Trump and his allies keep saying they are digging the United States economy out of a hole dug by former president Joe Biden, but on October 19, 2024, The Economist called the U.S. economy “The Envy of ...

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Everything feels out of whack in the United States. First of all, the president’s behavior is becoming more and more erratic. Earlier this week, he walked past the open door of his armored car, known ...

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Lots of people worked long and hard to try to make sure all Americans could vote. Today is the anniversary of just one of ...

A blockbuster story in the Wall Street Journal tonight by Alexander Ward, Natalie Andrews, and Josh Dawsey says that it was billionaire Elon Musk who ordered Space X to slow down its service in ...

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Tonight Lingling Wei, Alex Leary, Thomas Grove, and Josh Dawsey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has proposed a meeting next month with Trump and China’s ...

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