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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.

Hillary Clinton’s Hype Machine Gears Up for 2016

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

What’s in a name? For Hillary Clinton, it could just be the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. The hype machine for the former secretary of State, New York senator, first lady and 2008...
How Russia Outfoxed Washington in Egypt

By David Francis

Washington continues to waffle on how to handle escalating violence in Egypt. Russia has taken the opportunity to gain the upper hand there.
Conservatives Press for Hard Line on the Budget

By Eric Pianin

As the Obama administration and Congress head into their annual budget battle this fall, conservatives have begun marshaling their arguments in favor of a GOP hard line on spending and entitlement...
Why Obama Is Looking More and More Like Jimmy Carter

By David Francis and Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

President Obama returned from a week's vacation on Martha's Vineyard facing a litany of challenges, from bloody unrest in Egypt to looming battles with Congress over the budget and debt ceiling. and...
Biden vs. Clinton: Would Joe Stand a Chance?

By Yuval Rosenberg

The early speculation about the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee — hey, Election Day is only 1,179 days away! – has mostly centered on Hillary, Hillary, Hillary. But Joe Biden’s camp says the...

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