POLITICS

Colin Allred knocks Ted Cruz as ‘all hat, no cattle’ during Texas debate
by Matt Hennie
| October 16, 2024
Rep. Colin Allred and Sen. Ted Cruz met on Tuesday for the only debate of their closely-contested Senate race in Texas.

Your F-150 or Camry could cost tens of thousands of dollars more under Trump’s tariff plan
| October 16, 2024
Trump’s proposed tariff of between 100% and 2,000% on foreign-made cars entering the US would raise prices on both domestic and imported cars and “likely send thousands of US workers to the unemployment line,” according to Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow in the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute.

Trump’s tariff plan would raise prices and ‘reduce the living standard of Americans,’ economists say
| October 16, 2024
Trump’s plan would effectively be a sales tax that disproportionately harms working-class families and could cause a trade war that hurts US companies, economists say.

Political grudges, conspiracy theories could undermine disaster relief under Trump
| October 15, 2024
Donald Trump’s history of punishing disloyalty and Republicans’ amplification of conspiracy theories could undermine disaster relief efforts if Trump is elected to a second term in the White House.

Trump’s economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say
| October 15, 2024
Mainstream economists warn that Trump's plans to impose huge tariffs on imported goods, deport millions of migrant workers, and demand a voice in the Federal Reserve's interest rate policies would likely send prices surging.


