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134 stories tracking the cost of living under Trump

October 2025 (2 stories)

Data

Bureau of Labor Statistics recalls workers during government shutdown to prepare September inflation data for Federal Reserve meeting and Social Security cost-of-living adjustment.

September jobs report from Oct. 3 still delayed

Source: Seeking Alpha

October 10, 2025

Courts

Solar companies, unions and homeowners sue EPA for canceling $7 billion Solar for All program expected to save 900,000 low-income households $350 million annually, claiming Trump violated separation of powers by blocking congressional funding.

Part of 2022 Inflation Reduction Act

Source: UPI

October 7, 2025

September 2025 (2 stories)

Data

The Trump EPA plans to eliminate the program that has tracked industrial greenhouse gases since 2009, citing $2.4 billion in business savings.

Source: CBS News

September 13, 2025

Congress

A D.C. Circuit panel led by Trump appointees allows the EPA to cancel $16 billion in green energy grants following congressional repeal of the program.

Source: Courthouse News Service

September 3, 2025

August 2025 (2 stories)

Economy

Trump blames soaring electricity prices on wind and solar ‘scam,’ though analysts cite data centers, EV demand and climate-driven strain.

Source: MSN

August 22, 2025

Congress

Trump administration tightens solar and wind tax-credit rules under new GOP guidance, threatening clean-energy projects as it undercuts Inflation Reduction Act incentives.

Source: Politico

August 16, 2025

July 2025 (1 story)

Congress

House Republicans pass Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill and here’s exactly how it changes your taxes, healthcare and benefits.

Source: The Associated Press

July 4, 2025

June 2025 (4 stories)

Economy

Trump calls green energy tax credits in his own “big beautiful bill” a “giant scam” and “junk” as GOP scrambles to meet July 4 deadline amid parliamentary setbacks.

Source: The Hill

June 22, 2025

Courts

Federal Judge Adam Abelson halts Trump EPA bid to kill $600 million environmental justice grants for underserved communities from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

Source: The Hill

June 20, 2025

Economy

IRS warns it will answer only 16% of taxpayer calls next filing season without funding for 11,000 new hires amid administration plans to cut agency by 20%.

Source: Federal News Network

June 6, 2025

Data

Trump’s government hiring freeze forces Labor Department to reduce inflation data collection as economists warn the cuts could make inflation measurements less accurate.

Source: Reuters

June 5, 2025

April 2025 (2 stories)

Economy

Trump says egg prices are “too low” and brags they’re down 87% despite recent data showing only modest drops.

Source: The Hill

April 19, 2025

Courts

Judge orders immediate unfreezing of climate and infrastructure funds, says Trump can’t block laws in perpetuity.

Source: Politico

April 16, 2025

March 2025 (1 story)

Judge blocks Trump’s EPA from seizing $14B in climate grants—Citibank holds the funds in limbo

Source: The Atlanta Constitution-Journal

March 19, 2025