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The president has indicated that Kevin Warsh and Kevin Hassett are the front-runners to succeed Jerome Powell next year.
The attention on stimulus checks picked up after a Nov. 9 post by Trump on Truth Social in which the president raved about the success of American tariffs and wrote that a "dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone."
Prices and deportations are going up, while polls regularly show a majority disapproves of his presidency and that most of his major policies are unpopular.
President Donald Trump's approval rating slipped in recent days to nearly its lowest level of his current term as voters from his Republican Party soured on his handling of the economy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Economists also note that the report showed that wages are growing at the lowest rate in years. Although Americans’ earnings are still outpacing inflation, average hourly earnings grew at an annual rate of 3.5% in November, whereas inflation grew at a 3% rate in September, marking the slowest pace since 2021.
Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year's Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon demands Tim Walz resign over Minnesota's massive $1 billion fraud crisis involving "ghost students" and welfare scams.
The lawsuit alleges the administration bypassed required procedures in imposing the massive fee increase for specialized worker visas.