. “I’ve been saying it for a long time. […]
China announced Wednesday it plans to impose tariffs on $50 billion worth of U.S. goods in response to a similar package announced by the United States. The Chinese measures would boost tariffs by 25 percent on 106 U.S. products, including soybeans, aircraft and cars. China’s commerce ministry responded with its own measures less than 11 […]
WASHINGTON — For the second day in a row Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump railed against illegal immigration into the country at its southern border with Mexico, contending that the U.S. “is being stolen” by the migrants. He complained about a stream of about 1,100 people marching north through Mexico to escape poverty and violence in […]