The problem is not just that the president lied while touting his tariffs. The problem is made worse by the apparent fact that he felt like he had to lie.

The top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday led calls for the resignation of acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek following the revelation of internal emails confirming that the SSA canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback after Democratic Gov.

President Donald Trump has announced the “largest tax cuts in history” while assuring that Medicare and Social Security will remain untouched. Meanwhile, Elon Musk-led DOGE has begun cutting government costs,

While over one-third of Republicans believe Medicaid and SNAP will be cut, the majority of Republicans are opposed to it. The poll found 75 percent of those surveyed were opposed to cuts to Medicaid, and 72 percent said the same about SNAP.

Instead, Senate Republicans are considering offsets mostly for any new Trump tax breaks. Raising alarms from the most conservative budget hawks, the senators have set a floor of about $4 billion in budget reductions to health and other programs — a fraction of the package’s expected $4 trillion-plus price tag for tax breaks.

President Donald Trump has stated multiple times that he wants to eliminate income taxes and replace them with tariffs. Such a decision would be one of the most significant changes to the tax