The upshot: Under Biden, many households remained dogged by the same long-term pocketbook issues that have prevailed for decades under previous presidential administrations. During the pandemic, the soaring cost
NEW YORK —Long-threatened tariffs from President Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty. The uncertainty has roiled financial markets, lowered consumer confidence, and enveloped many b...
(documented and undocumented) immigrants ceased many normal activities, including employment, in order to remain hidden from local police. As discussed in Section 2, there is substantial anecdotal and empirical evidence that SC and other interior immigration enforcement policies generate large chilling ...
“If you look, there are many workers who do put money into the Social Security system, (and) they will never be able to access benefits,” McWhorter says. That’s because even though they are paying into the Social Security system, their number is invalid and cannot be used...
Under President Joe Biden, a record 24 million people signed up for the marketplace coverage. Trump has long been a critic of “Obamacare,” unsuccessfully seeking a repeal of the national health care law during his first term. He also shortened enrollment windows and cut funding for the prog...
Medicare and Medicaid could also see changes under the Trump Administration. Medicare is the government’s health insurance program for those 65 and older or disabled. Medicaid covers health care costs for low-income families and is used by many seniors to pay for long-term care, whic...
The U.S. government has, for the most part, sought to discourage these children, many of whom come from areas in Central America plagued by poverty and violence, from journeying to the southern border, highlighting the often dangerous trek north. ...
Medicare and Medicaid could also see changes under the Trump Administration. Medicare is the government’s health insurance program for those 65 and older or disabled. Medicaid covers health care costs for low-income families and is used by many seniors to pay for long-term ...
When President Joe Biden took office, he preserved most of the tariffs Trump previously enacted against China, in addition to imposing some new restrictions. But his administration claimed to take a more targeted approach. Fast-forward to today, and economists stress there could be gr...
The price of a regular gallon of gas now is under $3 in many states and heading lower. Trump also repeated the fact that Biden killed the Keystone XL oil pipeline — which is true — but then pivoted to saying Biden also “approved” the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, ...