May 20, 2025, 10:56 AM EDT / Updated May 20, 2025, 11:05 AM EDTBy Steve BenenAs House Republicans scramble to pass a massive reconciliation package this week, there’s some uncertainty as to whether GOP leaders have the votes to advance
May 20, 2025, 10:56 AM EDT / Updated May 20, 2025, 11:05 AM EDTBy Steve BenenAs House Republicans scramble to pass a massive reconciliation package this week, there’s some uncertainty as to whether GOP leaders have the votes to advance
Semiautomatic weapons are already powerful, and they’ve already been used in a great many mass shootings in the United States. But devices known as “forced reset triggers” can turn these same firearms into even more deadly tools:
To justify his administration’s plans to remove immigrants to a Salvadoran megaprison, Donald Trump has spent months insisting that Venezuela’s government controls the Tren de Aragua gang. Among the problems with this is the simple fact that
May 16, 2025, 8:56 AM EDT / Updated May 16, 2025, 9:16 AM EDTBy Steve BenenWith just a couple of weeks remaining before Election Day 2020, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” and generated headlines
If the American public were polled about whether the government should fund research into helping children with heart defects, it’s a safe bet that this would receive overwhelming public support. And yet, The New York Times reported
On Sunday night, as the public first learned about Donald Trump’s plan to accept a superluxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from his friends in Qatar to be used as Air Force One, the president was eager to
With just weeks remaining before Election Day 2016, Donald Trump faced off against Hillary Clinton for the third and final presidential debate of the cycle, and the Republican seemed eager to talk about the Clinton Foundation —
While some of Donald Trump’s more notable personnel decisions took a long time, he wasted little time in announcing that Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat would be his choice for surgeon general: Trump made his choice just
Donald Trump made no meaningful effort in his first term to deport American citizens to foreign prisons, and the underlying idea — popular in 17th-century England — never generated any significant public debate.Things are clearly different in
To hear Donald Trump tell it, there was just a big misunderstanding, and he really has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Washington Post reported:President Donald Trump said he has “no intention” of