Melissa Angell

5 days ago | inc.com | Melissa Angell

If you plan to board a domestic flight on May 7, your old, standard driver’s license is no longer going to cut it. From that date forward, travelers will need to be Real ID compliant, meaning that to travel they’ll need to have a Real ID—an updated driver’s license or identification card that meets stricter federal standards–or a passport.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Melissa Angell

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will pause his onslaught of tariffs against most countries for 90 days, but will immediately levy a 125 percent duty against China due to the country’s “lack of respect.”Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, his social media platform, while also announcing that he’s lowering the so-called reciprocal tariffs during this period to 10 percent.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Melissa Angell

Welcome to this week’s Founder Focus! I’m Melissa Angell, Inc.‘s policy correspondent, and each week I’ll be dissecting some of the top policy issues small businesses face. You can sign up to get this in your inbox every week here. The U.S. could hit its debt ceiling as early as mid-July, a chilling deadline for the nation and for entrepreneurs already whipsawed by uncertainty stemming from the trade war still roiling business conditions.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Melissa Angell

While Corporate America has largely remained silent in confronting President Donald Trump and his sweeping blanket tariff policy—one that’s roiled global markets—some are starting to publicly voice their concerns. Bill Ackman wrote in a Sunday post on X that the U.S. risks fueling an “economic nuclear war” should the administration’s onslaught of tariffs proceeds against dozens of countries.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Melissa Angell

President Trump appears to view the U.S. economy as a patient that needed to undergo surgery, the specific procedure here being tariff policies that are currently buckling the economy, particularly the stock market. While the president expressed optimism over the prognosis for America, entrepreneurs don’t feel similarly–and are desperately assessing their options. China became the first to retaliate, slapping the U.S. with a 34 percent tariff on Friday, which matches the one set by Washington.