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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.

Obama’s 3 Options for Bringing Foley’s Killer to Justice

By David Francis

President Obama has pledged to punish ISIS for the execution of an American journalist. However, he has few options to find the man responsible, and might be better off concentrating on defeating...
James Foley Did Not Die in Vain

By Edward Morrissey

Earlier this year, I had a unique opportunity to participate in some small measure in a transformational event that took place more than a dozen years ago. Regnery rereleased the seminal Bernard...
Strong Words from Obama on ISIS, but No Promise of Action

By Rob Garver

President Obama on Wednesday strongly condemned the murder by beheading of American journalist James Foley, but gave little hint of whether or how the U.S. will retaliate against ISIS militants.
Romney’s Political Stock Continues to Rise in Muddled GOP Field

By Eric Pianin

Despite his repeated insistence that he has run his last race, former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney continues to stir interest among many rank and file...
White House Negotiates with ‘Underground’ Lobbyists on Executive Orders

By Eric Pianin

Some say the once-formidable army of Washington lobbyists is dramatically shrinking in an era of a “do-nothing Congress.” Yet roughly half those lobbyists have “gone underground” while still plying...

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