Trump touts $9 trillion in new U.S. investment. The numbers don’t add up.

After President Trump was pressed on rising consumer prices and slowing economic growth, he defended his tariff policies by claiming they had spurred record investment in the United States.  “I think we probably have close to $9 trillion of investments coming into this country,” Mr. Trump said in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press

Senate Democrats rally against crypto bill amid criticism of Trump’s industry ties

Washington — Senate Democrats are rebelling against a crypto regulation bill, putting the first-of-its-kind legislation in jeopardy ahead of a possible key vote on it later this week.  The bill, known as the GENIUS Act, would create a regulatory framework for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency tied to the value of an asset like the