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Mario Loyola, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, debates the state of American politics with the French publication ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing backlash after accusing Democrats of "blowing out the deficit in 2020" — a year ...

After 10 years of President Donald Trump dominating the national discourse, one effect is a coarsening of political language.

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Republicans spent months selling the bill to themselves. Now they have to talk to a wider audience with many voters saying ...

It wasn’t that long ago that the tech titan won praise from the left for his electric vehicle innovations, and the Tesla ...

Following primary elections, the Democrats embarked on a statewide bus tour. The Republicans, who’ve had presumptive nominees ...

Congress narrowly passed the Trump administration’s budget Thursday that cuts funding for numerous food and health aid ...

Just three Republican senators – the maximum allowed for what Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” to still pass – voted against the Senate version of the bill on July 1, 2025. In the House, only two ...

Barack Obama had the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden had the Inflation Reduction Act. President Donald Trump will have the tax cuts.

New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani. The president, who has a history of spewing sometimes vile insults at rivals, has in recent days escalated his attacks against the 33-year-old ...