Jonathan Cohn

2 days ago | thebulwark.com | Sam Stein |Jonathan Cohn

Trump issued a new executive order on drug prices. Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn unpack what it actually does, what it claims to do, and how it stacks up against past policy efforts. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members. Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio. Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.

3 days ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Jonathan Cohn |Jim Swift

Happy China Trade Thaw Day to those who celebrate! The United States and China agreed overnight to suspend many of the tariffs put in place after Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day,” which had ground trade between the two nations to a virtual standstill. “The consensus from both delegations is that neither side wanted a decoupling,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a news conference in Geneva hours ago.

3 days ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan Cohn

Jonathan Cohn speaks with pediatrician and former FDA official Joshua Sharfstein, who breaks down vaccine safety, debunks the myths pushed by anti-vaxxers like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and explains how RFK Jr.’s actions as Secretary of Health and Human Services are undermining public health in America. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members. Don’t care for video?

4 days ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan Cohn

SOMETIMES POLICY DEBATES are complicated. This isn’t one of those times. I’m talking about the debate over the future of Medicaid, which is shaping up to be one of the most important issues Congress will address this year. Republicans want to slash funding for the program, although so far they’ve been speaking purely in hypotheticals. They’ve offered hazy statements of intentions, memos with broad descriptions of policy ideas, ambiguous leaks to the press—everything short of actual policy specifics.

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan Cohn

THE INTERNAL REPUBLICAN FIGHT over potential Medicaid cuts has gotten so intense that even Laura Loomer is getting involved. On Monday night, the MAGA influencer known for white nationalist rhetoric and conspiracy theories posted more than four hundred words on X defending Medicaid, the government insurance program that pays medical bills for more than 70 million mostly low-income Americans.