Trump’s easiest path to saving the GOP’s midterms just disappeared
At 8:30 a.m. Friday morning, President Donald Trump’s best chance at good economic news before the midterm elections went poof....
James Downie
Mike Johnson’s plan to keep the House closed is backfiring
Amid pressure around the government shutdown and a discharge petition over the Epstein files, House Republican leaders have kept their...
We don’t know where Trump is seeing Portland ‘on fire.’ That’s frightening.
Though President Donald Trump is famous for changing his mind on issues based on whom he last spoke to, his...
The decades-long trend that eased the way for Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension
A crucial factor in ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel for comments about the alleged shooter of Charlie Kirk: decades of...
Trump whiffs on his easiest chance to ‘drain the swamp’
Back in April, President Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” sign a bill banning members of Congress from trading stocks.
The real reason Republicans are rushing to pass the Trump megabill
Senate Republicans succeeded in moving the bill, which cuts taxes and Medicaid funding, closer to a final vote but were...
Social Security’s funding crisis is a year closer — and Trump’s approach will make it worse
The Social Security Board of Trustees said last week that the program’s combined trust funds will run out of money...
Trump’s interest in Medicare cuts is a warning about Social Security too
Not satisfied with massive reductions to Medicaid in their big spending bill, GOP lawmakers and Trump now have Medicare cuts...
Trump fumes at Jerome Powell after weak ADP jobs report
President Trump demanded Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lower interest rates after an unofficial jobs report hit its lowest level...
Trump rejects a court ruling that could’ve saved him from himself
When news broke that the White House had appealed the U.S.
