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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.

Stimulus Package Bolstered the Economy and Stemmed Job Loss

By John Berry, The Fiscal Times

President Obama’s stimulus package has been widely attacked by Republicans, but the CBO says it bolstered employment and the economy.
Colombian Trade Deal: A Bipartisan Boon for Obama

By Lawrence Haas, The Fiscal Times

President Obama is focusing heavily on how to make progress with the new Congress on budget and tax issues, but the more logical place for him to seek early bipartisanship is on trade – specifically...
White House Redux: Obama Taps Sperling

By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

Treasury Department Official Gene Sperling will replace Larry Summers, President Obama announced on Friday, marking the latest in a series of shakeups among top White House staffers. Sperling comes...
Tax Cuts: When the ‘Rich’ Get Richer, They Shop

By Liz Peek

President Obama and his economic team have been trying to court economic growth with all the awkwardness of a teenager on his first date. Their pursuit has been uncertain and sometimes self-defeating...
Hubbard: Fiscal Reform Must Come from Spending Cuts

By John Greenwald, The Fiscal Times

Economist Glenn Hubbard expects gridlock in Washington when the new Congress convenes, argues for tax reform including a scaling back the home-mortgage interest deduction and other popular tax breaks...

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