Every Republican incumbent voted with Trump more than 95 percent of the time. Make them pay for giving him an “A.”
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Posted inEconomy
What Donald Trump Could Learn from Bill Clinton About the Bond Market
Bill Clinton provided the blueprint for controlling the debt and deficit three decades ago.
Posted inPolitics
How 2026 Is Not Like 2006
Twenty years ago, Republicans futilely tried to stave off a midterm defeat by vilifying House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Today, Hakeem Jeffries is a less inviting target. Enter Hasan Piker.
Posted inBooks
Death by a Thousand Papercuts
Annie Lowrey explains how the largely hidden “Time Tax,” built on government parsimony and bureaucratic hurdles, screws the poor and working class.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Narrative Vehicles
The law enforcement bullets that killed Renee Good, Kohen Wiley, and John Albers entered from the side. Why did the official accounts say the cars were driving straight at officers?
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
Beyond Virtue Signaling on Ukraine and Russia
Congress could still add guardrails to Lindsey Graham’s legacy sanctions bill to stop Trump from further abusing his tariff authority.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court: Poised to Bless the Trump Ballroom
Roberts allows construction to continue until the court considers the case. Translation: The disastrous, Congress-skirting monstrosity will get built.
Posted inNewsletter
DOGE Has Made Americans Less Safe
Hurricanes. Terrorism. Identity theft. DOGE’s year-long campaign of destruction has left all of us more vulnerable to threats.
Posted inBooks
Dead Reckoning
A veteran Times obituarist lifts the lid on the death desk. But in an age when anyone can publish a life, who still needs the Gray Lady’s last word?
Posted inPolitics
El-Sayed May Be Winning. But He Should Run Like He’s Losing
If the Democrats’ brash Senate nominee in Michigan believes only the good polls and not the bad, he may wrongly conclude he need not adjust to woo swing voters.
