The shutdown is now our government’s longest. Around 800,000 federal employees missed their first paycheck. 1/19 About 40 percent of Americans have said in surveys that they can't handle a surprise $400 expense. 2/19 Trump's national emergency gambit, an "obvious face-
Trump is considering using funds set aside for disaster relief projects in Puerto Rico, California, and Texas to pay for his border wall. 1/17 “Siphoning funding from real disasters to pay for a crisis manufactured by the president is wholly unacceptable and the American people won’t fall for
Compared to 2017, fewer nations last year experienced a decline in democracy—and 48 countries even improved. 1/14 "You respect our president, and you pray for our president." Inside a firearms training program for teachers. 2/14 The President visits the southern border in Texas today accompanied
Back in November, Mueller’s office accused Manafort of lying to investigators after agreeing to a plea deal, and now it’s known what he allegedly lied about: sharing public and private polling data related to the 2016 election with Russia. 1/16 This new information was revealed to the
In a televised address tonight, Trump will make his case to Americans that a wall is necessary to combat a border crisis. (Or will he? Who even knows. There’s a lot of Fox News between now and then.) 1/20 In 2014, the major networks refused to air an
The federal government shutdown continues, which President Trump has taken to calling “a strike.” 1/14 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is floating a 70 percent top tax rate. Some studies indicate she’s aiming too low. 2/14 The men who run college football's biggest bowl games make millions
In one of its first actions, the new House passed a bill to reopen the government—without funding the wall. Although the Senate passed similar legislation last month, McConnell says he won’t bring the new bill to a vote. 1/16 Senate Republicans up for reelection are calling for
The 116th US Congress begins today, with record numbers of women being sworn in, and Democrats taking control of the House, bringing with them an agenda that covers everything from infrastructure to voting rights to prescription drug prices to the ACA. 1/21 Incoming House speaker Nancy Pelosi breaks with
We asked more than two dozen of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2018, and what were the least?
TMN will resume publishing on January 2, 2019. As per custom, we like to share some of our favorite nonprofits and charities before we dim the lights. See you in the new year! CAST provides life-saving services to hundreds of human trafficking survivors each year. Border Angels fights for
