Politics

Vance backs Trump on Iran — but defends past skepticism

Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran on Monday, accusing the media of trying to drive a wedge between the president and vice president, a longti...

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How Chinese EVs could cruise into the American market

Americans will soon catch a glimpse of something North American politicians once tried to keep far away: cheap Chinese electric vehicles.As Canada begins importing the EVs, U.S. residents in border...

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'The guy’s a piece of s - - t': SBF’s pardon push falls flat in Congress

Cryptocurrency supporters in Washington have spent the last four years working to rinse the stench of Sam Bankman-Fried off of legislative efforts that could legitimize digital assets. Now, as the ...

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‘Few signs suggest that riders are coming back’

‘The death of Bay Area public transportation’The Washington Post editorial boardIt “looks like the Bay Area Rapid Transit system is headed for a financial death sp...

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What Happens Now to Kristi Noem’s Warehouse Jails?

By the time President Trump ousted Kristi Noem from the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month, her team had already embarked on a spending spree that included far more than the new lux...

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A president under siege lashes out at the checks on his power

President Donald Trump is increasingly at the mercy of forces he unleashed but can’t control — so he’s taking aim at the umpires.Gas prices surging. Unemployment climbing. War with Iran threatening...

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‘We’re going to have a problem’: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020

President Donald Trump is bringing back 2020. Many Republicans wish he wouldn't.Conversations with nearly a dozen GOP state and county chairs and strategists reveal a party largely eager to move on...

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‘I think she will be loyal’: Jeffrey Epstein’s role in Peter Attia’s rise

NEW YORK — Years before celebrity doctor Peter Attia became known as a longevity influencer with millions of followers, he sought Jeffrey Epstein’s help getting a new medical practice off the groun...

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This New Jersey Republican isn’t afraid to push back against Trump. Is that enough?

When President Donald Trump threatened funding for the massive Gateway tunnel project between New York and New Jersey, vulnerable Republicans expressed their dissatisfaction — but largely stayed aw...

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Transcript: Why So Many of Trump’s Authoritarian Moves Have Failed

This is a lightly edited transcript of the March 11 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bacon...

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A 79-Year-Old Freshman Senator?

“I’ll share my lipid profile with anybody!” Janet Mills, the governor of Maine, pledged to me.These are the kinds of assurances that candidates make when everyone keeps harping on their age.Mills, ...

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The College-Educated Working Class

This is an age of mutinies. For more than a decade in America, they’ve come so thick and fast that they trip over one another: the Tea Party, Occupy, Black Lives Matter, the Resistance, the anti-lo...

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Understanding Demonic Policies

Matt Yglesias has a good post on the UK’s Triple Lock, which requires that UK pensions rise in line with whichever is highest: wages, inflation, or 2.5 percent. Luis Garicano calls this “the single...

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A 95th birthday tribute to legendary SCOTUSblog reporter Lyle Denniston

The inimitable Lyle Denniston, who served as the primary reporter for SCOTUSblog from 2004 until 2016, celebrates his 95th birthday today. Lyle began his reporting career in 1948 at the county cour...

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Democrats push Trump for more details of Iran vision as war rages on

Democratic lawmakers on Sunday pushed the Trump administration to more clearly lay out its goals in Iran as war continues to rage on in the Middle East.With the war extending into its third week an...

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The Trump health policy both parties are bullish on

More states are encouraging businesses to help employees sign up for Obamacare.They’re using a policy backed by President Donald Trump — the same Donald Trump who spent much of the fall deriding Ob...

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The National Park Service race to rewrite history becomes a slog

The Trump administration's campaign to remove National Park Service exhibits that "inappropriately disparage" historical figures is bogged down more than nine months after Interior Secretary Doug B...

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Sunday links: consequential things

MarketsIf you're not confused right now, you're doing it wrong. (howardlindzon.com)Degens are now trading perpetual oil futures 24/7. (wsj.com)StrategyThere's no investing without some anxiety. (tk...

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Formula 1 cancels races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid Middle East conflict

Formula 1 has canceled races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia scheduled for April, as the ongoing war between Iran and the U.S. and Israel disrupts international sports throughout the Middle East.“Due t...

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Trump’s latest tariffs face a fresh set of legal hurdles

Just three weeks after the Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a stinging defeat over the sweeping tariffs he imposed last year, the legal battle over his first move to replace those import...

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Poll: Trump era tilts US allies toward Beijing

The 21st century is more likely to belong to Beijing than to Washington — at least that’s the view from four key U.S. allies.Swaths of the public in Canada, Germany, France and the U.K. have soured...

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