On Medicaid cuts, budget officials tell Republicans what they didn’t want to hear
Democrats said the Republican budget would slash Medicaid. GOP leaders disagreed. The Congressional Budget Office just ...
Tuberville says a bit too much about Elon Musk and DOGE’s reach
The Alabama Republican said Musk and his surrogates “know what they’re doing a hell of a lot more” than he does. That wasn't exactly reassuring.
As Trump announces new ‘pauses,’ his tariffs policy slips deeper into incoherence
When it comes to Trump's tariffs, no one seems able to say what the policy is, what the it will be, why he’s doing this, or what he hopes to achieve.
Trump’s VA secretary defends 80,000 layoffs in a wildly unpersuasive way
Defending deep cuts at his agency, VA Secretary Doug Collins said, “The federal government does not exist to employ people.” He’s badly missing the point.
Even some Republicans express concern about the White House’s vetting process
As the number of Trump officials with bigoted online records grows, the White House’s vetting process is facing bipartisan pushback.
Why some U.S. allies are reassessing intelligence sharing with the Trump administration
As longtime U.S. allies question the White House’s trustworthiness, Donald Trump is haunted by his record on mishandling ...