President Donald Trump says he’s willing to close down the government over border security issues. The statement has made most GOP lawmakers anxious as we head to the midterms later this year.

The US economy recorded an impressive annual rate growth of 4.1%. This is the fastest growth rate recorded over the last four years. The data was announced by the Commerce Department on Friday.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says that he will not back the effort of his conservative house colleagues to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein is overseeing Mueller’s investigation into the Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Ivanka Trump has decided to close down her fashion company. An insider told us that things haven’t been easy over the last two years. Since Trump’s eldest daughter decided to join her father as an advisor to the White House, the company has simply stagnated, and it looks like there’s no chance of recovery, at least not for now.

President Trump is considering revoking the security clearance of former Obama-era intelligence officials in a move announced by the White House. If Trump moves forward with this decision, it will most likely be interpreted by analysts as a power abuse to lash out against his critics.

President Trump attacked the Federal Reserve on Thursday saying that he disagreed with a number of policy decisions made by the central bank and its chairman Jerome Powell. Powell was nominated to the position by Trump just a few months ago. The president said that he didn’t “necessarily” agree with the two interest rate hikes so far this year.