James Downie

2 weeks ago | msnbc.com | James Downie

After President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that he opposed increasing taxes on the rich to pay for the rest of his policy agenda, Democrats could breathe a sigh of relief. The idea would be “very disruptive,” Trump said, echoing House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who told Fox News earlier that day, “I’m not in favor of raising the tax rates because our party is the group that stands against that traditionally.”Taxing the rich is a policy typically associated with Democrats.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | James Downie

1 hour agoTrump calls his promise to end the Russia-Ukraine war on Day One 'an exaggeration'President Donald Trump's effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war was just one of the areas he touched upon in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine about his first 100 days.

3 weeks ago | msnbc.com | James Downie

Donald Trump is finding fewer and fewer supplicants for his series of extortion attempts, with Harvard University becoming the latest institution to reject the administration’s demands. As with most things Harvard-related, the school’s primacy is overstated: Michigan State University, New York public schools and other education institutions have already pushed back against White House overreach.

1 month ago | msnbc.com | James Downie

After President Donald Trump “liberated” Americans from a strong economy Wednesday, the Senate held an extraordinary vote. By 51-48, the chamber passed a privileged resolution authored by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia that would revoke the tariffs Trump imposed on Canada earlier this year. Four Republicans — Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted with every Democrat to rebuke the president’s trade policy.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | James Downie

After President Donald Trump “liberated” Americans from a strong economy Wednesday, the Senate held an extraordinary vote. By 51-48, the chamber passed a privileged resolution authored by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia that would revoke the tariffs Trump imposed on Canada earlier this year. Four Republicans — Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted with every Democrat to rebuke the president’s trade policy.