Opinion · 119th Congress
Connecting the dots on the economy
From the end of December 2025 through the first week of February 2026, prices dipped slightly below $3 for the first time since 2021, measurable progress.
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From the end of December 2025 through the first week of February 2026, prices dipped slightly below $3 for the first time since 2021, measurable progress.
stats to the real-world buying experiences of American consumers has proven to be a challenge for this White House, but Tuesday night marked a welcome change, as President Donald Trump kicked off his 2026
President Donald Trump's litany of comments about the midterm elections are noteworthy, particularly when taken as a whole, Gonzales writes.
↵↵According to a new page posted on Jan. 6, 2026, about Jan. 6, 2021, on whitehouse.gov, "The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as 'insurrectionists
↵↵Retrospective on monstrous wildfires↵↵Be prepared for California's largest story from 2025 to carry over into 2026.
The 2025 results tell us something important about presidential job performance, voter turnout and partisan enthusiasm.
The economy is usually the key issue in any election, and 2026 does not look to be an exception.
send the White House and Congress a blunt message: ↵↵"We are unhappy with the state of the economy, and we expected more progress by now" — that is a message that could have serious implications for 2026
↵↵Based on exit polls as of Wednesday afternoon, here are five factors that were in play that Republicans need to understand going into the 2026 midterms. 1) Independents↵↵Republicans' loss of independents
Although there is no way to know for sure, it is quite likely that all four would-be California senators, if elected, would vote the same way on every single major issue in 2025 and 2026.
According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the move on the “Tubman” would be postponed until at least 2026, with the bill not likely to be in circulation until 2028 (and it has been reported
The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that between 2016 and 2026, solar energy installers and wind turbine technicians will be the two fastest growing occupations in the country.
According to the CBO’s analysis last month of the initial Senate bill, the cutbacks in Medicaid subsidies beginning in 2020 would lead to 15 million fewer Americans being enrolled in the program in 2026
Most of the news coverage highlighted the CBO’s estimate that 23 million fewer Americans would have health coverage in 2026 under the bill.
By 2026, the CBO projects that the annual cost of interest on the national debt will reach $830 billion, well over three times what the cost is for this fiscal year.