Government

In Tennessee, the chances of negotiating legally-binding “community benefits agreements” with major companies have been curbed by lawmakers. 

Fed governors serve on the Federal Open Markets Committee — the group that votes on interest rate decisions. 

You take it with a grain of salt and find proxy data.

As the U.S. employs more tariffs and sanctions, former international economic security advisor Daleep Singh makes the case for economic Geneva Conventions, and a federal Department of Economic Security.

Thousands of grocery stores around the country rely on customers who pay with SNAP benefits. Some could close because of cuts Congress just approved to the food assistance program.

The Biden-era Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program championed a “fiber first” strategy.

The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act zeroes out the fines the federal government charged automakers for violating fuel efficiency standards. That could change the kinds of vehicles carmakers build, at least in the short term.

There’s been a “targeted, surgical removal of data sets, or elements of data sets, that are not aligned with the administration’s priorities,” said Denice Ross at the Federation of American Scientists.

The central bank doesn’t directly control the interest rates that the president is concerned about.

In an unusual move for a commander-in-chief, President Donald Trump is slated to visit the Federal Reserve this afternoon.