Donald J. Trump

• India is set to host Russia's Putin, deepening trade ties, unfazed by punitive U.S. tariffs - The two countries are looking to strengthen trade ties and are likely to sign bilateral interdepartmental and business agreements during Putin's visit.
• USDA secretary threatens to cut funding to blue states over alleged SNAP data noncompliance - The Trump administration threatened to cut off federal funding to blue states over their alleged refusal to share SNAP program data.
• Delayed tariff impact starting to hit, could cause companies to reduce head count in 2026 - President Trump's tariffs, aimed at reshoring American jobs lost to overseas manufacturing, could end up lowering head count instead
• How to maximize the bigger SALT deduction for 2025 under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ - President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" increased the SALT deduction limit to $40,000 for 2025. Here's how to maximize the tax break.
• Costco sues for Trump tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules on if they're illegal - Costco joins dozens of other companies that are seeking to protect their rights to refunds of Trump's tariffs without first waiting for the Supreme Court.
• As regime change looms at the Fed, one candidate emerges as frontrunner for chair - President Donald Trump knows who he's going to select as the next Federal Reserve chair but isn't saying yet.
• Appeals court disqualifies Trump's N.J. prosecutor pick Alina Habba, rejecting DOJ challenge - The ruling affirming Habba's disqualification came one week after another Trump-picked prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, was deemed invalidly appointed.
• Eli Lilly cuts cash prices of Zepbound weight loss drug vials on direct-to-consumer site - The announcement comes weeks after President Donald Trump inked deals with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to make their GLP-1 drugs easier for Americans to access.
• An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis - The small, family run companies that make traditional memorialization products like gravestones are facing the dual challenges of tariffs and cremation.
• White House blasts Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent for coverage of 'illegal orders' video - Last week, six Democrats with military or national security experience, released a video reminding service members they have the right to refuse illegal orders.