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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.

How the Generation that Elected Obama Lost Faith

By David Francis

The voters who bought President Obama’s message of hope and change are growing disillusioned with the president and politics in general. As scandals rage, they want politicians to pay attention to...
4 Economic Predictions Prove Doomsayers Wrong

By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

The past few months have been brutal for economic doomsayers. The U.S. economy has not succumbed to sequestration budget cuts, runaway inflation, or tax hikes. Potential triggers for disaster such as...
Your Guide to the Looming Battle over Student Loans

By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

Democrats and Republicans are both scrambling to prevent the rate from jumping, but they have very different solutions. Under current law, Congress sets the rates on Stafford loans, but lawmakers in...
Farm Bill: How to Grow Almost Anything Risk Free

By Eric Pianin

Congress once again is attempting to pass major farm legislation this year after falling during the 2012 campaign, and leaders are touting reforms that would save nearly $40 billion over the coming...
It's Time for Eric Holder to Man Up and Step Down

By Edward Morrissey

Presidents have had various thresholds for calculating the threshold of damage and the need for loyalty from his cabinet, but few presidents would consider any official so indispensable as to trump...

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