Donald Trump would like to personally run the economy. In his second term, the president has attempted to bend the Federal Reserve to his will, threatened individual countries and even companies with tariffs, and gotten government stakes

Chris Hayes August 30, 2026 0 Comments

This is an adapted excerpt from the Aug. 27 episode of “All In with Chris Hayes.” The entire country, if not the world, is united in mourning the loss of Dolly Parton, who died at 80 years

News “The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,” Judge Rita Lin wrote in her ruling. Pete Hegseth looks on before President Donald Trump signs an executive

News Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio said Trump’s promise of massive renovations could threaten the future of the cultural landmark. “He'll tear it down,” she told MS NOW. Aug. 28, 2026, 12:17 PM EDT Rep. Joyce Beatty,

President Donald Trump announced another major policy shakeup for American cattle ranchers Friday, just one week after his controversial import plan roiled the U.S. beef industry. Trump said his administration would move swiftly to allow ranchers to

Steve Benen August 28, 2026 0 Comments

MaddowBlog “These fake ‘settlements’ were already an insane waste of taxpayer funds,” one congressman said. “This now adds the stench of corruption.” Aug. 28, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT There’s no shortage of lessons to be learned from

The list of federal agencies and institutions President Donald Trump has poisoned with his naked corruption and contempt for democracy is long. And now, with his most recent attempt to seize control of American elections, seemingly to

President Donald Trump will not be on the ballot in November’s midterm elections. But in a recent White House strategy meeting, he reportedly decided that as Election Day approaches, he’d like to spend hundreds of millions of

President Donald Trump announced last week that the United States would boost foreign imports of ground beef to ease U.S. consumer prices. He didn’t say where it would come from. Now it appears that not even his

President Donald Trump routinely seeks to define his legacy against his predecessors, but his own experience with the Iran war is drawing uncomfortable comparisons with one of his favorite subjects: the 39th president of the United States.