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It’s Affordability Week
“President Trump campaigned very effectively in 2024, berating Democrats for high levels of inflation and promising to bring prices down once he won the election. Democrats’ messaging on the economy…
Senate Republicans Likely Won’t Offer Health Care Plan
Senate Republicans are leaning toward not proposing an alternative to Democrats’ health care subsidies legislation during a much-watched floor vote this week, Semafor reports. Save to Favorites
Young Voters Turn on Trump
A new Yale Youth Poll finds young voters now overwhelmingly disapprove of President Trump’s job performance—a stark shift from their spring 2025 poll. Kamala Harris won the 2024 votes of…
Colin Allred Bails on Senate Bid in Texas
Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) announced he would abandon his Senate bid and would instead run for the House, Punchbowl News reports. Allred’s decision comes as Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)…
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The End of the Free World?
Paul Krugman: “There was a time, not so long ago, when America was the leader of the free world. It was the first among equals within an alliance of nations…
Hegseth Once Warned Military to Not Follow Illegal Orders
“In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military…
Republicans Look to Quell Rebellion in the Senate
“Senate Republican leaders are hoping that President Trump will intervene to quell a conservative rebellion in the upper chamber against a package of spending bills that Senate Majority Leader John…
Zelensky Says No Accord Yet
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said negotiators discussing a US-brokered peace initiative remain divided over territory as President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Kyiv’s handling of the deal,” Bloomberg reports. Save…
Andy Beshear Raises His National Profile
“Gov. Andy Beshear has spent years building a distinct political identity in the reliably red commonwealth of Kentucky by winning statewide as a Democrat even as Republican power has surrounded…
Obamacare More Popular Than Ever
A new Gallup poll finds 57% of Americans approve of the Affordable Care Act, three points higher than last year’s reading and a record high since Gallup started asking the…
Trump Is Making the Same Mistake as Biden
David Axelrod: “Donald Trump recaptured the White House in part by relentlessly exploiting Joe Biden’s failure to heed widespread concerns about the rising cost of living.” “Now, bizarrely, President Trump…
Trump’s Bleak, Incoherent Foreign-Policy Strategy
The Economist: “You might think that in Trumpworld a new National Security Strategy would not count for all that much. John Bolton, a national security adviser in Donald Trump’s first…
The Trump Show Hits the Stage
Playbook: “The first reviews are in … and it seems Donald Trump’s performance at the Kennedy Center Honors wasn’t half bad. The president had expected to get panned by critics…
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Fraud
ProPublica: “For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence. “President Donald Trump branded one foe who did…
Supreme Court Gets Chance to Remake Government
“President Trump’s firing spree at federal agencies has snowballed into a Supreme Court showdown over how modern American government should work,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Dangling by a thread…
The Year of America’s Cranky Consumer
“American households are nearing the end of the year feeling a lot more dour about the economy than they did at the beginning, even as they keep spending,” the Wall…
The GOP Can’t Agree on a Healthcare Plan
“Republicans have yet to coalesce around a healthcare strategy just days before an expected vote on extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies, triggering concerns from some GOP lawmakers about a voter backlash,”…
China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion
“China got the world’s attention last January when it announced that its trade surplus for goods and services had hit almost $1 trillion, an excess of exports to imports that…
Republicans Struggle to Act on Affordability
“Republicans want to put the economy at the center of their midterm message as they seek to protect their majorities in Congress. But as cost-of-living concerns mount across the political…
