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May 26, 2026
Alex Thomas
Deep Inside the Chaotic Politics of the California Billionaire Tax
The pitched battle between billionaires and populist economists has Golden State residents’ heads spinning.
May 24, 2026
Grace Segers
SNAP Cuts Threaten to Cut Young Adults Off at the Knees
Tightened work requirements and cost shifts could result in students and former foster youth losing their nutrition benefits.
May 20, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Try to Make Any Sense of This Trump Answer on the Future of AI
Donald Trump quickly switched topics to Iran.
May 19, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Admits He Knows His War Is Unpopular—and Wrecking the Economy
The president’s justification for the Iran war has somehow gotten even more unbelievable.
May 19, 2026
Virginia Heffernan
Trump’s America Features Bad Vibes and Bad Numbers. Horrendously Bad.
The president insisted that Biden’s economy was “failing” in 2024, when it was anything but. Then he came into office and showed everybody what failing really is.
May 18, 2026
Michael Tomasky
When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.
Donald Trump is different in many ways from the Republican presidents who preceded him. But there’s one way he’s exactly the same.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Posts Price Chart Full of “Breathtaking” Lies
Costs are still going up—but you wouldn’t know it from the chart Donald Trump’s team shared.
May 13, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Economic Approval Rating Just Hit a Historic New Low
As inflation soars, the president’s numbers on the economy are worse than those of Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter.
May 12, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Republicans Scramble After Trump Says He Doesn’t Think About Americans
The president said he didn’t care about Americans’ finances. Republicans in Congress don’t want to talk about it.
May 12, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Says He Doesn’t Care “Even a Little Bit” About People’s Finances
The president made a jaw-dropping confession when asked about the impacts of the Iran war.
May 12, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Iran War Surges Inflation as Trump’s Approval Rate Hits Record Low
Inflation is now so high it’s wiping out all wage gains.
May 12, 2026
Billy Corriher
The Stealthy Rise of the Business Court
States are rushing to establish new judicial venues to resolve business disputes. But the way they’re being built suggests they’ll be very cozy with corporate power.
May 11, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Obamacare Subsidies: Are Republicans More Stupid Than They Are Cruel?
Many predicted last fall that if the Obamacare subsidies ended, millions would forgo health coverage. Gee, guess what’s happened?
May 7, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Team Privately Panicking Over Elections Disaster He Created
The Trump administration knows that Americans will blame him for skyrocketing prices.
May 7, 2026
Timothy Noah
Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine Isn’t Helping Native-Born Workers
The first major study of Trump’s crackdown’s effect on labor markets shows it’s only making things worse for the U.S.-born workers it’s supposed to help.
May 6, 2026
Alex Shephard
Trump Doesn’t Care If He Wrecks the Global Economy
What started with tariffs has escalated with the Iran war. He’s playing a giant game of chicken, and everyone will lose.
May 4, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Why Seed Patents—Yes, Seed Patents—Are Key to the Democrats’ Future
The Progressive Caucus’s new affordability agenda raises a point that highlights a crucial aspect of why Democratic messaging is usually so weak.
May 4, 2026
Grace Segers
New Trump Rule Puts Millions at Risk of Losing Rental Assistance
If a proposed change to HUD regulations allowing for time limits and work requirements for aid is implemented, low-income Americans could lose their housing.
April 30, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Republicans Desperately Try to Ignore Damning Inflation Report
Members of Congress don’t want to talk about how inflation is surging in the Trump administration.
April 30, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Core Inflation Rate Jumps to Its Highest in Years Thanks to Iran War
Republicans just got some terrible inflation news ahead of the midterms.
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