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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.

Iran Nuke Deal Could Explode in Town Halls in August

By Martin Matishak

Congressional lawmakers face at least another week of arm twisting by the Obama administration over the Iran nuclear deal but some are already looking to the month-long August recess to gin up...
Clinton’s Publicity Plan Derailed by Email Scandal

By Rob Garver

It seems safe to say that things didn’t go as planned for Hillary Clinton on Friday. A big policy announcement was overshadowed by new revelations in her long-running email scandal.
Is Obama Tough Enough in Foreign Policy? Most Americans Don’t Think So

By Rob Garver

In a poll conducted between July 14 and July 20 by the Pew Research Center, 53 percent of Americans said the president isn’t tough enough on the U.S.’s foreign adversaries, while only 37 percent said...
Cornyn Says Budget Deal Inevitable to Avert a Government Shutdown

By Eric Pianin

With Republicans and the White House deadlocked once again over budget policy for the coming year, the prospects are good for another emergency temporary spending bill this fall or – worse – another...
Bush Would Dock the Pay of Truant Members of Congress

By Eric Pianin

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took careful aim at Congress on Monday, proposing in his major “Reform Washington” speech that lawmakers who miss votes or important floor business should be penalized...

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