Trump Is Embracing the Same Economic Populism That Destroyed Argentina
Perónism: the one import that Trump likes.
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Megan McArdle: Trump's D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
The Washington Post columnist joins the show to discuss crime in D.C. and Trump's deployment of federal troops.
No, Tariffs Can't Replace Income Taxes
They are among the worst taxes imaginable—narrow, arbitrary, unstable, and regressive.
Trump's Rebate Plan Will Push America Toward a Hyperprogressive Tax Code
The president’s $300 billion tariff rebate plan risks replaying Bush-era giveaways—but on a scale large enough to fuel inflation and deepen the deficit.
Trump's D.C. Goon Squads Are Un-American
The president ordering federal agents onto the street is not how routine policing should work, even in the nation's capital.
9 Years Ago, Marco Rubio Explained Why Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Is Unconstitutional
The 2016 brief defended the understanding of the 14th Amendment that the president wants to overturn.
Trump: The Erratic but Potentially Effective Peacemaker
Can a mercurial narcissist decenter America from global policing?
Trump's Plans for Intel Take a Page From Bernie Sanders' Playbook
Turning Intel into the chipmaking equivalent of Amtrak is unlikely to be good news for American taxpayers or the company itself.
Trump's Ineffective D.C. Crackdown: Nearly 2,000 Officers Made Fewer Than 400 Arrests in 10 Days
And a lot of those were for drug possession, gun possession, and other minor offenses.
Trump Critics Should Stop Treating Diplomacy Like a Gift to America's Enemies
His negotiations with North Korea and Russia should be judged by their results. But opposing those talks from the beginning is a pro-war position.
D.C. Sues Pam Bondi and the Trump Administration for Replacing Police Commissioner
The latest escalation in the showdown between the Trump administration and D.C. elected officials
Intel Is Reportedly the Latest Company Trump Wants a Piece Of
Since returning to office in January, Trump has floated several deals that would involve the feds taking a piece of an American company.
My New Bulwark Article on Trump's Unconstitutional Export Tax
The article explains why the policy is unconstitutional, but also why it is unlikely to be challenged in court in the near future.
Trump Says 'People Are Feeling Safer Already,' but Federal Troops Won't Fix D.C.'s Crime
Local government incompetence has crippled the city's criminal justice system.
Bitcoin in Retirement Accounts Could Be a Good Idea
Trump’s executive order directs the Labor Department to loosen rules on retirement accounts, potentially shifting trillions in savings toward higher-return, but riskier assets like bitcoin.
This Trump Tariff Could Increase America's Trade Deficit
Switzerland might respond to Trump’s double-digit “reciprocal” tariff by canceling its multibillion-dollar F-35 order.
Forget Obama: Trump's Pen and Phone Are Bigger Even Than FDR's
The president is on a record-shattering pace for executive actions.
Keep Government Funding—and Political Meddling—Far Away From Olympic Athletes
Plus: Congress might blow up the pro sports business model, and Las Vegas is struggling
What's Really Happening to D.C.?
Plus: ICE changes approach, Alan Dershowitz gets that pierogi hookup, and more...
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Bless Racial Profiling by Immigration Agents
The federal government has embraced unconstitutional tactics and now wants SCOTUS to do the same.
They Fled Socialism and Came to the U.S. Legally. Now the Trump Administration Is Trying To Deport Them.
For years, the president has rightly railed against those oppressive regimes. So why is his administration targeting their victims?
Apple CEO Tim Cook Has Learned the Rules for Getting Ahead in Trump's America
When the line between public and private is erased, politics is all about special favors. That's gross.
Here's What Happens to the Economy if Trump Fires Jerome Powell and Installs a Loyalist at the Fed
The Fed should be replaced by free markets, not unbridled presidential power.
Mocking Elected Officials Is a Sign of a Healthy Democracy
Thin-skinned MAGA can dish it out, but can't take mockery.
