A prominent economist has calculated the overall cost of President Donald Trump’s Iran war on American consumers, boiled it down to how much it is costing each U.S. household, and is issuing a warning on the economy.Dr. Mark Zandi is the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics and the co-founder of Eco…
With Congress returning to session this week, Republicans are juggling several crises of President Donald Trump’s making as the party struggles over contradictory priorities. Faced with many problems that have few solutions, Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman says the GOP is in a “very bad jam.”As …
During Barack Obama’s presidency, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling served as commander of U.S. Army Europe. The 72-year-old Hertling is now retired from active duty, but he is keeping busy offering military analysis for MS NOW and the conservative website The Bulwark. And Hertling, in The Bulwark, argues that…
The Trump-aligned Freedom 250 concert series has been a disaster weeks before it even started, and according to the hosts at The Bulwark, not even the president’s staunchest MAGA allies were happy about the line-up of “washed up has-beens.” Last week, Freedom 250 announced a series of free concerts …
After two U.S. citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, were fatally shot during the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Minneapolis in January, Greg Bovino was removed as the U.S. Border Patrol leader of those operations. Now, according to a USA Today’s Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy USA To…
President Donald Trump’s ability to influence the outcome of GOP primaries has been evident in recent weeks, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) and other incumbents he was angry or disappointed with losing to Trump-backed challengers. Al…
Despite their many political differences, President Donald Trump and liberal economist Robert Reich have something in common: Both will be turning 80 in June (Trump on June 14, Reich on June 24). Reich, in a Guardian column, lays out some reasons why he believes that Trump is suffering from “diminis…
As the war with Iran has eased into something of a hot ceasefire, with the two sides exchanging occasional blows as a peace deal is negotiated, the American Conservative has a dismal assessment of President Donald Trump’s performance: the outcome he’s arriving at appears to be “beyond parody.”Citing…
Marianna Mitchem grew up in the Denver suburbs, where she played high school soccer. One day in April 1999, her team faced off against a nearby rival, Columbine High. The next day, two teenagers went on a shooting rampage at Columbine, killing more than a dozen people.The massacre left an imprint on…
There is a huge amount of destruction in the Middle East after the bombing campaigns between Iran and the United States. The damage is far more extensive than the Pentagon is allowing Americans to believe. The BBC Monday said that the Islamic Republic has cost the U.S. billions of dollars in damage …