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Donald Trump apparently has an all-purpose, get-out-of-jail-free card: his “mandate.” “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful...
The Federal Reserve is very close to achieving the (almost) impossible: conquering inflation without crashing the economy, a rare outcome known as a...
Donald Trump styles himself as the law-and-order candidate, but he’s a loser on this issue for a simple reason: He struggles to differentiate good...
FLINT, Mich. — If you want to know what raising a family might look like under a Kamala Harris presidency, look to this Rust Belt city. For years,...
Thanks to GOP vice-presidential nominee JD Vance, we finally know what Donald Trump’s “concepts of a plan” for replacing the Affordable Care Act...
Much has been written about misinformation in today’s politics, but one particular phenomenon deserves greater examination. The best term for it is...
The uninsured rate remained steady last year, at roughly the lowest level ever recorded. That’s a small miracle — but one that could vanish if...
In recent years, seemingly every policy issue has been rebranded as a “health care” concern. Yet somehow health care in its own right — the...
Emhoff is secure enough with his own masculinity to sometimes prioritize his wife’s ambitions over his own. What. A. Hunk. Vice President...
Exempting tips from taxes is a terrible idea, regardless of which party is proposing it. A waitress carries breakfast dishes to customers at a...
The Republican nominee for vice president says Democrats are ‘anti-child.’ Please. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the GOP vice-presidential...
Harris’s prosecutorial background could be a huge asset. Vice President Harris during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on...
The president’s own aides know this policy makes no sense. Key takeaways Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed. President Biden speaks...
Opinion Hey, corporate greed is gone! Just look at the price of a Big Mac. Consumer spending data provides an economics lesson, with a side of...
It’s preposterous for Trump to feign ignorance of Project 2025, conceived by his closest advisers. Former president Donald Trump speaks...
Who is to blame for that? Voters, the media or Biden himself? President Biden at a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday. (Matt...
There’s little to stop him from again waging his tax wars through executive authority. A worker in Binzhou, China, prepares aluminum...
If only the past two years didn’t matter! President Biden during a campaign event in Philadelphia on May 29. (Demetrius Freeman/The...
Oddly enough, Republican lawmakers seem fine with it. Former president Donald Trump at a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday. (Eric Thayer for The...
The GOP’s tax policy is almost exactly the opposite of what voters want. (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Listen 5 min ...
Republicans are trying to preemptively smear the Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office on Capitol Hill. (Melina...
But it’s not just journalists’ fault. A sign displays the price of gas at a Shell station on May 15 in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ...
The GOP’s inability to get behind their own border security bill just keeps getting more embarrassing. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) talks...
Think a second Trump term would be better for your finances? Think again. The Tax Cut and Reform Bill, a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package,...