Is Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Constitutional?
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The contest to propose the most progressive tax plan possible got kicked up a notch today: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will propose a new annual “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, according to an economist advising her on…
No Liberal Equivalent of the Federalist Society? Please.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over at Politico, Evan Mandery wonders why there’s no liberal equivalent to the Federalist Society, the right-wing legal organization that’s become the guiding light of conservative thought about the law: Over the past three decades, the Federalist Society has ascended from modest origins to become…
Ted Cruz, Face of 2013 Shutdown, Gets Crushed Over “Crocodile Tears” Shutdown Remarks
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), perhaps the biggest cheerleader behind the 2013 government shutdown over his fierce opposition to the Affordable Care Act, is (surprise!) suddenly no longer a fan of government shutdowns. “Okay, they hate Donald Trump,” Cruz said, referring to his Democratic colleagues. “If…
Two Presidents. Huge Protests. Trump Saber-Rattling. An Expert Explains What’s Happening in Venezuela.
Venezuela’s National Assembly head Juan Guaido speaks to the crowd during a mass opposition rally against leader Nicolas Maduro on January 23, 2019.Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on Wednesday to demand that the country’s longtime president, Nicolás Maduro,…
Without Fox News, Republicans Would Be Toast
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. How much effect does Fox News have on presidential voting? Here’s a trip down memory lane: 2007: Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan investigate the period between 1996 and 2000, when Fox News was being introduced. By 2000, some cities had it and some didn’t. The…
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Refuses to Testify on the Shutdown’s Economic Impact
Anthony Behar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin doesn’t want to talk to Congress about the ongoing government shutdown, which has now entered its second month. On Wednesday, Mnuchin declined to appear at a Thursday morning hearing hosted by the House Ways and Means Committee on the…