Helaine Olen January 18, 2026 0 Comments

Jan. 17, 2026, 6:00 AM EST By  Helaine Olen The latest example of Trumpian economic cluelessness came this week courtesy of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. While promoting the new federal nutrition guidelines on Thursday, Rollins — estimated

I’ll say this for Republicans: they play the long game. The latest evidence for this comes from the mouth of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Speaking at an event Wednesday, Bessent told the audience that so-called Trump Accounts

The private equity industry wants to get into your 401(k). The industry is lobbying the Trump administration to issue an executive order that would open the way for retirement plans to add private equity investments. The effort