Trump's Agenda
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Does NATO Really Owe the US Money?
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The Navy’s $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Faces Its Next Big Test
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5 Ways Trump’s Big Talk About Supporting Our Troops Falls Short
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Trump Budget Finds $0 in Wasteful Pentagon Programs. Are They Kidding?
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The Little Guy's Financial Watchdog May Soon Be Defanged
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How Trump Really Could Make a Difference in the Middle East
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Why Trump's Tax Cuts May Not Spur a Corporate Spending Boom
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How Trump's Saudi Arms Deal Could Backfire on the US
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Treasury Secretary Gets Grilled on Trump's Budget 'Draft'
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9 Top Takeaways From Trump’s $4 Trillion Federal Budget
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Why Trump Didn’t Have to Obstruct Justice: The US No Longer Holds the Powerful Accountable
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Trump Delays Decision on Obamacare Subsidies – Which Means Prices Will Rise
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Why Trump’s Spending Plan Won’t Really Balance the Budget
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3 Big Changes Trump Wants to Make to Student Loans
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Tillerson and McMaster Put Their Credibility on the Line for Trump
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Russian with ties to former Trump aide wants immunity for testimony: NYT
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Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy - sources
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Chipotle says hackers hit most restaurants in data breach
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White House agrees to detail ethics waivers
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Senate intelligence panel requests Trump campaign documents: Washington Post
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Texas governor draws criticism for joke about shooting journalists
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Grief, rage in Egyptian church after Copts attacked by gunmen
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Fierce clashes as rival factions battle in Libyan capital
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East Libyan forces say took part in Egyptian strikes in Derna
Newsletter
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5 Ways Trump’s Big Talk About Supporting Our Troops Falls Short
By Ciro ScottiOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised troops and veterans the moon, and they supported him big time. But his 2018 budget proposal doesn’t match the pre-election rhetoric.
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Stocks Are Rallying Again. Why That May Not Last
The bulls are running again. Last Wednesday, spooked by a stream of negative headlines regarding the Trump White House and rising impeachment odds, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.8 percent...
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How the GOP Health Care Disaster Is Opening the Door to Medicaid for All
By Rob GarverRepublican hardliners want to push the government out of the health insurance system, but their strategy may be leading them into a trap that results, ironically, in greater federal involvement in...
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Why Some States Are Pushing Back on Secret Lawsuit Payouts
By Scott Rodd, StatelineMissouri has settled some expensive lawsuits this year. One case against the state’s Department of Labor resulted in a $1.2 million settlement; another, against the Department of Social Services, was...
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How Bad Credit Could Be Driving Up Your Car Insurance Bill
You already know that having poor credit can make it harder to take out a loan and will likely mean you’ll pay a higher rate for any money you do borrow, but you may not know that it can push up the...
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New Debt Ceiling Deadline Could Ruin Lawmakers' Summer Vacations
By Rob GarverThe federal debt limit, previously thought to be an issue that could be postponed to the fall, may need to be raised prior to the August recess, complicating the lives of top Republicans in Congress.
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Your ATM Is About to Get Smarter, Faster and More Generous
By Ciro ScottiAthough the ATM is an almost 50-year-old technology and paper money is being replaced by other payment methods, banks are rushing to upgrade their cash machines.
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Trump’s 2018 Budget: F in Math, A in Provocation
Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to enact economic policies that would produce annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP) consistently higher than 3 percent. The US economy has not seen that...
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Killing Expanded Medicaid a Sticking Point for GOP Moderates
By Eric PianinThe latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the House Republicans’ American Health Care Act (AHCA) could leave millions of Medicaid beneficiaries without health insurance in the coming...
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House GOP’s Health Plan Isn’t Much Better the Third Time Around, CBO Says
By Rob GarverThe new analysis projects a slight uptick in the number of people who would have insurance compared to earlier versions of the GOP legislation, and projects a decrease in average premiums. At the...