Aug 20, 2025
As for redistricting, Newsom and his party have a bigger problem than the maps Republicans draw in red states. California is hemorrhaging population and is on track to lose 3-5 congressional seats after the next census, while Republican-leaning states are gaining.
Aug 12, 2025
President Trump is contemplating a change to marijuana's federal classification that would make it easier to buy and more profitable to sell. The pot industry is heavily invested in getting its product recategorized
Aug 6, 2025
When government doesn't spend money, society doesn't lose any of its resources; the money just stays with the taxpayers, and the government middleman doesn't get his cut.
Jul 29, 2025
At a time when there otherwise seems no end to federal deficits, Trump's trade policy put the federal government in the black for the month of June, with an unexpected $27 billion surplus, and, as it happens, about $27 billion in tariff revenue.
Jul 22, 2025
Colbert is number one in his timeslot, but his show costs $100 million a year to produce and doesn't bring in nearly enough eyeballs to attract the ad revenue to cover that. So in what universe does CBS renew Colbert and keep losing tens of millions of dollars?
Jul 10, 2025
The GOP passed two make-or-break tests here: one of party discipline, the other of political principles.
Jul 1, 2025
Making Mamdani mayor of New York is like electing Bernie Sanders president , maybe even worse. But in an era when populism keeps gaining momentum, Democratic insiders habitually turn to political has-beens to rescue the party.
Jun 25, 2025
After American forces bombed three Iranian nuclear-program sites on Saturday, NBC News reported Iran had earlier warned Trump it could activate "sleeper cells" within the United States to retaliate against an attack on its facilities.