Elections

Here’s How to Tell If John Kelly Really Has the White House Under Control

By Rob Garver

President Trump’s decision to replace former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus with retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, until recently the head of the Department of Homeland Security, is...
US Seen as Major Global Threat Along with ISIS, Climate Change: Pew Poll

By David Francis

A new Pew Research Center poll of nearly 42,000 people across 38 countries found the threat of climate change is nearly as great as terrorism from ISIS. Sixty-two percent of those polled said that...
If Demographics Is Destiny, 80 Million Millennials Will Decide America’s Future

By Liz Peek

It wasn’t James Comey that torpedoed Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. It wasn’t Jeremy Corbyn who upset Teresa May. It wasn’t fed-up workers who gave the National Front their best-ever showing in...
Time for Trump to Face It: From Now on, Every Week Is ‘Russia Week’

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration’s efforts to keep Russian interference in last year’s election out of the headlines are being overwhelmed by events, as another week ostensibly dedicated to a different issue...
As Puerto Rico Votes on Statehood, Economic Distress Looms Large

By Leslie Picker, CNBC

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The question of "status," whether Puerto Rico should be admitted as a U.S. state, remain a commonwealth or seek sovereignty — has been an undercurrent of every major policy...

Democrats May Be Blowing Their Best Chance for a Big Win Against the GOP

By Eric Pianin

Democrats are improving their standing on the issues nationally, but the party is holding back on spending in a key congressional race in Georgia.
The Fight Over the 2020 Census Could Determine Which Party Controls Congress

By Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation

John H. Thompson, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, just resigned amid a funding fight over the 2020 Census . Since it comes at the same time that the president fired the director of the FBI ,...
Macron's Challenge: Playing Nice With Germany to Secure the Euro Zone

By Noah Barkin, Reuters

In the days before Emmanuel Macron traveled to Berlin in March to meet Angela Merkel, people in his entourage debated what message he should send to the German chancellor. Some urged him to lay out a...
The GOP Health Care Plan Gives Democratic Fundraising a Big Boost

By Maxwell Tani, Business Insider

Following the passage of the American Healthcare Act on Thursday, Democrats expressed outrage at House Republicans — online, in person, and at the bank. In a joint statement released Friday,...
Why Political Talk Is Causing Problems at Work

By Beth Braverman

The election may have ended months ago, but American workers are still talking politics at the office, and it’s stressing them out. A new survey from the American Psychological Association finds that...

It Wasn’t Just Fat-Cat Republicans Trying to Influence the Election

By Ciro Scotti

Fat-cat Democratic supporters spent almost as much to influence the outcome of election 2016 as well-off Republican donors.
Trump Can Grow the Economy or Cut Immigration. He Can’t Do Both

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration is fixated on driving down immigration and on driving up economic growth. But there’s good reason to believe that if it succeeds at the first, it will almost certainly fail...
Why State Governors Will Determine the Future of US Health Care

By Eric Pianin

President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) have fueled speculation that the House will try again to revive the Republican’s health care legislation. The latest wrinkle is an amendment that...
Trump Promised a Lot for His First 100 Days. Here’s What He Has — and Mostly Hasn’t — Done

By Rob Garver

The idea of measuring the progress of a presidency by what happens in its first 100 days is utterly arbitrary and arguably “ridiculous.” But that raises the question: Why did Trump work so hard to...
The History Behind the First 100 Days of an American President

By John Hauser, The Conversation

The federal government is currently being funded by a continuing resolution that expires on April 28, 2017 – which also happens to be the 99th day of Donald Trump’s presidency. If Congress fails to...