Escalating global trade war tensions, fueled by mounting Trump administration bravado, could retrigger the 2008 global financial crisis, warns the World Bank. This is the grim prediction that the bank foresees in their latest Global Economic Prospects report. The World Bank is a 189-member international financial institution that provides loans to countries, especially in the […]
In early May 2018, the Trump administration sent a letter to congressional leaders to propose over $143.5 billion in federal budget cuts. The staggering budget cut proposal amount would target the retirement funds of federal employees and follows a historic tax cut expected to balloon the deficit for years into the future. Not counting military […]
Medical professionals and health insurance advocates are criticizing the Trump administration’s recent short-term healthcare strategy. The proposal of cheaper, shorter term coverage plans may increase the number of Americans who are uninsured or under-insured, they charge. Critics are concerned that any proposal that cuts or limits coverage will prove detrimental to millions, many of them […]
