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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 Takes on Trump and the Politics of Fear in Final State of the Union

By Eric Pianin

President Obama promised a non-traditional State of the Union speech Tuesday night – one offering an optimistic message about how the two warring political parties could set aside their differences...
Obama Uses State of the Union to Defend His ISIS Strategy

By Martin Matishak

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama gave the greatest defense to date of his foreign policy strategy, and particularly his approach to the fight against ISIS, arguing his efforts...
Watch President Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address Here

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Watch Live: President Obama’s 2016 State of the Union Address to the nation. Tonight at 9pm, The Fiscal Times will livestream President Obama’s speech, followed by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley...
Bush’s Awkward and Unfunny Ad Attacks Rubio’s Boots

By Rob Garver

Trailing his youthful and fiery fellow Floridian in the polls, Jeb Bush’s Super PAC unleashed a new attack ad today…using a 50-year-old song and some awkward dance moves to go after Marco Rubio.
The Big Challenge in Obama’s Final State of the Union Address

By Martin Matishak

President Obama’s final State of the Union address poses a serious challenge when it comes to foreign policy and national security, as the incumbent looks to burnish his legacy and refute the notion...

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