Jon Healey, Author at Valley News

President Donald J. Trump speaks at Nuss Truck and Equipment in Burnsville during a roundtable discussion on tax cuts and the U.S. economy on April 15, 2019 in Burnsville, Minn. (Renee Jones Schneider/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Column: The Trump economy powers on

by Jon Healey For the Los Angeles TimesApril 26, 2019

Even President Donald Trump can’t seem to stop the Trump economy from surging forward.The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 3.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, according to a preliminary estimate from the Bureau of Economic…

Column: House Democrats learn being in charge is hard

by Jon Healey For the Los Angeles TimesMarch 8, 2019

This image shows the front page of the Jan. 28, 2019, edition of the National Enquirer featuring a story about Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' divorce. Bezos claims American Media Inc., which owns the Enquirer, threatened to publish intimate photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the tabloid obtained his private text messages with his mistress that were published within the story. Prosecutors are now looking at whether an email exchange Bezos published shows AMI violated an agreement it struck to avoid prosecution for alleged campaign finance violations. (National Enquirer via AP)

Column: Sullying the reputation of the ‘Enquirer’? Seriously?

by Jon Healey For the Los Angeles TimesFebruary 8, 2019

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Column: China Isn’t Paying for the Tariffs. We Are

by Jon Healey For Los Angeles TimesSeptember 19, 2018