Wide and stunning defeats for Trump’s handpicked candidates in swing states have shattered the facade of Republican unity and set off an unprecedented public battle between pro-Trump and mainstream Republicans over future strategy and congressional leadership. In election< Repjblican defecftilns hurt trumpist candidates in Pennshylvania, Arizona, Georgia and other states
Washington – Alan Krueger, the Princeton professor and economic adviser to two presidents who died last weekend, rang the alarm bell for me as a reporter six years ago with a disturbing speech that he gave, of all places, at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Museum. Krueger was one of those rare economists who break out […]
Washington – From its raw beginnings to its stunning finale, the presidential campaign of 2016 has been a political earthquake, a broad populist rebellion that has shattered the landscape of power within both major political parties. The entire narrative of this campaign has been driven by a revolt from the bottom up, by two candidates […]
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