The Republican Party’s fiscal hawk era is officially over

There is no constituency for debt reduction, which is a fancy way of saying voters don’t care that the federal balance sheet is roughly $37 trillion in the red...

Republicans challenge Johnson to overhaul 'big beautiful bill'

Conservative Republicans in the US House of Representatives want House Speaker Mike Johnson to make major changes to Medicaid and more spending cuts before they vote for President Donald...

The most vulnerable House members of 2026

In the world of finance, the adage “past performance is not indicative of future results” serves as a warning for investors. But in politics, past performance can provide a...

Republicans are going public with their worries about tariffs

Manufacturers struggling to make long-term plans. Farmers facing retaliation from Chinese buyers. US households burdened with higher prices. Republican senators are confronting the Trump administration with those worries and...

Woke baggage weighs down Democrats’ economic message

As Democrats attempt to unite around a new economic populism, Republicans can hardly believe their luck. Five months after President Donald Trump defeated then-Vice President Kamala Harris to win...

Is the United States entering a post-constitutional order?

In feudal times, it was expected that vassals would kiss the ring of the lord of the manor to show loyalty and subservience to his power, to make it...

Democrats insist that this is a dire moment for nation

“We will win!” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer chanted at a rally last month protesting Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service infiltrating Treasury Department payments systems. If Democrats want to...

Tough game

Even Bannon knows cutting Medicaid is a mega-risk

Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening to slash Medicaid. As Congress has learned repeatedly, most recently in...

House Republicans’ budget plan gets poverty all wrong

Kathryn Anne Edwards, Tribune News Service House Republicans released a budget proposal that effectively calls fora $4.5 trillion tax cut funded by $1.5 trillion in reduced spending and borrowing...