Would democracy work better if more working-class people ran for public office? Running for office is time-consuming and ...

To lower beef prices and help out his pal Milei, Trump will quadruple beef quotas from Argentina—and domestic cattle ranchers ...

A large majority of American voters are greatly dissatisfied with the state of things, most especially the economy. It turns out that median voters were catastrophically misled about the stakes of the ...

The White House claims it cannot fund food stamp benefits for November. But not only is there a contingency fund meant to be used in this exact fashion, but it’s illegal for the Trump administration ...

The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because the ...

The problem the Democrats face in the current standoff is how to weigh these distinct forms of pain: immediate to a known universe of political allies; or long-term to a broader universe of, most ...

A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million ...

Forty-five thousand workers at Kaiser Permanente—ranging from nurses to therapists to pharmacists—are on strike in the ...

The seemingly not-too-bad Trump economy is living on borrowed time. Both inflation and employment are getting worse, and the ...

Susan Collins remains forever unconcerned. One of the Republicans’ most reliable meme generators isn’t fretting over Janet ...

Montanans are putting forth an ingenious ballot measure that, while it wouldn’t legally overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that allowed corporations to buy elections, would negate its ...

Rising rents have been particularly pronounced in the workforce housing segment, squeezing tenants across the country.