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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 Scores in Second Debate, Romney Holds Steady

By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

President Obama—a punching bag in the first presidential debate—became a sledge hammer in his second showdown Tuesday night against Republican Mitt Romney. In what might prove to be the decisive 90...
The Next POTUS Inherits a Low-Growth Economy…or Worse

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

After last night’s debate, are you convinced that either party has a plan to create jobs? Let’s look at the real economy. Stock prices are rising despite a looming fiscal cliff that would immediately...
15 Experts Show Obama/Romney How to Win Tonight

By Eric Pianin

Just hours away from the second presidential debate, the overarching question is whether President Obama can make amends for his sorry, lackluster performance in Denver under the surging campaign of...
Study Shows Higher Costs for Seniors with Premium Support

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

Nearly six out of ten seniors on Medicare would have paid higher out-of-pocket costs for insurance had the government adopted the premium support plan offered last year by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and...
Ryan Causes a Stir by Gate-Crashing a Soup Kitchen

By Eric Pianin

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan caused a stir in the Midwest last week when he showed up unannounced –and without permission – for a photo op at a Youngstown soup kitchen. If Ryan’s...

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