Donald Lambro
Articles by Donald Lambro
Trump’s trade war economy
President Trump's trade war economy is tanking, with growth rates sinking into Obama-era levels and the U.S. stock market in a nose dive. Published August 15, 2019
Trump-Congress budget deal inked in red
The debt-ridden budget deal reached by President Trump and big spending House Democratic leaders has red ink stamped all over it. Published July 25, 2019
Trump confronts court battle losses with executive privilege
President Trump lost a preliminary round Monday in his court battle with House Democrats when a federal judge ruled his accounting firm must obey a subpoena to provide his financial records to Congress. Published May 23, 2019
Economy grows at a robust rate
America is going through a period of deep contradictions. The economy grew at a robust rate of 3.2 percent in the first three months of 2019. But a recent voter poll found that a majority of voters believe it's mainly benefiting the people in power, not them. Published May 2, 2019
Eyes on U.S. economy
The U.S. economy has been slowing down since last year, growing at a minuscule 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Published April 4, 2019
U.S. economy loses steam
When President Trump signed the tax cut bill around the end of 2017, the most significant pro-growth legislation since the 1980s, the U.S. economy took off like an Atlas rocket. Published March 14, 2019
House Trump investigation
The Democratic-controlled House Judiciary Committee launched a sweeping investigation this week to determine if there are grounds for President Trump's impeachment. Published March 7, 2019
Wielding authority for a national emergency
What is it within the U.S. Constitution that President Trump doesn't understand? Published February 21, 2019
Amid shutdown deadline, Trump embraces the wall
President Trump appeared by mid-week to be edging closer to accepting a scaled-down bill, at least momentarily, in the bitter war with Congress over his long-promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Published February 14, 2019
Federal Reserve signals caution
The Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates this week in the midst of declining consumer confidence, and a sharply volatile stock market. Published January 31, 2019
Trump tariffs deliver U.S. blowback
President Trump's 2016 campaign pledge to bring back U.S. manufacturing jobs suffered a big setback this week when General Motors announced it will close five factories and lay off nearly 15,000 workers. Published November 29, 2018
Pulling out the stops ahead of the midterms
President Trump and Republican leaders are pulling out all the stops in a last ditch effort to keep control of Congress in next month's midterm elections. Published October 25, 2018
Midterms to give Congress failing grade
Voters go to the polls next month to send members of Congress their own report card about the way our lawmakers are running our country. And it's not going to be a pretty picture. Published October 18, 2018
Predicting midterm elections winners
The game of predicting which party will win the midterm elections is a wilderness of numbers, with one set of statistics standing out above all the others. Published August 16, 2018
Trump-Kim agreement short on details
The vague, detail-free agreement that President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un signed this week raises more questions than answers. Published June 14, 2018
Showing Congress where to swing the spending axe
President Trump has found a rarely used legislative tool that hasn't been employed in nearly 20 years to cut $15.4 billion in wasteful, needless federal spending. Published May 24, 2018
Trump economy not performing as robustly as hoped
The American stock market soared in anticipation of President Trump's sweeping tax cuts and in the aftermath of their enactment. Published May 3, 2018
Reducing the debt when economic indicators are in flux
The Trump economy was soaring at a much higher altitude this year until it ran into unexpected turbulence that sent the stock market into a nose dive. Published March 29, 2018
Trump budget impasse, federal shutdown and Congress’ no-fly zones
The threat of yet another government shutdown looms in about eight days amid speculation that next year's budget deficit could speed past $1 trillion. Published February 1, 2018
Congress can meld immigration, Dreamers issue
President Trump continued to soften a few of his hard-core positions on immigration Tuesday at an extraordinary, bipartisan, deal-cutting meeting with lawmakers at the White House. Published January 11, 2018
