What does victory look like in the tariff wars? If you ask Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, it’s already happening. “More than 50 countries have approached … the administration about lowering their nontariff trade barriers, lowering their tariffs, stopping currency manipulation,” he said Sunday. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett sounded a similar note, suggesting that...
President Trump's administration has taken its fight with the Ivy Leagues to new heights, detaining student activists, launching investigations, pulling hundreds of millions in funding and giving even some conservatives pause. Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Brown University and others are all feeling the heat over their alleged inaction over campus antisemitism...
The anxiety stemming from President Trump’s tariffs is opening him up to new vulnerabilities on an issue that has long been seen as one of his strengths: his handling of the economy. Polls released over the last several days have shown growing voter opposition to Trump’s move to impose steep tariffs on the rest of...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee rolled out a list of 35 House Republicans it plans to target in the 2026 midterms on Tuesday. The list, which the DCCC called its Districts in Play, includes Alaska Rep. Nick Begich (R); Arizona Reps. David Schweikert (R), Eli Crane (R) and Juan Ciscomani (R); California Reps. David Valadao...
The House Democrats' campaign arm is taking aim at nearly three dozen Republican-held seats in the chamber as they aim to win back the majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
Texas lawmakers are considering bipartisan legislation to clarify the exceptions to the state's near-total abortion ban, as many doctors have argued it is unclear.
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It has long been clear that when Democrats and their media allies fret about “the state of democracy,” they are really only concerned about not getting what they want. Speaking at Hamilton College on Thursday, former President Barack Obama accused the nation of being inadequately protective of democracy — by which he meant, of course, […]