Why Trump's Plan to Exclude Undocumented Migrants From Census Count Determining Apportionment of Congressional Seats is Unconstitutional
The Constitution requires apportionment to be based on a count of all "persons," excluding only "Indians not taxed."
The Art of the Empty Trade Deal
Trump’s Japan and E.U. deals offer vague promises and lack the depth and enforceability of the TPP he scrapped.
Why Trump Can't Make the Epstein Story Kill Itself
Ginned-up mobs don't love nuance!
Trump's War on Economic Data Is a Dangerous Move for MAGA's Own Agenda
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CBO, and the Fed are far from perfect. But the U.S. needs a statistical system that is modern, agile, and protected from political interference.
Does Donald Trump Know What a Dictator Looks Like?
He calls Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator,” but not Vladimir Putin.
A First Amendment Lawsuit Highlights the Chilling Impact of Speech-Based Deportation on Student Journalists
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is seeking an injunction that would protect noncitizens at The Stanford Daily from arrest and removal because of their published work.
Why Ghislaine Maxwell's Transfer to a Minimum-Security Prison Camp Stinks
Sex offenders are supposed to be ineligible for minimum-security federal prison camps, but the rule was waived for Maxwell.
Trump Administration Walks Back Plan To Withhold $1.9 Billion in FEMA Aid to Anti-Israel States and Cities
This isn't the first time FEMA has faced scrutiny for partisan bias.
Federal Circuit Judges Question Trump's Discovery of Vast Tariff Powers
The president is claiming "unbounded authority" to impose import taxes based on a law that does not mention them.
Gun Rights Groups Sue To Overturn Federal Weapons Registration
The case argues that, since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated taxes on the transfer of certain weapons, the constitutional basis for registering those weapons no longer exists.
Trump's Immigration Crackdown Imperils the Fourth Amendment Rights of U.S. Citizens
A federal court says U.S. citizens “are likely to succeed in showing” that immigration agents violated their rights.
Science Needs Dissent: NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on COVID, Autism, and Climate Change
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya defends open disagreement, criticizes groupthink, and argues that democracy depends on our ability to speak and listen across political and scientific divides.
Trump Is Openly Using the Presidency To Enrich the Trump Brand
And generations of allegedly anti-corruption Republicans just don't care.
Hiking Tariffs on Canada, Trump Demands 'Adequate Steps' To Achieve an Impossible Drug War Goal
Canada accounts for a tiny percentage of fentanyl smuggling, which cannot be stopped by trying harder.
The War on Trans
Plus: DOGE postmortem, Mamdani's checked out, C.S. Lewis' wisdom for our digital age, and more...
Trump's War on Chocolate: 'There's No Way for Us To Source This Domestically'
American chocolatiers need imports, and tariffs help no one.
Today's Federal Circuit Oral Argument in Our Tariff Case
Outcomes are hard to predict. But the judges seemed skeptical of the administration's claim that the president has virtually unlimited power to impose tariffs.
Law Firms Take Fewer Pro Bono Clients After Trump's Unconstitutional Orders
Even though the president has lost every time the orders have come before a judge, big law firms are still hesitant to upset the king and incur his wrath.
On Sanctuary Cities, It's Trump vs. the 10th Amendment
The anticommandeering doctrine stands in the way of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The Federal Reserve Rightly Rejects Trump's Calls for Lower Interest Rates
Maintaining the elevated federal funds rate makes borrowing more expensive, but the alternative is artificially cheap money, malinvestment, and inflation.
South Park's Trump Takedown Joins a Proud American Tradition
The cartoon’s savage Season 27 premiere puts a tiny, naked Trump in bed with Satan—and lands squarely in the American tradition of using outrageous satire to hold the powerful accountable.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's Meddling in Broadcast Journalism Contradicts His Own Avowed Views
As a minority FCC member during the Bush administration, Carr condemned government interference with newsroom decisions.
Why Does the Government Run Air Traffic Control?
Air traffic control is simply too important to leave up to the politicians.
