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There's a bait and switch buried in the Trump Accounts parents need to know about

There's a bait and switch buried in the Trump Accounts parents need to know about

President Donald Trump has promoted his “Trump Accounts,” or stock market investment accounts for American children, as being great for future generations — but

DC insider: The invincible Trump is cracking —and his allies are jumping ship

DC insider: The invincible Trump is cracking —and his allies are jumping ship

President Donald Trump is losing the war he started with Iran — and a political expert is warning the president will behave increasingly erratically because he

Democrats with the best chances in 2028 are probably not who you think: experts

Democrats with the best chances in 2028 are probably not who you think: experts

President Donald Trump and the Republicans are so unpopular, a political scientist was able to break down a long litany of Democrats eager to run in the 2028 election

'Unethical': Melania's former lawyer tears apart new Trump program

'Unethical': Melania's former lawyer tears apart new Trump program

Immigration lawyers representing the global elite are warning their clients to steer clear of Trump's "gold card" visa program, calling it legally dubious, financially

'Your emergency is not my crisis': Why men are abandoning the fight against Trump

'Your emergency is not my crisis': Why men are abandoning the fight against Trump

Anti-Trump activist groups across the country are facing an uncomfortable reality: the resistance to authoritarianism is overwhelmingly female, and organizers are

Inside the Democratic Party's leadership crisis: 'It's not enough just to complain'

Inside the Democratic Party's leadership crisis: 'It's not enough just to complain'

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton ripped into his own party this week, declaring that Democrats have surrendered the role of leadership and become little more

Trump is playing his would-be successors like fiddles: NYT analysis

Trump is playing his would-be successors like fiddles: NYT analysis

President Donald Trump is reportedly cultivating tension between two of his top officials, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as he tantalizes

A Mother's Day reckoning on violence and survival

A Mother's Day reckoning on violence and survival

Subhed: Evergreen, because over 100 years later, the personal is somehow still politicalMy mom died from Covid in 2020, just after Mother’s Day. I couldn’t write

A sign of how petrified the White House is as Trump flails

A sign of how petrified the White House is as Trump flails

In the middle of the most unpopular war in over 75 years—one that has created a political disaster for the Trump administration—the White House had to use the precious

Supreme Court exposed for ruling built on cooked data from Trump administration

Supreme Court exposed for ruling built on cooked data from Trump administration

Here's what happened this week.— While the FAA was collapsing, the Transportation Secretary was filming a reality show. Former B-lister reality TV and Fox star