Bloomberg.com • 13th August 2026

This Federal Program Is So Effective, the White House Can’t Stand It

Imagine a federally subsidized preschool program for the neediest families that not only allowed parents to work full-time but also set children up to become better students, earn higher wages, use fewer social services and have a lifetime of better health. Then imagine that program was effective enough to essentially pay for itself.That program exists — and has existed for over 60 years. It’s called Head Start and serves 716,000 children from birth to age 5.

Bloomberg.com • 7th August 2026

These Texas Builders Backed Trump. They’ve Had Enough

President Donald Trump has always liked to boast about the loyalty of his voters. But in South Texas, where the construction industry is being battered by immigration raids, industry leaders are starting to defect from the Republican Party. It’s a remarkable shift in political allegiance in a region that Trump dominated in 2024.

Bloomberg.com • 4th August 2026

Immigrant Kids Deserve to Keep Their Lawyers

The Trump administration has jettisoned the way thousands of immigrant children receive legal help. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services ended the contract with the Acacia Center for Justice after nearly two decades, leaving more than 20,000 unaccompanied kids in legal limbo.Federal officials claim it’s a contract dispute. That’s a convenient excuse for their moral failure.

Bloomberg.com • 13th July 2026

Lindsey Graham’s Death Deprives the GOP of Its Whisperer-in-Chief

No matter what you thought of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham’s politics, his sudden death on Saturday deepens a void in an institution badly in need of more people willing to build relationships across the aisle.

Bloomberg.com • 1st July 2026

Courts Aren’t Buying Trump’s Voting Lies. He’s Not Giving Up

President Donald Trump’s assault on elections took another hit Monday when the US Supreme Court rejected a Republican bid to restrict mail voting. In a 5-4 decision, the justices upheld Mississippi’s grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day — and the principle that the Constitution gives states authority over elections. But Trump isn’t listening. He’s trying every angle to sidestep the courts and weaponize the federal government to interfere with the midterms.

Bloomberg.com • 28th June 2026

Florida Needs Haitian Workers. Congress Should Let Them Stay

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Trump administration has the unfettered ability to end temporary protected status for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians, allowing federal officials to begin deporting them. The 6-3 ruling from the conservative court means these TPS holders will lose their ability to live and work in the US by the end of July, forcing them to return to countries the US State Department has determined are too unsafe to travel to.

Bloomberg.com • 1st June 2026

A $5.5 Million Airport Rebrand the Trumps May Profit From

Travelers to Florida take note: Palm Beach International Airport will soon be renamed the President Donald J. Trump International Airport, complete with new call letters: DJT. When the name-change takes effect in July, it will not only be the first time an airport will be named after a sitting president, but the first time such an arrangement can create new revenue streams for him and his family. We will all be paying for it, and not only in taxes.

Bloomberg.com • 20th May 2026

Trump’s Massie Smackdown May Cost Him in November

President Donald Trump’s GOP revenge tour reached a new level on Tuesday with the expensive defeat of Congressman Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who dared to challenge the president over his abandoned campaign promises. It was a commanding win for a president who is epically unpopular with most Americans, yet retains a vise-like grip on his party. But it was a devastating blow for democracy. The total cost of the takedown: $33 million.

Bloomberg.com • 31st March 2026

A Crackdown on Dreamers Is a Crackdown on the American Dream

As a high-achieving college kid, Alex Vallejo wasn’t surprised by the kind of young people he met at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ national conference in Salt Lake City three years ago. Like him, there were other computer-science students who were in their school robotics clubs. Like him, there were other web developers and students who worked two jobs while getting top grades. All predictably impressive.

Bloomberg.com • 10th July 2025

The GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Have a Very Convenient Timeline

Voters in swing states are unlikely to punish lawmakers for slashing health-care benefits next year. Why? The pain is postponed until after the election. Voters in swing states are unlikely to punish lawmakers for slashing health-care benefits next year. Why? The pain is postponed until after the election.

Bloomberg.com • 24th June 2025

Florida Could Be Flying Blind This Hurricane Season

As the US heads into the June-to-November Atlantic hurricane season, many of the tools weather forecasters rely on to assess risk and warn the public have been weakened or all but dismantled by the Trump administration’s scorched-earth campaign to cut government services. Coastal states are going to feel the brunt of the impact.The deep cuts to the programs that supply data for the forecasts mean that meteorologists will be left “flying a plane in the clouds with no navigation system,” said Mich...

Bloomberg.com • 20th June 2025

The White House Plans for Texas Could Backfire

President Donald Trump’s push for Texas lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes of preserving the slim Republican majority in the US House is yet another example of the president putting his own fortune above his party’s.In an ideal world, it’s also a good idea — because it could lead to more competitive elections and a more representative democracy. Of course, that’s the opposite of Trump’s intention: He wants to make it more difficult for voters to punish him for his u...

Bloomberg.com • 8th June 2025

US Democracy Is Sicker Than Many Realize. Look at These States.

Political scientists are issuing stark warnings about the way they see President Donald Trump’s second term pushing the US into authoritarianism, with its sweeping executive orders, defiance of court rulings, threats and coercion to enforce ideology, and steamrolling of a Congress that appears only too willing to give up its power.But to focus only on the White House ignores the broader picture: the gradual rise of illiberal instincts in US politics, and especially on the right. It began with th...

Bloomberg.com • 21st March 2025

Cutting the Department of Education Is Theater, Not a Plan

Late on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to “begin eliminating” the US Department of Education. It was exactly as expected: a performative exercise that will achieve none of the president’s stated campaign promises, ​including shutting down the agency.

Bloomberg.com • 27th February 2025

Even Steve Bannon Knows Cutting Medicaid Is a Mega-Risk

Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening to slash Medicaid. As Congress has learned repeatedly, most recently in 2018, when the party in power messes with Americans’ health care, things don’t go well for them in midterm elections.

Bloomberg.com • 6th February 2025

Florida Orange Juice Could Be Tariffs’ Most Iconic Casualty

President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is on hold for now but, if it resumes, it could deliver a fatal blow to one iconic American industry: Florida orange juice. If Trump resumes the reckless trade war with the US allies of Canada and Mexico, the impact of their retaliatory tariffs in Trump’s home state of Florida alone would not only raise the cost of importing Mexican juice to Florida bottlers, it could squeeze the Canadian market dry.

Bloomberg.com • 2nd February 2025

Don’t Eliminate FEMA. Reform It.

President Trump is making noises about slashing the disaster-management agency. That’s the wrong call in an era of climate risk. He shouldn't eliminate it. He should reform it. Here's why.

Bloomberg.com • 26th January 2025

Trump’s First Week Will Hurt Kids for a Long Time

In President Trump’s inaugural address, he promised to change “an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves” and make America “the most respected nation on Earth.” But every child learns that you judge people by their deeds, not their words. As Trump’s first week in office draws to a close, it is worth asking what message his early actions are likely to teach America’s children about our country — and what impact this week’s orders is likely to have on them.

Bloomberg.com • 6th December 2024

Marco Rubio May Be Trump’s Most Promising Cabinet Pick

Marco Rubio is Trump's most promising Cabinet pick. If he can navigate a chaotic administration and its role on the global stage, he could be a source of generational change in the Americas.