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 Obama’s on Risky Ground in Touting the Economy

By Rob Garver

President Obama is preparing to speak about the economy this afternoon, and the task before him is daunting. The tide may be rising, but it’s not lifting all boats – and that makes it hard for a...
Secret Service Incompetence: One of Many Under Obama

By Edward Morrissey

The cavalcade of incompetence from the Obama administration would be amusing, if the stakes were not so high. This week, it’s not amusing to the First Family, nor should it be to anyone else – but it...
Secret Service Head Resigns After Multiple Lapses of President’s Security

By Reuters Staff and The Fiscal Times Staff, The Fiscal Times

After facing scathing criticism on Tuesday for the agency allowing an intruder with a knife to run into the White House, and allowing an armed contractor ride an elevator with President Barack Obama...
The Two Issues That Could Bring Down Obamacare

By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

Today marks the one-year anniversary for Obamacare’s health exchanges—which have helped more than 7 million people across the country enroll in health coverage. And while Obamacare’s marketplace is...
Why Infrastructure Investment Is a No-Brainer Payoff

By Rob Garver

The International Monetary Fund this week added more evidence that investing in public infrastructure is not only important for a functioning society, but would actually pay for itself.

Search form