President Donald Trump and his administration has enacted many changes since January. Here's where his approval rating sits in Tennessee and nationally.

His approval rating has fallen by 14 points since he entered office, more steeply than the five-point drop he had suffered by this time in his first term. In polling from YouGov/ The Economist, Americans give Mr Trump a net rating of minus-seven percentage points on his handling of the economy,

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference, following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2025.

The central bank leader had warned Wednesday that the Fed could face a difficult tradeoff as tariffs raise prices and weaken the economy.

President Donald Trump said negotiators made “big progress” in trade talks with Japanese representatives seeking exemptions from the levies slapped on US trading partners.

The U.S. and China are engaged in an intensifying trade war, with Trump now aiming to blunt one of Beijing's crucial weapons.

The economy grew steadily from January through March, but U.S. tariffs pose a risk for China in the coming weeks and months.