The Trump administration’s curbs on immigration and ramped-up deportations will lower US economic growth by almost a full percentage point this year, according to a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Stock markets are up and tax cuts are coming for some, but consumer spending is slowing and the full effects of tariffs have not yet hit.

Data: Oxford Economics/Cato Institute/Deportation Data Project/CBO/DHS/TRAC. Chart: Axios Visuals President Trump's immigration crackdown is hitting key pockets of the economy, disrupting workplaces and communities around the country.

If Trump deports at least 10% of undocumented immigrants a year, Social Security funds are expected to be depleted six months earlier.

The president's standing with Black voters has eroded over the past three months, according to new YouGov/Economist polling.

Ironically, he hit key points of the economic argument against mass deportation: America needs valued workers who are established in their communities ― a description of most of the people in the country illegally. Trump then surprised immigration ...

Mr. Trump, appearing concerned about the fallout from his administration’s decision to close the Epstein investigation, went on to plead with his followers to “not waste Time and Energy” on the disgraced financier and registered sex offender he once socialized with. He described Mr. Epstein in the post as “a guy who never dies.”

St. Louis, Missouri, continues to grapple with one of the steepest population declines among major US cities, prompting urgent questions about economic sustainability and demographic resilience. As birth rates fall and people leave the city,

In his new round of tariffs being announced this week, Trump is essentially tethering the entire world economy to his instinctual belief that import taxes will deliver factory jobs and stronger growth in the U.S., rather than the inflation and slowdown predicted by many economists.

A new poll from Gallup Friday shows a steep drop among Republicans wanting immigration levels into the U.S. decreased – falling from 88 percent in 2024 down to 48 percent in June. The same survey showed an uptick in Republicans who see immigration as having a positive effect on the U.S.