Author: Zach Halaschak, Washington Examiner

The high mortgage rates that have prevented many people from buying homes may not fall quickly, even if President Donald Trump succeeds in appointing a new Federal Reserve chairman who shares his desire to slash the central bank’s target rate. Trump has reportedly narrowed down the list of possible candidates for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s…

The government shutdown ended this week, after 43 days, which was the longest on record and is expected to leave the biggest fiscal footprint. While exact estimates of the cost hit and the overall fiscal impact are still being quantified, it is safe to say that, due to the length of the shutdown, it will…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said trade policies for certain food products, such as coffee and bananas, will soon be changed in an effort to ease cost-of-living concerns. Bessent made the announcement on Wednesday on Fox News. However, he didn’t provide any specifics about what the changes to trade policy might be or which countries could…

The cost of living and inflation are major threats to the political fortunes of the Republicans in the majority in Washington. But what can President Donald Trump do now to help the situation ahead of the midterm elections? Recent polling and off-year elections last week that saw Democrats surging indicate that voters are unsatisfied with…

A group of Republicans has unveiled a new tranche of legislation to update federal labor law, part of a push to revamp laws to fit the modern economy. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced the legislative initiative on Monday. Sens. Jim Banks (R-IN), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL),…