Russell Berman
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Staff writer at The Atlantic, covering all things politics. Send tips/spin/spam to [email protected]. Emeritus of @thehill, @aolnews, @nysun
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2 days ago |
theatlantic.com | Russell Berman
Earlier this year, Gary Peters made a decision that’s utterly ordinary for most 66-year-olds: He was going to retire. Except Peters happens to be a United States senator, so his announcement that he would not seek a third term next year came as a shock. “Oh, but you’re so young!” constituents told him, the Michigan Democrat recalled. Two weeks later, Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota said that she, too, would forgo a reelection bid next year, when she’ll be 68. She got the same reaction.
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4 days ago |
businessandamerica.com | Russell Berman
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. One of President Donald Trump’s greatest political strengths has suddenly become a weakness. He won a second term in large part because voters believed he could boost the economy. Instead, Trump has shrunk it, and his tariffs have sent both the stock market and consumer confidence tumbling. Republicans in Congress could soon make things much worse.
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1 week ago |
rsn.org | Russell Berman
How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the marketsOne of President Donald Trump’s greatest political strengths has suddenly become a weakness. He won a second term in large part because voters believed he could boost the economy. Instead, Trump has shrunk it, and his tariffs have sent both the stock market and consumer confidence tumbling. Republicans in Congress could soon make things much worse.
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | Russell Berman
One of President Donald Trump’s greatest political strengths has suddenly become a weakness. He won a second term in large part because voters believed he could boost the economy. Instead, Trump has shrunk it, and his tariffs have sent both the stock market and consumer confidence tumbling. Republicans in Congress could soon make things much worse.
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | Russell Berman
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. President Donald Trump has been back in the White House for just more than 100 days, and he’s already thinking about a third term. For much of American history, the notion would have been laughable.
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Doomsday predictions about the national debt have not come true, leading both parties to assume they can add to deficits at will. But with the economy suddenly shaky, Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' could shatter those assumptions: https://t.co/JxxcrVK4Fg
"The numbers don't add up." Trump has turned his biggest political strength—the economy—into a weakness, and Republicans in Congress could make it much worse, economists warn. My new piece: https://t.co/JxxcrVK4Fg
Trump initially picked 3 House Republicans to serve in his administration—Matt Gaetz, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Waltz—moves that narrowed the GOP's already tight majority. Two never made it, and the third is on the way out after 100 days.
BREAKING: National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts, multiple sources familiar with the situation tell me. @CBSNews
