It is the nature of our fragmented, siloed media ecosystem that entire controversies can arise and be resolved outside of the view of most people. Controversies centered on TV shows or sports or music, these rise and fall unseen by most Americans, like waves on the shore of Australia. This happens in politics, too, of […]Read More

The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday barred 10 Republican state senators from seeking reelection after a record-long walkout from the legislature last year spurred by objections to a measure intended to protect abortion rights and gender-affirming health care. Oregon voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022 that disqualified legislators with 10 or more unexcused absences […]Read More

Late Wednesday the House overwhelmingly approved a nearly $80 billion tax package that would renew breaks for big corporations and expand the child tax credit for millions of families, using the same process used for naming post offices. Lawmakers had no chance to offer amendments on the major bipartisan legislation. Debate was brief. And, by […]Read More

The 2024 general election has only just begun, and Donald Trump looks prepared to sail to yet more GOP nominating contest victories in Nevada and South Carolina in the weeks to come. But the campaign for the White House also begins with his financial operation — the entities devoted to electing him — on pretty […]Read More

A bill under consideration in the House would, among other things, expand the child tax credit to the benefit of parents earning $40,000 a year or less. In the 2022 General Social Survey, over two-thirds of people who fell into that category identified themselves as Republicans or independents. About a quarter of them lived in […]Read More

President Biden signed an executive order Thursday that imposes sanctions on four West Bank settlers who the administration says have committed violence against Palestinians, marking the most significant action he has taken against Israelis since their country launched a war in Gaza. The executive order mirrors sanctions imposed on individuals designated as terrorists, two senior […]Read More

Donald Trump holds a significant lead in South Carolina ahead of the state’s Feb. 24 primary, as he seeks to derail Nikki Haley’s candidacy and add to his string of early victories in the Republican presidential nominating contest, according to a Washington Post-Monmouth University poll. The poll finds Trump at 58 percent support among potential […]Read More

Former president Donald Trump is cruising toward the Republican presidential nomination after victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, but he is diverting enormous sums of donor money to his mounting legal fees as he faces multiple lawsuits and 91 felony charges across four criminal cases. The new figures for his legal spending were outlined in […]Read More

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to cut taxes for working families and restore certain corporate tax breaks, but the bill faces long odds in the bitterly divided Senate, as lawmakers rush to send the measure to President Biden’s desk before the end of tax filing season in April. The bill passed the […]Read More