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June 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Commerce Sec Makes Bonkers Claim About Building... Bananas?
Howard Lutnick continues to push wild logic about Donald Trump’s tariffs.
June 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
GOP Senator Slams Howard Lutnick’s Bonkers Tariff Logic
Senator John Kennedy admitted to being totally baffled by Lutnick’s purported reasoning.
June 5, 2025
Paul Waldman
A Trump Tariff Case Study: Can the U.S. Again Be the Power Tool King?
It took a long time for the power tool business to migrate out of America—and it’ll take a long time for it to come back, if it does.
June 4, 2025
Tori Otten
Trump’s China Tariffs Are Backfiring in Funniest Way Possible
Automakers have found a way around Donald Trump’s tariffs on China.
June 4, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
CBO Adds Fuel to Republican Budget Fight With Damning Deficit Forecast
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is a total disaster, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
June 3, 2025
Tori Otten
Karoline Leavitt Admits Trump Is Begging Leaders to Make Trade Deals
We’ve come a long way from “90 deals in 90 days.”
June 3, 2025
Tori Otten
Trump Makes Unhinged Tariff Claim as Experts Warn Economy Is Crumbling
An international economic organization has slashed its forecast for U.S. economic growth.
June 2, 2025
Tori Otten
China Exposes Trump’s Lies About Floundering Tariff Talks
Donald Trump appears to be no closer to a permanent trade deal with China.
June 2, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.
Which presidents have added the most to the national debt? Those free-spending liberal Democrats? Think again, and think about the reason why.
May 30, 2025
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry New Tirade Over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much
In suggesting that Congress is a mere nuisance that shouldn’t shape trade policy, Trump revealed his true, unspoken ambitions.
May 30, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Issues Deranged Threat to China Over “Stalled” Tariff Talks
Donald Trump warned that he was done being “Mr. NICE GUY.”
May 30, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Rips His Own Dark Money Buddy in Bonkers Rant Over Tariff Losses
Donald Trump tore into Leonard Leo, who recommended several of Trump’s Supreme Court picks.
May 30, 2025
Thom Hartmann
The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet.
May 30, 2025
E.J. Dionne Jr.
A New Working-Class GOP? If “Working-Class” Means $4.3 Million a Year!
Last year, Trump won praise for building a new GOP. But the Big, Beautiful Bill utterly shatters the illusion that he is some sort of brilliant policy innovator.
May 30, 2025
Susan Milligan
Lawmakers No Longer Understand the American Family
The definition of the “traditional family” has broadened considerably over the past few decades. But policymakers keep trying to fit their ideas to a tradition that no longer exists.
May 29, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Karoline Leavitt Says Judges Shouldn’t Have Power Over Trump
The White House press secretary has an alarming new claim about Donald Trump’s legal losses.
May 29, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Karoline Leavitt Freaks Out After Two Brutal Tariff Losses in 24 Hours
Donald Trump’s press secretary snapped when asked why countries should even bother negotiating with the U.S.
May 29, 2025
Timothy Noah
A Trade Court Stopped Trump’s Tariffs. Why Didn’t Congress?
The law is clear, and the legislature’s powers are unambiguous. But Republicans in Washington have fully knuckled under.
May 29, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Economic Adviser Insists Tariff Situation Is Under Control
Kevin Hassett insisted that Donald Trump is guaranteed to win his legal battles over the tariffs.
May 28, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Freaks Out When He Learns About Humiliating New Nickname
Investors have started referring to the TACO theory, which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.”
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