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The experts predicted economic chaos. The data now shows Trump’s tariff strategy wasn’t the disaster Americans were promised. For years, Wall Street economists and much of the national media warned that tariffs imposed during the Trump administration would cripple the U.S. economy and permanently drive inflation higher. Those claims became a central talking point in debates over trade, monetary policy, and interest rates. The latest inflation data tells a different story. New

The Indiana State Senate has rejected a proposed mid-decade congressional redistricting plan, delivering a significant setback to President Donald Trump’s national effort to reshape U.S. House maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — and setting off a political reckoning within the Indiana Republican Party. Despite holding a commanding supermajority in the chamber, Senate Republicans fractured over the proposal, exposing deep internal divisions over strategy, timing, and po

When Congress passed President Donald Trump’s landmark economic package last year, one of its most forward-looking provisions was the creation of the “Trump Newborn Accounts.”  Overshadowed by larger tax and regulatory reforms, this quiet but powerful idea may ultimately be one of the bill’s most enduring legacies. A Brief History of the Policy Idea For decades, leaders in both parties have floated the idea that every American child should begin life with a small financial fo