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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 Gives A Bit on Taxes As Boehner Cries Foul

By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

Republican House Speaker John Boehner renewed his complaint Tuesday that President Obama has yet to spell out his ideas for spending cuts and entitlement reforms—but his office refused to disclose...
Why Obama's Tax the Rich Plan Will Slow the Recovery

By Liz Peek

New information suggests that President Obama’s ongoing drive to hike taxes on the rich may slow the economy more than expected. In his relentless quest to make the wealthy “pay their fair share,” Mr...
CEOs Call for Compromise on the Cliff

By Reuters

A group of high-profile corporate leaders urged President Obama and congressional leaders on Tuesday to reach a "principled compromise" on U.S. fiscal policy that includes higher tax revenues and...
In the Cliff’s Shadow, A Recession May Be Taking Root

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

Most economists predict another year of wrenchingly slow growth, but a few observe the roots of a recession already taking hold. That creates the distinct possibility that a deal hammered out by...
Cliff Talks: All Talk Could Still Lead to No Action

By Eric Pianin

Lawmakers and budget and tax policy gurus were heartened by the resumption of talks by President Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner over the weekend and they now see a clearer path to a...

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