CBO estimates Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense will cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, seven times the White House projection.
Iran war cost hits $29 billion as inflation reaches highest level since 2023 and gas remains up 50% since war began.
Trump Mobile quietly rewrites fine print to say T1 gold phone may never be made, a year after taking $100 deposits and pushing back four ship dates.
Senate advances Warsh to chair Federal Reserve, putting him on track to replace Powell this week, after DOJ dropped its criminal probe of Powell.
Trump rejects Iran’s reply to peace proposal as “garbage” and says ceasefire is on life support, days before asking Xi to pressure Iran.
Trump posts demand that federal agencies stop waiving 1933 Buy American Act, but issues no executive order or rule change.
Energy Secretary Wright says Trump administration is open to suspending federal gas tax as prices hit $4.52, up 50% since Iran war.
DOJ proposes settlement requiring Agri Stats to share meatpacking data with US buyers, ending Biden-era antitrust case.
California launches first-in-the-nation program giving 400 free diapers to every newborn at participating hospitals starting this summer.
April hiring beats forecasts at 115,000 but labor force participation hits lowest level since October 2021.
US trade court strikes down Trump’s 10% global tariffs, his second tariff scheme rejected since February’s Supreme Court ruling.
Musk settles SEC suit over delayed 2022 Twitter stake disclosure for record $1.5 million fine, one percent of $150 million he saved.
US sinks six Iranian boats and Iran strikes UAE oil port on day one of Project Freedom as ceasefire frays.
DC US Attorney Pirro keeps a Powell criminal investigation revival on the table, tying her decision to a Federal Reserve Inspector General review of renovation cost overruns.
Trump orders US Central Command to start guiding commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday as Iran warns the plan violates the ceasefire.
Gas prices jump 35 cents in a week to four-year high $4.43 average as 44% of Americans drive less and 42% cut household expenses.
Education Department finalizes graduate loan caps eliminating Grad PLUS and excluding nursing, physical therapy, and social work from higher “professional” tier.
Trump signs executive order creating TrumpIRA.gov, putting his name on a portal that routes 56 million Americans to retirement match passed under 2022 Secure 2.0 law.
Trump approves Bridger Pipeline Expansion to carry 550,000 barrels of Canadian oil daily through Montana and Wyoming, dubbed “Keystone Light” after Biden killed original.
Trump lifts 10% tariff on U.K. whiskey as parting gift to King Charles, citing intertwined Scotch and Kentucky bourbon barrel trade.
Ford raises 2026 guidance after booking $1.3 billion tariff refund from Supreme Court ruling that struck down Trump’s emergency tariff authority in February.
Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady and Powell announces he will remain a Fed governor through January 2028, citing political attacks.
US average gas price hits $4.17, a four-year high, after rising $1.19 per gallon since Iran war began two months ago.
Treasury official who raised privacy objections to surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community payments expected to be nominated US representative to OECD.
Trump’s national security team weighs Iran’s Strait of Hormuz proposal as Rubio publicly rejects it, on Iran war day 62.
Interior Department pays Bluepoint and Golden State Wind $885 million to surrender offshore leases in exchange for matching investments in fossil fuel projects.
White House weighs Defense Production Act takeover of Spirit Airlines as Iran war fuel costs push the twice-bankrupt carrier toward liquidation.
U.S. Attorney Pirro says she is closing the criminal probe of Fed Chair Powell three days after Trump’s pick Kevin Warsh testified at his Senate confirmation hearing.
Maine Gov. Mills vetoes first-in-nation data center moratorium to save 800 construction jobs at a paper mill in her home county, six weeks before her Senate primary.
Trump sends envoys Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for indirect ceasefire talks with Iran on war day 58.
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun sues Trump-co-founded World Liberty Financial for extortion, alleging the company froze his $776 million in tokens after he declined further investment.
Trump tells CNBC he will “remember” companies that decline to seek refunds from the $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court ruled illegal.
Trump calls Energy Secretary Wright “totally wrong” one day after Wright’s forecast that gas prices could stay elevated into 2027.
CBP opens $166 billion importer refund portal two months after Supreme Court loss as administration studies reducing payouts.
Energy Secretary Wright says gas may not drop below $3 per gallon until 2027, with average price up 39% since February.
U.S. Customs opens portal Monday for $166 billion in tariff refunds, two months after Supreme Court struck down Trump tariffs.
U.S. Navy fires on and boards Iranian cargo ship Touska in Gulf of Oman, first seizure since blockade of Iran began April 13.
Anthropic CEO meets White House chief of staff Wiles as OMB moves to give federal agencies access to Mythos, routing around Pentagon blacklist.
Trump extends Russian oil sanctions waiver, reversing Treasury Sec. Bessent’s public pledge two days earlier to let it expire.
Treasury’s terrorism-financing chief Burke bought oil and nuclear ETFs eight days before Iran strikes, while overseeing sanctions that move those markets.
Pentagon asks GM, Ford, GE Aerospace, and Oshkosh to shift factory capacity to weapons production as Ukraine and Iran deplete stocks.
Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Powell if he doesn’t step down May 15, as Warsh confirmation remains blocked.
Treasury Secretary Bessent warns foreign banks of Iran sanctions he calls “financial equivalent” of bombing campaign.
Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee Warsh discloses at least $135 million in personal assets, far exceeding any recent Fed chair, with confirmation hearing next week.
Customs agency will begin issuing refunds April 20 from $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as unlawful in February.
Prosecutors from D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro’s office show up unannounced at Federal Reserve headquarters demanding a tour of renovations a judge already ruled were investigative pretext.
