Obamacare overcame brutal polling results. Trump’s megabill likely won’t.
In a speech in 2010, as the excruciating year-long debate over the Affordable Care Act neared its end, then-Speaker of...
Paul Waldman
Momentum grows on the right for overturning same-sex marriage
From the Southern Baptist Convention to the Supreme Court, more and more conservatives want to reverse equality for same-sex marriages.
Democrats could learn an important lesson from Trump’s broken promises
As a candidate, Donald Trump staked out moderate and popular positions on key issues that Democrats could also run on.
History’s warning for Republicans who back Trump’s massive budget bill
For this budget to pass, just about every Republican will have to vote for it — just as occurred in...
The GOP is rolling back all of Biden’s most successful climate policies
Republicans' big bill for Trump's legislative agenda includes major cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act and other Biden-era climate programs.
Trump’s tariff fiasco has even his own treasury secretary flailing
Before his second term began, President Donald Trump said that tariffs were “not going to be a cost to you,...
Elon Musk’s retreat should relieve no one
After Tesla’s Q1 earnings showed major losses, Musk told investors that he’ll soon step back from his role overseeing the...
America’s showerheads aren’t broken, but Trump’s determined to fix them
President Donald Trump signed an executive order focused on water pressure in showerheads that promised, "No longer will showerheads be...
To understand Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, look at these counties
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election results show that Democrats can pick up ground in rural areas — and they don’t...
Democrats are in disarray. That’s a good thing.
Liberal activists planned protests of Chuck Schumer over funding bill vote as the Democratic Party reached its lowest approval rating...