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Economy

Economy

  • The likeness of Benjamin Franklin on $100 bills in Dallas. (LM Otero/AP)
    LM Otero/AP
    We also touch on what changes to expect in the new year once much of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill takes effect.
  • Early this year, the Trump administration threatened to cut tens of thousands of staff from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Bi-partisan pushback seemed to turn that plan around. But now the VA secretary says the department will trim at least 25,000 vacant positions from the rolls.