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Trump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analystA quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires , according to an economic analyst. In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economics columnist Catherine Rampell said the Trump administration now allows wealthy donors to stock Trump Accounts with shares of individual companies, which…
“Suck It Up”: Ken Paxton Promises Cuts to Federal BenefitsMore audio of Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton has leaked, this time featuring the embattled lawmaker telling people depending on federal benefits programs to “suck it up” and prepare for cuts. “The growing out of this is part of the solution, and making some reasonable cuts to mandatory spending—you’re gonna have to do it,” Paxton said at…
Fears of Trump election meddling now ‘enormously important economic question’: expertA prominent economist warned that fears of election interference under President Donald Trump pose a serious threat to America's economy . Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan economist who hosts "Platypus Economics," told Molly Jong-Fast in a Wednesday episode of "Fast Politics" that the biggest risks aren't in the latest GDP or jobs numbers but in…
'The DNC Has No Choice': Democrats Sue Trump Over Taxpayer-Funded PropagandaThe Democratic National Committee sued President Donald Trump and parts of his administration on Wednesday over a series of recent taxpayer-funded video advertisements that the complaint calls "a blatant violation of the statutory ban on the use of appropriations for 'publicity or propaganda purposes.'" "President Trump personally directed this illegal…
Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting adsAds promoting the president have cost more than $12m and his Super Pac has refused to reimburse taxpayers Sign up to The Stakes 2026: your weekly guide to the US midterms The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration in federal court on Wednesday, asking a judge in Washington DC to stop the president from using taxpayer funds to air a…