White House

As Trump Announces Afghanistan Strategy, Here’s What the War Has Cost

By Yuval Rosenberg

President Trump will deliver his first prime-time address to the nation at 9 p.m. EDT tonight and is expected to announce that he’s sending thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. If that is the...
The Walls Are Closing In as Allies Abandon Trump

By Rob Garver

Things have looked grim for Donald Trump’s future more than once in his relatively brief career as a politician. But on Wednesday, the cracks in the edifice of his public standing were really...
Why Renegotiating NAFTA Won’t Be as Easy as Trump Says

By David Francis

As NAFTA talks get underway, there are questions about what Trump can get done when it comes to major trade deals.
Obamacare Premiums and Budget Deficits Will Soar If Trump Ends Insurer Subsidies

By Rob Garver

If the Trump administration follows through on its threat to stop paying insurance companies a controversial set of subsidies established by the Affordable Care Act, the government will lose money...
What Happened to Trump’s Infrastructure Boom? Spending Is Actually Falling

By Rob Garver

Now, well past six months into Donald Trump’s presidency, the construction industry would like to know where those infrastructure dollars he promised are. While a slowly improving economy has been...

Trump Is Headed for a Collision With the Auto Industry as NAFTA Talks Loom

By David Lawder, Reuters

The Trump administration has set a collision course with the auto industry as it launches renegotiations of the 23-year-old NAFTA trade pact this week, aiming to shrink a growing trade deficit with...
One More Try? Why Obamacare Repeal Is on the Horizon Again

By Rob Garver

The effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which many assumed was dead or at least in a state of suspended animation for the foreseeable future, may be showing some stirring of life...
White House Advisers Insist That Trump Opposes Nazis

By Rob Garver

Nazi rallies are like the big, fat hanging curveball of American politics -- the sort of pitch any minimally competent public figure can put in the cheap seats without even thinking about it. But...
Will GOP Anger With Trump Over Charlottesville Be Different This Time?

By Rob Garver

After President Trump made brief remarks on Saturday related to the violent white nationalist protest in Virginia, the country saw something that it hadn’t seen in a while: a full-blown stampede of...
What Game Theory Tells Us About Trump’s ‘Madman’ Approach to North Korea

By Rob Garver

Is Donald Trump out of his mind? Maybe he wants North Korea to think so.

Why Democrats Are Pushing a $1.2 Trillion Redistribution of Wealth

By Rob Garver

The Republican Party has just taken over both houses of Congress for at minimum the next two years – so this may seem an odd time for House Democrats to announce major policy proposals to raise the...
House GOP Ready to Play Chicken with Obama over DHS Funding

By Eric Pianin

Amid growing concerns about the threat of home-grown terror after last week’s carnage in Paris, House Republicans are preparing to play a game of chicken with the Obama administration over funding...
Pentagon Refuses to Verify $300 Million a Year in Afghanistan Is Spent Properly

By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

Government watchdogs have consistently and urgently warned that corruption in Afghanistan could completely undermine the U.S.’s $104 billion reconstruction effort in that war-ridden country. While...
Four States Eye Substantial Tax Windfall from Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

By Eric Pianin

Much of the debate around the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project relates to its potential impact on the environment and jobs. But officials of Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas stand to...
A Day of Hollow Victories on the Keystone XL Front

By Rob Garver

A bill to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline sailed through the House of Representatives Friday, but failed to secure a veto-proof majority. That means even a favorable vote on the...

Search form