In The News
134 stories tracking the cost of living under Trump
June 2026 (9 stories)
Economy
Seattle commits $8 million to keep about 1,000 households a year in their homes, funding rental aid and eviction defense before residents fall into homelessness.
Eviction filings at record highs
Economy
Warsh announces a sweeping Fed overhaul in his first meeting, launching five task forces and dropping the closely watched dot plot of rate projections.
Rates held, 9 governors foresee a hike
Economy
The Interior Department pays Invenergy $765 million to drop four offshore wind leases, its third such buyout in three months totaling $2.6 billion.
Reinvested in gas and geothermal
Economy
Trump signs the 60-day Iran ceasefire into effect and threatens to resume bombing if the deal collapses.
Strait of Hormuz reopens, oil flows
Good Government
New York breaks ground on a subway extension to East Harlem after the Trump administration released the federal funding it had withheld for a year.
70% of the area uses mass transit
Economy
Trump tells reporters he loves the inflation that just hit a three-year high, citing a secret mission moving oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
Gas up 40% since war began
Economy
Inflation tops 4% for the first time in three years as war-driven gas prices outpace wage growth and shrink real spending power.
Airfares up 27% in a year
Economy
Trump administration warns over 500 hospitals to post clear prices or face fines up to $2 million yearly, with red states Texas and Indiana leading violators.
Only 29% approve of Trump healthcare policies
Economy
Rubio tells Congress the Iran war is over as an Iranian attack on Kuwait’s airport kills one and wounds 63.
Lone death an Indian national
May 2026 (11 stories)
Congress
Treasury prepares to issue a new $250 bill featuring Trump’s face, pending congressional approval to put a living person on U.S. currency.
Signature on bills, gold coins, warships already named
Economy
Trump pick Warsh sworn in as Fed chair in first White House ceremony since 1987 with Justice Thomas, as Fed governor Waller warns rate hikes can no longer be ruled out.
First White House Fed oath since 1987
Censorship
CFPB deletes 1,700 pre-Vought pages including medical debt and solar loan consumer advisories as Russell Vought seeks to cut staff from 1,174 to 556.
Non-English language resources removed Thursday
Economy
EPA loosens grocery store refrigerant rule from Trump’s 2020 bipartisan climate law, pitching rollback of potent greenhouse gas as a grocery price fix.
Kroger and Piggly Wiggly executives joined announcement
Economy
Energy Secretary Wright predicts Strait of Hormuz reopens “this summer at the latest,” threatens U.S. military will force it open if Iran refuses a deal.
National gas average hits $4.53
Congress
Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair 54-45 with Democratic Sen. John Fetterman crossing over, two days before Chair Jerome Powell’s term ends.
Powell staying on Fed board
Economy
Iran war cost hits $29 billion as inflation reaches highest level since 2023 and gas remains up 50% since war began.
Pakistan shelters Iranian military aircraft
Economy
Energy Secretary Wright says Trump administration is open to suspending federal gas tax as prices hit $4.52, up 50% since Iran war.
Reversed his March under-$3 prediction
Economy
DOJ proposes settlement requiring Agri Stats to share meatpacking data with US buyers, ending Biden-era antitrust case.
Ground beef up 16% to $6.70 a pound
Economy
California launches first-in-the-nation program giving 400 free diapers to every newborn at participating hospitals starting this summer.
Medi-Cal hospitals first, statewide expansion planned
Economy
Gas prices jump 35 cents in a week to four-year high $4.43 average as 44% of Americans drive less and 42% cut household expenses.
Two-thirds blame Trump in poll
