President Donald Trump escalated his war with the press on Friday, announcing on Truth Social that he was banning three news outlets — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — from the White House. Correspondents ...

This is now the second year in a row that Trump has attempted a pocket rescission. Last year, he used the tool to get out of ...

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In a newsletter last week, I laid out my standard for when I’ll use that label: if the executive ...

With the 100th day of Donald Trump’s second term in the rearview mirror, a new crop of media stories is starting to emerge: the tale of the regretful Trump voter. MSNBC: “One month into Trump’s second ...

There’s a comedian named Joe Zimmerman who has a bit on — of all things — the U.S. tax system. The video is below, but it goes like this: My biggest fear about the government is just: taxes. I worry ...

As of today, more than 17 million Americans have voted in the 2024 election. Two weeks from today, the last voters will cast their ballots. If we’re lucky, some time that night, we’ll know who won.

The big news from Congress yesterday was the House passage of a continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government open through the end of September, staving off a Friday shutdown deadline. I ...

I often hear from readers asking why Democrats aren’t doing more to stop the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Republican megabill that contains the bulk of President Trump’s legislative agenda, ...

President Donald Trump’s endorsement is generally seen as a golden ticket in Republican primaries. On the surface, it seems as though that has held up this year. According to Ballotpedia, a remarkable ...

For ten hours and 26 minutes on Tuesday, the world held its breath. President Donald Trump had already spent the last several days espousing some of the most apocalyptic rhetoric of his administration ...

But first, let’s walk through a bit of the last year (and the last weekend) together: Back in April 2016, the Boston Globe’s opinion section published a satirical front page imagining what the first ...

One of my favorite “what-if” moments in recent political history is from January 2021. No, not Trump’s second impeachment trial — though that is a fascinating one. It’s from the days surrounding Trump ...