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Trump moves to shield farmers rattled by tariffs and war. But the U.S. is already doling out $10B to near-millionaires and even billionaire farmers

A recent Cato Institute post outlined how the federal crop insurance program bolsters wealthy farmers.

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U.S. President Donald Trump
EconomyTrump says tariffs are going to be enough to pay down national debt. They likely won’t even touch the sides
By Eleanor PringleAugust 17, 2025
EconomyGovernment forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration, after strike strands over 100,000 travelers
By Rob Gillies, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressAugust 16, 2025
EconomyTrump’s reciprocal tariffs could be struck down as soon as this month—and the administration is warning of economic apocalypse
By Jason MaAugust 16, 2025
EconomyTo stop a flesh-eating cattle parasite in Mexico from crossing the border, the U.S. will build a $750 million factory that breeds sterile flies
By John Hanna and The Associated PressAugust 16, 2025
A man is surrounded by ICE agents who appear to be detaining him.
EconomyTrump is deporting so many immigrants that it could cause inflation to hit 4% next year, top economist says
By Eva RoytburgAugust 16, 2025
EconomyYou’re welcome, world: U.S. tariffs may cool inflation for the rest of the global economy 
By Jason MaAugust 15, 2025
Warren Buffett looking dapper
EconomyWarren Buffett’s $1.6 billion bet on UnitedHealth sends the struggling insurer’s stock soaring
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2025
American shopper
EconomyThe mighty American consumer keeps shrugging off tariffs as retail sales rise 0.5% in July
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2025
EconomyThe bond market is signaling that a September cut from the Fed is no longer locked in
By Jim EdwardsAugust 15, 2025
PoliticsOil and fuel prices hang in the balance as Trump and Putin meet to broker peace
By Jordan BlumAugust 15, 2025
The CoinsMemecoins are fusing with popular culture, and their influence will grow, says crypto pioneer Olaf Carlson-Wee
By Jeff John RobertsAugust 14, 2025
Jobless claims
EconomyJobless claims remain in post-COVID trench, falling unexpectedly in early August
By Matt Ott and The Associated PressAugust 14, 2025
Donald Trump
EconomyAnother tariff warning sign as wholesale inflation surges unexpectedly in July
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressAugust 14, 2025
EconomyAI spending added 0.5% to GDP growth, and the Magnificent 7 stocks are driving the market
By Jim EdwardsAugust 14, 2025
Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of fixed income for BlackRock Inc.
EconomyBlackRock’s Rick Rieder says this is the ‘best investing environment ever.’ He’s conveniently in the running for next Fed chairman
By Eleanor PringleAugust 14, 2025
Back to school shopping
Economy‘I am overwhelmed by the need to stay on top of where the deals are’: Back-to-school shopping turns into China tariff-dodging exercise
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressAugust 13, 2025
David Solomon
EconomyGoldman Sachs doubles down on tariff research that infuriated Trump, saying average Americans will bear two-thirds of the costs
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 13, 2025
Shopper
EconomyThe gap between higher- and lower-income households is widening as inequality progress since pandemic has ‘gone into reverse,’ BofA economist says
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 13, 2025
Real EstateEven a 1% mortgage rate drop could be enough to ‘unlock’ the frozen housing market, Oxford Economics says
By Sydney LakeAugust 13, 2025
President of the Swiss Confederation, Karin Keller-Sutter (R) and Swiss Economy Minister Guy Parmelin
PoliticsSwitzerland warns its companies that no, they can’t dodge Trump’s tariffs by routing goods through the tiny neighboring country of Liechtenstein
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 13, 2025
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025.
EconomyIn Trump’s year of cost-cutting and efficiency, national debt soars past $37 trillion
By Eleanor PringleAugust 13, 2025
Friends at restaurant
EconomyGen Z and young millennials are driving a great American drinking decline, Gallup poll shows
By Linley Sanders and The Associated PressAugust 13, 2025
Photo: A woman at the summit of a small peak.
FinanceThere’s a good reason stocks continue to hit all-time highs—most companies are beating expectations, JPMorgan says
By Jim EdwardsAugust 13, 2025
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (L) and Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell (R)
EconomyMarkets have convinced themselves they’ll get a September interest rate cut. Now they’re eyeing a double reduction
By Eleanor PringleAugust 13, 2025
Scott Bessent
EconomyNational debt hits a record $37 trillion, years sooner than pre-pandemic projections
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressAugust 12, 2025
Photo of Donald Trump
EconomyTrump is bringing in enough revenue from tariffs to have a serious impact on the $37 trillion national debt, budget watchdog says
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 12, 2025
Donald Trump
EconomyTrump’s BLS appointee suggests suspending jobs report entirely until methods of data collection are ‘corrected’
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 12, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyTrump threatens legal action against Powell over Fed HQ, demands immediate rate cuts as inflation holds steady
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 12, 2025
US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell
EconomyJerome Powell’s job just got a whole lot easier as inflation data sidesteps disaster
By Eleanor PringleAugust 12, 2025
Jerome Powell at the podium
EconomyInflation is staying level—for now—but the next wave of tariff-driven price increases is already in motion: ‘They are going up, we’ve seen that’
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 12, 2025
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