2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1763+ words) In the second and third quarters of 2025, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in two years. Those growth rates were not "numbers unheard of," or figures the U.S. "never had" before, as President Donald Trump has claimed. In addition, economic…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1548+ words) Spending to build, expand and rehabilitate manufacturing sites in the U.S. has declined since President Donald Trump took office, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Yet, Trump has repeatedly boasted that "factory construction" is up 41%. Trump cited the 41% statistic in a White…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1076+ words) Through President Donald Trump's first full 10 months in office, the cumulative U.S. trade deficit in goods and services was down 3.9% from the same period in 2024. His claim that he has "slashed our trade deficit by 77%" appears to compare the monthly trade…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1146+ words) The figures can mislead because the reported levels of native- and foreign-born workers are influenced by predetermined population estimates for 2025 that the Census Bureau calculated in 2024. In an August post on Substack, Jed Kolko, a senior fellow at the Peterson…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1155+ words) Vice President JD Vance has exaggerated the increase in home prices during President Joe Biden's time in office and has misleadingly pointed to illegal immigration as a primary cause of a rise in prices. In a Fox News interview on…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1383+ words) And while there are cases where out-of-pocket costs are set to increase by $1,000 or $2,000 a month if the expanded tax credits are allowed to expire as scheduled, the average increase is $1,016 for the year, a 114% rise, according to estimates from…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1061+ words) After months of delay, higher tariffs that President Donald Trump had vowed to impose on goods imported from dozens of countries went into effect on Aug. 7, affecting trade with most of the United States" trading partners. But before and after…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago   (975+ words) President Donald Trump has cited a $40 billion trade deficit with Switzerland to justify a new, high tariff on imported Swiss goods. But his figure ignores trade in services. The overall goods-and-services deficit is less than $9 billion." After months of warnings…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1821+ words) By Alan Jaffe and Saranac Hale Spencer About six months into the second term of President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats are making conflicting and often misleading assessments of the Trump administration's impact on inflation and prices. Both sides cherry-pick…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1006+ words) Treasury Department data show that revenue from tariffs on imported foreign goods increased substantially in April and May, setting monthly records. But the total is less than half the figure President Donald Trump has cited. At least twice this month,…...