Economists and lawmakers say the president’s claims of a manufacturing boom are more like a bust. Alex Woodward reports ...

A 2024 letter reveals that even the President Biden administration urged Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to clean up the state’s SNAP program, which was recently found by state and federal ...

Overhanging that massive spending, however, is the issue of demand for EVs, or more precisely, the lack of it. In 2025, Rivian said it sold 25,000 EVs in the U.S., far below estimates of 40,000 to 51, ...

President Trump claimed a number of economic achievements during his State of the Union address. What do data show?

NEW YORK —An estimated 32.6 million people watched President Donald J. Trump deliver the 2026 State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 24, according to Nielsen. Of those viewers, 2,047,000 were ...

President Donald Trump plans to expand retirement savings, as the administration focuses on the economy. The administration ...

The record-breaking, 110-minute address was littered with bold assertions about energy prices, crime and the U.S. economy.

President Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential race after his initial opponent, then-President Joe Biden, withdrew over worries about his age and mental sharpness.

President Donald Trump sought in his first State of the Union address to sell Americans on the idea of a booming economy, falling prices, and soaring jobs, yet he faces a skeptical public with a much ...

CBS News fact checked President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address Tuesday night, in which he highlighted his record on the economy, immigration and tariffs, and also assessed a claim made by ...