The fiscal hawk isn’t backing down from his vow to oppose a stopgap spending plan even in the face of threats from the White House.

By P.J. Huffstutter, Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek CHICAGO/WASHINGTON - Nate Powell-Palm, an organic farmer outside Belgrade, Montana, was relying on a $648,000 grant from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service to help build a feed mill - an economic lifeline for about 150 area organic grain farmers.

Uncertainty brought by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs and his shape-shifting trade policies are starting to have a chilling effect across many industries, businesses warn, as consumers pull back on everything from basic goods to travel.

President Donald Trump's flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to read from a piece of paper detailing Tesla's selling points at the White House. Trump has tapped Elon Musk, the head of Tesla and SpaceX, to oversee the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

President Donald Trump toured Teslas on Tuesday outside the White House where he pledged to buy an electric vehicle to support Elon Musk as he faces boycotts for cutting government spending through DOGE.

Fox News host and former Republican National Committee co-Chair Lara Trump argued Americans should be thankful for the work billionaire Elon Musk is doing on behalf of President Trump to shrink the size and spending of the federal government.