When the stock market was climbing in January 2024, Donald Trump knew exactly who deserved credit: He did. Nearly a year before his return to the White House, he declared on his Truth Social platform that investors were celebrating his lead in the polls against President Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump opened his second public Cabinet meeting by deflecting blame after the latest economic indicator showed a sharp dip in the first months of his second presidency. Quite the summation: “Trump promised that his second term would mark the beginning of a new golden age.

President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act has faced intense preliminary litigation in courts around the country, leading to rulings such as the Supreme Court’s insistence that people potentially subject to the act must receive due process.

A majority of Americans now describe Donald Trump not as a strong leader, but as a "dangerous dictator," according to a new poll.

President Donald Trump narrowly avoided a rebuke from the U.S. Senate on his tariffs due to one Democratic senator's absence. The resolution, defeated with a 49-49 tie on April 30, reflects discontent with Trump's 10% across-the-board tariffs and now-paused "retaliatory" tariffs that rattled Wall Street and contributed to a shrinking GDP as four Republicans joined with all present Democrats in supporting it.

The New York Times' Lauren Hirsch discusses how markets are reacting to Trump's tariffs and Trump's defense of the tariffs.