Economy
Mike Pence brags about the stock market after it takes a major dive.
By Tommy Christopher - February 06, 2018
Trump has never hesitated to take credit for the stock market until now.
By Caroline Orr - February 05, 2018
CBS News tracked down the woman Paul Ryan used to promote his tax bill, who got $1.50 extra a week. She wasn’t impressed.
By Matthew Chapman - February 05, 2018
Paul Ryan was humiliated after boasting that the GOP tax cuts saved a secretary $1.50 a week. Now he’s being humiliated all over again.
By Matthew Chapman - February 05, 2018
Donald Trump couldn’t find time to discuss education during his State of the Union address, and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently showed why he might have been reluctant to do so. DeVos did a round of local news interviews this week, in an attempt to sell Trump’s agenda to local news reporters. It did not […]
By Tommy Christopher - February 04, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan apparently thinks $1.50 extra per week completely justifies lopsided tax policy that favors the super-wealthy.
By Oliver Willis - February 03, 2018
Donald Trump was silent Friday as the Dow Jones plummeted 666 points the market’s largest drop since 2008.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 02, 2018
The White House spent the entire month of January bragging about delivering jobs for black Americans. But that whole storyline just blew up.
By Eric Boehlert - February 02, 2018
Harley-Davidson is struggling. The Republican tax scam only made things worse and hundreds are losing their jobs.
By Matthew Chapman - January 30, 2018
They’re not even trying to hide it.
By Matthew Chapman - January 29, 2018
Trump’s embrace of hatred and bigotry has tourists shunning America and costing the country billions.
By Oliver Willis - January 23, 2018
As expected, the GOP’s tax scam is turning out to be nothing but bad news for American workers.
By Tommy Christopher - January 23, 2018
Paul Ryan raked in a healthy thank-you gift from the Koch brothers following the passage of the tax scam bill. Ryan’s challenger Randy Bryce made sure it didn’t go unnoticed.
By Alison R. Parker - January 21, 2018
Unlike climate change, this actually is a hoax.
By Tommy Christopher - January 17, 2018
Even before providing the critical vote to pass an unpopular tax bill, Steve Knight faced unhappy constituents in an endangered congressional district.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 16, 2018
Yet another prominent personality steps forward to share their concern about Trump’s character. This time, it’s Richard Branson: Some years ago, Mr Trump invited me to lunch for a one-to-one meeting at his apartment in Manhattan. We had not met before and I accepted. Even before the starters arrived he began telling me about how he […]
By Peter Daou - October 21, 2016
As part of his series for Newsweek digging into Donald Trump’s business practices, Kurt Eichenwald reported that Trump used imported Chinese steel on at least two of his last three construction projects. For one of those projects, the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, which was completed in 2008, Eichenwald traced the source of the […]
By Melissa McEwan - October 09, 2016
President Joe Biden condemned 'the venom and violence of antisemitism,' a stark contrast to leading GOP figures who have increasingly embraced antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories in recent years.
By Oliver Willis
After repeatedly voting against border security funding, Republicans are pushing debt ceiling legislation that would likely slash existing funding by 22%.
By Josh Israel
The House has passed a resolution that would cancel President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan.
By Emily Singer
But so far zero have joined the Democrats' effort to make that happen.
By Josh Israel
Legislation restricting transgender people's access to health care, school sports, and bathrooms has surged in Republican-controlled states, backed by major anti-LGBTQ groups.
By Nick Vachon
Byllye Avery has been immersed in the fight for reproductive health care for over 40 years.
By Rebekah Sager
The Republican caucus says Democrats must meet all their demands before they'll agree to raise the debt ceiling.
By Josh Israel
Less than a year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the court has lost the trust of most respondents in multiple polls.
By Rebekah Sager
A look at the economic consequences of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' policies as he prepares to launch his presidential campaign.
By Emily Singer
