Trump’s promises of direct checks to Americans put GOP in a bind

President Donald Trump has vowed to send Americans checks in the mail. There’s a huge risk if he can’t deliver — and another if he does.

House Dems accuse Paramount of stonewalling their investigation into its Trump-approved merger

Stephanie Ruhle: Trump ‘can’t BS’ the American people on the reality of the U.S. economy

Nicolle Wallace rips Trump and his Cabinet over economy claims: ‘Wildly out of touch’

This 250-year-old idea would fight billionaires’ ‘overgrown influence’

Trump ally takes charge at controversial Israeli spy technology company

Florida AG launches probe into JPMorgan over Trump Media ‘debanking’ claim

Why Latino voters turned out against Trump


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Trump’s promising $2,000 checks to Americans again — but the math doesn’t add up

Here are the charts to prove it.

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Everything about Trump’s very bad week comes back to the same cause

Recent days were a microcosm of a divide that broke firmly against the president.

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Trump’s meatpacking probe meets with MAGA skepticism

The president’s effort to make nice with cattle ranchers is off to a shaky start after he undercut them by boosting Argentinian beef imports.

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Trump’s solicitor general stumbled at the Supreme Court. That may not matter.

The Constitution, the text of the relevant statute, and this Court’s past rulings argue against the president.

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‘AI doesn’t have to be this way’: Joseph Gordon-Levitt urges ban on ‘superintelligence’

The actor told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle that the new technology “is not about tools for helping people.”

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Tesla shareholders approve new $1 trillion pay package for Musk

Investors appear to be banking on the company receiving federal benefits — confirming yet again Barack Obama’s observation that “you didn’t build that.”

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Donald Trump is selling fool’s gold from the White House

The president is spending his second term transforming the White House to match his gilded aesthetic, even as many of his supporters are struggling.

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Trump is blatantly using hunger as a political weapon

His grotesque food stamp politicking exposes the truth about right-wing ‘populism.’

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