7+ hour, 36+ min ago   (157+ words) “A federal judge said in a filing Friday that a Trump administration order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its staffing nearly in half was illegal,” CNN reports. “In a decision that marked a critical victory for union…...

13+ hour, 28+ min ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...

19+ hour, 48+ min ago   (143+ words) David Graham: “A paradox of this moment is that inflation is a big reason for Trump’s cratering approval and his party’s sinking odds in the midterm elections, but nearly every one of his signature policy ideas is inflationary. The basic…...

20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (138+ words) “President Trump said Saturday he would love to see a unified Ireland as he kicked off a visit to the country, where he will meet with leaders and attend a major golf tournament at one of his courses,” CBS News…...

23+ hour, 34+ min ago   (288+ words) “A federal judge on Friday appeared poised to dismiss a lawsuit against President Trump’s proposed library in Miami, citing presidential immunity in blocking the fact-finding pretrial process that is generally required,” the New York Times reports. Think You Know Politics?...

23+ hour, 23+ min ago   (180+ words) “With less than two months until the midterm elections, President Trump commenced a final push this week to preserve his Republican majority in Congress, arguing that the United States under GOP control had brought prices ‘way, way down,'” the New…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (302+ words) “Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon claims she knows ‘for a fact’ that President Donald Trump will try to ‘not leave in 2028,’ arguing he is already laying the groundwork to remain in power past the end of his presidential term,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (296+ words) “Republican incumbents and candidates are already fundraising around President Donald Trump’s undetailed promise to send $5,000 checks out to Americans if Republicans keep control of both the House and the Senate in the November midterms,” the Washington Sun reports. Think You…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (156+ words) “Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced President Donald Trump’s proposal to deliver $5,000 checks to Americans if Republicans hold their ground in the midterm elections, fearing the infusion of cash will only stir more inflation,” Politico reports. Said DeSantis: “If you are getting…...