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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.

What the Chinese Public Is Saying About the NSA Leaker

By David Francis and Mi Li

To date, the Chinese government hasn’t publicly commented on NSA leaker Edward Snowden. But we now have a sampling of what the Chinese public is saying about him.
Marco Rubio: Obama Could Arm al Qaeda in Syria

By David Francis

Republicans blasted the president for failing to act sooner to help Syrian rebels. According to Marco Rubio, the United States now might be arming groups with ties to al Qaeda.
NSA Focused on Just 300 Calls Out of Millions

By Mark Hosenball, Reuters

Fewer than 300 phone numbers of Americans have been closely scrutinized, according to a paper from the U.S. spy agency.
Edward Snowden: The Spy Who Went into the Cold

By Carol D. Leonnig and Jenna Johnson and Marc Fisher, The Washington Post

Edward Snowden, 29, emerged a week ago from his status as an anonymous source for news stories, announcing he was prepared to be prosecuted for breaking his pledge to keep classified materials secret...
Tax Policies Should Spur, Not Hinder, Growth

By Daniel A Witt, The Fiscal Times

Everywhere you look nowadays – from the U.S. Congress to European capitals – fiscal experts are pressing to stop what they see as tax evasion by multinational corporations . The respected...

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