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Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong
Susan Glasser: “You can’t say we weren’t warned. Donald Trump himself forecast the epic length of the State of the Union address that he planned to deliver to Congress on…
Trump Voters Telling Pollsters They Never Voted for Him
Lakshya Jain: “There is a curious polling phenomenon where a nontrivial share of respondents falsely claim to have voted for the winner of the last election. Whether they’re lying, misremembering,…
Republicans Stay Competitive In the Midterms
A new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll finds registered voters are roughly split between supporting the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate in U.S. House elections in their congressional district this…
Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein
In a town hall on Tuesday, the Microsoft co-founder acknowledged that he had two affairs with Russian women that Epstein later discovered, but that they didn’t involve Epstein’s victims, the…
Democrats Turn to the Midterms
Playbook: “Democrats will head off up the Potomac to Leesburg, Virginia today for their annual three-day retreat — and will frankly be glad to put last night behind them. The…
A State of the Union Like No Other
Paul Krugman: “Well, that was exhausting — or would have been, if I had watched it. But I am not a masochist. I waited to read the transcript.” “Trump’s State…
My Reaction to the State of the Union
I’ve watched every State of the Union address for as long as I can remember. Some have soared. Some have stumbled. Most land somewhere in between. Join now to continue…
Trump Gets Really Bad Ratings
Playbook: “CNN conducted its regular snap survey of people watching the SOTU — a cohort that (unsurprisingly) this year tilted 13 percent more Republican than the average population. About two-thirds of them…
Trump Hails an Economic Turnaround Many Don’t See
“President Trump told a national audience on Tuesday that he had unleashed a new age of economic prosperity. One thing he didn’t say: I feel your pain,” the Wall Street…
Trump Casts the Democrats as Villains
“It was spectacle as survival strategy,” the New York Times reports. “In his State of the Union address, President Trump didn’t bother to introduce a raft of new policies —…
The Trump Show at the Capitol
Punchbowl News: “The State of the Union is typically a well-watched but sepia-toned tradition filled with half promises, overwrought policy prescriptions and lofty goals.” “If you’re a House or Senate…
State of the Union Address
President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address at 9 p.m. ET It’s expected to be a very long speech. Punchbowl News: “Trump still has a stranglehold on…
Democrats Warn Trump on Iran
“Top Hill Democrats are warning President Donald Trump that he must seek public approval before launching an extended military campaign against Iran,” Punchbowl News reports. “At tonight’s State of the…
Al Green Is Back
“Rep. Al Green, the octogenarian Texas Democrat who last year was ejected from the chamber during Trump’s speech for shouting and waving his cane, is in the chamber with a…
Democratic Response Will Stress Affordability
New York Times: “Since she arrived in Congress in 2019, Abigail Spanberger served as an unofficial spokeswoman for the moderate wing of the Democratic Party whose primary goal was to…
Trump Wants Banks to Collect Citizenship Info
“The Trump administration is considering executive action that could require banks to report more information on the citizenship of their customers, the latest move by the White House to crack…
What the White House Isn’t Getting Through to Voters
Puck: “Echelon found that 88 percent of voters have seen, read, or heard a lot or some about ICE raids and the protests that consumed Minnesota last month. And 76…
White House Urges GOP to Ignore Trump’s Diversions
Michael Scherer: “They will let Trump be Trump, but everyone else needs to stay focused on the economy.” Save to Favorites
Could Republicans Blow the Texas Senate Race?
Eli McKown-Dawson: “After every election, political commentators come up with countless theories for why the losing party failed. There’s usually a fair amount of disagreement about the correct lesson. But…
The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.
Katherine Wu: “For years, the worst outcomes of measles were all but unknown in the U.S. Now they look inevitable.” Save to Favorites


