Whatever your probability of recession three weeks ago, it should be lower today. Five reasons why: 1. April employment was first "hard" data since 4/2 tariff announcement, with March tariffs already in place, and tariffs left no imprint on hiring, even at the industry level.

Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say apnews.com/article/john-f…

Democrats are deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, an AP-NORC poll finds via Steve Peoples Linley Sanders apnews.com/article/poll-d…

“We have empowered the cruelty of Republicans and handed them an expanded majority because elderly Democratic leaders refused to step down. It is unconscionable,” David Hogg 🟧 tells me, adding that primaries can change the dynamic to encourage retirement. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

The 1st presidential primary votes won’t be cast for 2.5+ years. But Democratic presidential prospects are already stumping across SC/NH/IA, as 2025 political jockeying for 2028 plays out earlier & with less pretense. With Steve Peoples & Holly Ramer apnews.com/article/democr…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues, including the economy, immigration, government spending and

“They think they’re winning the political argument. I don’t give a shit about the political argument," Maryland Gov. Wes Moore tells me about President Trump's focus on crime in Democratic-led cities. Moore says he's prepared to reject any Trump push for National Guard troops in

‘No magic fixes’ for Democrats as DNC chair confronts internal frustration and fundraising struggles. My latest on eve of Ken Martin’s first DNC meeting as chair, with details on a no confidence proposal that died for lack of support. apnews.com/article/democr…

DNC debate over Gaza resolution could be intense this week. One proposed resolution would encourage Democratic members of Congress to suspend military aid to Israel, establish an arms embargo and recognize Palestine as a country, according to draft language reviewed by the AP.

Democratic officials have been leaning into the word “shit” in public remarks for some time. But I just heard my first F bomb in a speech here at the DNC summer meeting in Minneapolis. “Let’s fucking go!” DNC Chair Ken Martin said from the podium, referencing a favorite phrase

This is sports journalism at its worst. This story is widely being reported as something that could happen, but article quotes no one in Judkins' camp who raises this possibility, cites no official in NFL or NCAA, no legal expert, and references completely unrelated anti-trust

“The idea that we’re just going to sort of rubber stamp the same old calendar, that is not likely what’s going to happen,” DNC Chair Ken Martin tells The Associated Press. My look at increasing likelihood that Dems change presidential primary calendar. SC top position in

OREM, Utah (AP) -- Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, died Wednesday after being shot at a college event, Trump said. apnews.com/article/charli…

“The emotional challenge for me that’s been the hardest to work through is that, as a father, the career I chose, that I find great purpose and meaning in, ended up putting my children’s lives at risk,” Josh Shapiro, a father of four, told The Associated Press.

"Channel 4 in Britain announced that it will broadcast a special featuring “an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies uttered or written” by Trump since he returned to the White House in January." via Will Weissert apnews.com/live/donald-tr…

Great read, including key fact checks, on how a stabbing in NC has emerged as a flashpoint in NC Senate race. apnews.com/article/north-…

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"Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues. The policy is without precedent and

Just in time for Game 1 of the World Series tonight in Toronto