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26 Ideas for Solving the Affordability Crisis

Nearly one year ago, after Republicans were rejected in a series of state and local elections, Donald Trump expressed a belated recognition of the issue that postmortems were united in describing a...

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The Affordability Problem Isn’t About Wages — It’s About Prices

Americans are clear-eyed on what they want the government to do to address the affordability crisis: Step in to lower costs before trying to boost wages.Six in 10 people say the government should p...

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‘You Barely Understand Regular Money’: Why Young Men Keep Gambling

If $10,000 can’t buy you a house, why not gamble it?That might not seem like a sound financial decision, but it’s an increasingly familiar mindset for many Americans — particularly young men — who ...

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Why We Can’t Solve the Affordability Crisis

If there’s a constant in modern American political cycles, it’s that voters are furious over affordability.They were furious when inflation devoured their wages and Covid-era stimulus checks. They ...

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Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All

When you see the cost of an everyday item — the kind you're going to buy regardless of price — more than double in a year, do you get suspicious?When it came to eggs, whose average price in a U.S. ...

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Trump Promoted Suspiciously Cheap Gas Stations. Here’s What He Didn’t Tell You.

To understand how Donald Trump would come to use the power of the presidency to promote a small discount gas station operation — one with murky finances, mysterious ownership and allegedly dubious ...

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‘Scorched It All’: How Trump Lost the Affordability Debate, According to Abigail Spanberger

Abigail Spanberger rode furor over rising costs to dominate Virginia’s gubernatorial race last year — putting her among the first class of Democrats elected on the promise to tackle the affordabili...

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Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

HARTVILLE, Ohio — A rebellion sweeping the nation gathered adherents in the parking lot outside northeast Ohio’s largest flea market on the Saturday before Memorial Day. Before making their way to ...

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Elizabeth Holmes Was Ahead of Her Time

Perhaps Elizabeth Holmes was simply ahead of her time: Today, the Theranos founder’s crimes look less notorious amid a pervasive culture of grift and graft.Her biotechnology company infamously prom...

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Warnock wants Democrats to focus on the South. He’s starting in Mississippi.

JACKSON, Mississippi — Raphael Warnock is racing to get Democrat Scott Colom elected in deep-red Mississippi. It’s part of his bigger bet on the South.Colom, a charismatic local prosecutor, is with...

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Are We Too Political?

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeOne of the paradoxes of our moment is that the excesses of Donald Trump’s presidency seem to demand our obsessive attention, while Trump himself o...

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New Hampshire Dems question what Newsom has to offer

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Gavin Newsom packed town halls and drew cheers from swarms of Democrats with his promise of a “blue tsunami” in the midterms.But as he raced across this early primary st...

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Retiring GOP congressmember will 'absolutely not' vote for successor in at-risk seat

Retiring Nevada Republican Rep. Mark Amodei said he won’t vote for the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate vying to replace him amid a string of stolen valor and other accusations — and warned that the on...

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‘Is this like a hit piece or what?': Dan Sullivan's MAGA balancing act

GIRDWOOD, Alaska — Dan Sullivan isn’t running away from President Donald Trump like so many other vulnerable Republicans. He’s betting that walking the line instead will help him reap reelection in...

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Retiring Republicans bash Trump’s sanctions pullback

A handful of stalwart Republicans now on the outs with President Donald Trump expressed their shock and dismay after the president waived congressionally approved sanctions against Russia on Friday...

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The complicated environmental legacy Florida’s next governor stands to inherit

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — With just a few months left in his term, Gov. Ron DeSantis is declaring victory.During his nearly eight years in office, the governor has helped secure nearly $9.5 billion in...

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Hochul’s GOP rival turns energy cost warnings against her

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul battled members of her own party and environmental groups to weaken the state’s landmark climate law this year, arguing the changes were needed to prevent highe...

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Kennedy tries to score one more win for MAHA ahead of midterms

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking another run at defining ultraprocessed foods, a longtime target of his Make America Healthy Again movement.The effort, led by the Department of Heal...

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A sleeper Senate battleground has turned into a real Republican liability

WICHITA, Kansas — Roger Marshall was running behind.The bus Kansas Republicans booked for a five-day barnstorming tour sat idling Tuesday morning, with other statewide candidates onboard. The tour ...

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Hasan Piker's influence tests breaking point of Democratic Party

Ahead of the midterm elections, one name has repeatedly surfaced in conversations about the future of the Democratic Party: Hasan Piker.The political commentator streams for hours each day on Twitc...

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Not all Republicans want to show Trump off

Donald Trump is barnstorming the country to boost Republicans in the final weeks of the midterms. But many candidates want to keep that support quiet.The president is nowhere to be found in GOP ads...

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