Trump's $500 Obamacare checks are a coupon for a crisis
My father was an actuary; my mother was an ICU nurse. I grew up in a house where the ledger always had to balance and the patient always had to be stabilized.
By Dana Whitfield ·
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President Donald Trump bought absolute loyalty with Natalie Harp
My father was an actuary; he viewed the world as a series of risk assessments and balanced ledgers. My mother, an ICU nurse, viewed it as a series of triage decisions.
By Dana Whitfield ·
The Supreme Court gave Trump a blank check for his ballroom
The American government is built on the boring, beautiful premise that the executive branch cannot simply build whatever it wants, wherever it wants, using money it wasn't given.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Dan Driscoll departed, and Donald Trump cleared the decks
Down in the engine room of the American state, another gasket has blown.
By Bram de Vries ·
Hegseth imposes his will on Army with Driscoll resignation
There are moments in political history when a steady stream of resignations doesn't signal mere disagreement over policy; it signals institutional rot.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Driscoll's exit proves DoD favors politics over professional advice
The story isn't about a cabinet reshuffle; it’s about the functional erosion of professional military advice by political fiat.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Dan Driscoll departs US Army Secretary position amid internal conflict
The departure of Dan Driscoll from the US Army Secretary post is not a moment of administrative streamlining; it is another predictable leak, another tremor confirming that the…
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Perez profited from White House knowledge on Donald Trump speeches
The rules are clear: if you have privileged access to information—whether it’s the schematics for a city's sewer main or the script for a presidential address—you do not monetize that knowledge.
By Imani Sutton ·
GOP backlash grows to Trump’s beef price intervention
The siren song of affordability is a powerful one, especially when the price tag on a staple like ground beef rises by 24 percent since Trump first returned to the White House, as…
By Elena Rossi ·
Ossoff annoys Trump, White House, to Democratic delight and dismay
The persistent media focus on Natalie Harp—the 35-year-old executive assistant to Donald Trump—is less a story about loyalty and more a case study in operational control failure.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Power deflects: Trump attacks Ossoff instead of policy failure
The moment a presidential administration can pivot from policy failure to attacking a reporter’s character—or, worse, using an aide as a distraction—the American public knows…
By Maya Ellison ·
Susie Wiles impersonators target Andy Burnham, Boris Johnson
The sheer audacity of it is breathtaking.
By Josie Calloway ·
Karoline Leavitt's exit is political choreography for Donald Trump
It seems that in Washington, even a baby’s arrival must pass through an accounting ledger before it can be deemed legitimate.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Trump’s clandestine move in Turkey shows power ignores global rules
The sheer theatricality of it all demands a kind of weary disbelief.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Federal appeals court stops White House $900 million spending spree
The American presidency, it seems, is suffering from an acute case of architectural entitlement.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The spectacle of President Trump in Ankara is pure theater
The spectacle, if you can call it that, was less a display of American strength and more a masterclass in orchestrated invisibility.
By Alma Cordero ·