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The COVID-19 recession and emergency spending in 2020 widened deficits
The national debt did not decrease under President Donald Trump; it rose materially during his term, by roughly $7.8 trillion on gross debt measures and by several trillion on other commonly used metr...
Debt held by the public rose by about $7.2 trillion over Donald Trump’s first four-year term, while gross federal (or gross national) debt rose roughly $7.8 trillion over the same period . Those headl...
A clear numerical answer: using year‑over‑year CPI changes averaged across each president’s term, Barack Obama’s administration saw low average inflation (~1.46%), Donald Trump’s first term averaged r...
Media outlets, medical experts and Trump’s political opponents treated his medical claims in 2016 and 2020 as flashpoints: in 2016 they fed a broader debate about candidate fitness and produced intens...
’s first term (2009–2013) began with rapidly rising unemployment amid the that peaked around 10% in late 2009 and then trended steadily downward through his term as recovery policies took effect . ’s ...
Between 2017 and 2020 the Trump administration pursued a mix of executive orders, finalized regulations and interim rules that reshaped Medicare policy largely by promoting Medicare Advantage (MA) pla...
The balance of peer-reviewed panels and investigative reviews finds that U.S. outcomes in 2020–21 were substantially worse than comparable wealthy countries and that policy choices during the Trump ad...