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Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy
Let’s start with the sum and substance of the judges’ orders. Some 25,000 federal employees will be back at work Monday. One judge’s order covers the employees at the...
Even Fox News Grilled Treasury Secretary on Budget Bill Math
The Trump administration doesn’t want you to trust independent analysis of their “big, beautiful” tax bill.The bill—now headed to the Senate—proposes cutting upward of $880 billion from Medicaid in...
RFK Jr. Just Accidentally Discredited His Own Surgeon General
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inadvertently destroyed his own nominee for surgeon general by giving a rare, good piece of medical advice.  During an interview with CNN’s Kaitlin...
Harvard Hits Back at Trump With Lawsuit Over International Student Ban
“The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with. Their powerful Trade...
Is Trump Trying to Set Energy Policy in Other Countries Now?
“The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with. Their powerful Trade...
Trump Drops Another Tariffs Bombshell to Begin in a Matter of Days
“The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with. Their powerful Trade...
Transcript: Trump’s Vile New Attack on Harvard Is Already Backfiring
At the end of the day, what is this witch hunt about? It’s about freedom of expression. It’s about these international students who have come to the U.S. and...
Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster
“No, this isn’t the same as killing the filibuster. This actually goes way, way beyond that. First, they are doing more than going nuclear on the parliamentarian. They are...
Wrong Again, Democrats: Paying “Influencers” Misses the Boat
When I joined the race for Democratic National Committee chair a few months ago, there was one area of consensus among all the candidates—including the eventual victor, Ken Martin....
The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden
Or, at least it should have. Biden’s campaign sputtered on for weeks after the debate, during which many of the voices that whispered their regrets to Tapper and Thompson⁠—or...
The Republican Budget Bill Rips College Away From the Working Class
The changes to the Pell Grant program increase the number of credit hours that are required to qualify as a full-time student, from 12 to 15, and cut off...
Trump Isn’t the Godsend That Fishermen Had Hoped For
One of the problems that existed before Trump’s reelection, according to Schumann, is that government data on fish populations is often out of date. So, for example, fishermen might...