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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 to Colleges: Control Costs or Lose Funding

By Eric Pianin

With families struggling with mounting tuition costs and debt, President Obama has unveiled proposals that would punish colleges and universities that don’t take steps to control costs while...
Obama Downplays Spat with Brewer

By JoANNE ALLEN, Reuters

Obama, who spent much of last year locked in battles with Republicans in the U.S. Congress, took a combative tone in the address as he pressed Republicans to work with him to fix the sluggish economy.
Romney Bares Fangs in Debate as Newt Fumes

By Eric Pianin and Michelle Hirsch

Is it possible that Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have carried their bickering and political pettiness to the point that also-rans Rick Santorum and Ron Paul suddenly seem like a breath of fresh air...
How the Media Is Shaping the Republican Race

By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

The most important event of the Republican president race thus far occurred at the candidates’ debate on January 19 . CNN’s John King’s first question was to Newt Gingrich regarding his ex-wife...
Defense Dollars Would Increase Under Obama Budget

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

The Obama administration proposed a 2013 Pentagon budget that will increase military spending over the next five years and doesn’t cut any major procurement programs. Though billed as a $487 billion...

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