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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.

Tax Reform Gets Green Light in GOP-Run States

By Nanette Byrnes, Reuters

Hopes for overhauling the federal tax system are fading in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments are fast taking shape. Across the South and Midwest, Republicans have...
How Joe Biden Could Win the Gun Fight with Technology

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

In the wake of the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama has made reducing gun violence in this country a priority, while the firepower and big bucks of the National Rifle...
The Real Reason Medicare Costs Will Explode

By Yuval Rosenberg

Medicare costs may be under the microscope as Congress and President Obama gear up for a fight over spending cuts, but a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that the...
House Goes Senate One Better with Pork Laden Sandy Bill

By Eric Pianin

House Republicans criticized Senate Democrats for filling the fiscal cliff deal with pet projects and pork barrel spending, but next week the House will vote on its version of $50.6 billion in...
Chamber of Commerce CEO Raises Debt Limit Red Flag

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce—one of the dominant forces in GOP politics—sketched out its playbook Thursday for the upcoming fight over the debt ceiling. After delivering his annual “State of American...

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