Mr. Musk’s involvement in politics was once seen by investors as a benefit to Tesla. Not anymore.
Category: United States Politics and Government
-
Trump Keeps Foreign Countries on Edge as Tariff Deadline Nears
The president is again threatening higher tariff rates on a dozen foreign nations, as a deadline elapses this week for making trade deals.
-
RFK Jr.’s Battle Against Food Dyes Hits a Roadblock: M&M’s
The health secretary has used peer pressure to persuade food makers to nix synthetic dyes. The candy industry is holding out, arguing American consumers like bright sweets.
-
From Food Aid to Dog Chow? How Trump’s Cuts Hurt Kansas Farmers.
Kansans created Food for Peace, for 70 years a font of rural income and pride. Now at least one grain broker is trying to sell grain that once fed the world as dog food.
-
Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline
But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.
-
Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline
But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.
-
How Republicans Re-engineered the Tax Code
The product of years of Republican effort, the American tax code now blends traditional supply-side economics with President Trump’s populist 2024 campaign promises.
-
Drugmakers Notch a $5 Billion Win in Republicans’ Policy Bill
More medicines will be spared from Medicare price negotiations, a change that is projected to wipe out billions in savings for the federal government.
-
Hiring Held Steady in June as Employers Added 147,000 Jobs
The strength of the labor market suggests that the economy remains robust despite uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs and geopolitical turmoil.
-
How Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas
The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.
-
Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline in the Republican Megabill
Republicans deferred some of their most painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections.