Tag: Trump administration
The GOP tax cuts are bad champagne for small business
But maybe, with our help, the next Congress will be up to the task of supporting small business, the real engine of growth in our economy.
Trump’s new war
Trump is specifically mounting a war on our country's poor people, though he euphemistically calls it a war of liberation.
The caliphate of Trump
This particular cult did not come from nowhere, but from a land of growing extremity, a country that now, it seems, may be willing to preside over not just cities in ruin but a planet in ruin, too.
The financial hardships of Trump’s friends
Trumponomics is a thin veneer of an excuse for giving America’s rich – already richer than ever – whatever they want, while sticking it to everyone else.
Top scientists from the National Academy of Sciences condemn the Trump...
“There is no point in being a scientist if you are unwilling to defend the technical work you do, especially when that work is mischaracterized by powerful members of the administration."
THE MONOPOLIZATION OF AMERICA: The biggest economic problem you’re hearing almost...
There’s only one answer: It is time to revive antitrust.
When Mueller closes in on Trump with irrefutable evidence, Trump will...
He will be trying to hide from the long arm of the law but that’s never going to work because, in the end, one cannot hide from the truth.
Sword of Damocles: Reviewing the 2018 AUMF
This legislation, especially the AUMF of 2002, hasn’t just tarnished the country’s reputation internationally and cost trillions of taxpayer dollars, but has directly caused the deaths of thousands of American soldiers.
Two-faced Trump: Peace in Korea, World War in the Middle East
Welcome to the impossible world of America’s two-faced president.
17 states sue EPA over Pruitt’s decision to weaken auto standards
The lawsuit is short and direct – only 122 words, including the names of the 17 states – petitioning the District of Columbia Circuit Court to review EPA’s decision under the Clean Air Act.
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How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight-hour rule
Eight hours isn’t necessarily the magic number for sleep. Your age, body clock and individual needs all matter.
These women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens.
The 19th interviewed half a dozen of her listeners, after a Media Matters report found her platforms grew 80 percent between January 2025 and March 2026 to roughly 10.9 million new followers.
A week after Eastport banned data centers for 180 days, federal regulators accepted the...
The developer cut the plan from 400 acres to 27 and from 51 megawatts to 15 after FERC found four deficiencies, and comments close October 19.
U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran’s Other Top...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named the plan Operation Economic Outcast on Monday and set no timeline or list of countries, and sanctions historian Nicholas Mulder says the reach into Iran's oil buyers puts the U.S.-China trade truce at risk.
Joint Economic Committee Democrats put Trump’s 2026 oil and gas stock gains at up...
The same report totals $71.5 billion in extra gasoline spending since February 28, an average of $604 a family, and the White House says independent managers control the portfolio.