Michele Norris

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad |Michele Norris

Former President Barack Obama said he is "deeply concerned" with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not pushing back on them. Obama rebuked Trump without explicitly naming him over the federal government's threats against universities and students who exercise free speech, its targeting of law firms, and the new tariffs imposed on foreign countries.

1 month ago | msnbc.com | Michele Norris

President Donald Trump has said multiple times that he has no plans to cut Social Security. That suggests he understands the old political axiom that Social Security is the third rail in American politics. Touch it and get torched. But we see something different in his administration’s actions.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Michele Norris

NowWhat is DOGE’s Real Goal? Santi Ruiz examines what DOGE is trying to do to the federal government. I hate the name DOGE. The Department of government efficiency. Not that it’s not good branding. It is. And it’s going to do exactly what President Trump intended it to do to restore efficiency in our federal government.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Michele Norris

President Donald Trump has said multiple times that he has no plans to cut Social Security. That suggests he understands the old political axiom that Social Security is the third rail in American politics. Touch it and get torched. But we see something different in his administration’s actions.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Michele Norris

As President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, what he doesn’t say will be more revealing and certainly more consequential than the rah-rah rhetoric he is expected to deliver. You are going to hear the word “mandate” over and over again to justify the indiscriminate pickaxe Trump has taken to federal programs. Indeed, if one were planning a drinking game where you took a sip every time the word “mandate” was mentioned, then you’d get light-headed at lightning speed.