3.5 Million People Have Already Lost Food Stamps. The Cuts Are Just Getting Started.
The Big Beautiful Bill did not just cut Medicaid. It cut food stamps too. Since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed on July 4, 2025, SNAP participation has dropped by more than 3.5 million people. That is a 9 percent decline in eight months. And the biggest cuts...
Trump Endorsed the Most Beatable Republican in Texas. The Runoff Is Today.
Democrats have not won a statewide race in Texas since 1994. That streak may end in November. And President Trump may be the reason why. Today, May 26, Texas Republicans vote in a Senate primary runoff between four-term incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken...
The Big Beautiful Bill Cut $880 Billion from Medicaid. Here Is What That Actually Means.
The deadlines are arriving. Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4, 2025. The House passed it 218 to 214. The Senate passed it 51 to 50. The bill included nearly $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next decade. Congress called it a budget...
Trump Sued the IRS for $10 Billion. He Settled — With Your Money. And Quietly Made Himself Immune from Audits.
Here is how it worked. Donald Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service in 2024 for $10 billion, claiming an IRS employee had illegally leaked his tax records. Rather than take the case to court and fight it on the merits, the Justice Department — now run by Trump's own...
Charles Booker Is the Nominee. Keisha Lance Bottoms Is Making History. And the Guy Who Defied Trump Is Gone.
Tuesday was a good night. Charles Booker is the Democratic nominee for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat. Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Georgia Democratic governor primary outright — no runoff, no waiting — and is now running to become the first Black woman elected...
Five Million People Lost Health Coverage This Year. Congress Had a Chance to Stop It.
At the end of 2025, enhanced federal subsidies that had been lowering health insurance premiums for millions of Americans expired. Congress did not renew them. The results are now visible in the data: roughly five million people have dropped their marketplace...
Georgia Democrats Just Flipped a 30-Point Turnout Gap — Before a Single Vote Is Counted Tonight
Georgia holds its primary elections tomorrow. Before a single ballot is counted, the race has already produced a number worth paying attention to: more than one million people voted early, breaking the previous record for any Georgia primary. Of those, 56.7 percent...
Mitch McConnell’s Senate Seat Is Open for the First Time Since 1984. Democrats Have a Candidate Worth Watching.
Mitch McConnell has held his Kentucky Senate seat since 1985. This fall, for the first time in four decades, his name will not be on the ballot. McConnell is retiring. The seat is open. And on Tuesday, Democrats in Kentucky will choose who they want to run for it. The...
Trump’s Pick Just Took Over the Federal Reserve. The Most Important Question Is Whether He Stays Independent.
Jerome Powell's term as chair of the Federal Reserve ends tomorrow. On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed his replacement by a vote of 54 to 45, the closest confirmation of a Fed chair in the modern era and the first to fall almost entirely along party lines. Kevin...
The Unit Built to Fight Corruption After Watergate Is Down to Two Lawyers
When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section had roughly 40 full-time attorneys. The section was created after Watergate specifically to investigate and prosecute corruption by public officials. It...