‘Disgusting’: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Brags About Killing 300,000 ‘High-Paying’ American Jobs

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett appears on Fox Business for an interview with host Maria Bartiromo on April 10, 2026.

Unemployment has increased for U.S.-born workers in the face of mass deportations

Trump’s draconian immigration enforcement is harming all workers

During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance promised that mass deportations and a crackdown on immigration would open up jobs for unemployed U.S. citizens. The theory was simple: remove immigrant workers, and native-born U.S. citizens would fill those open positions. Well, the results are in, and the opposite is happening.

Letters from an American - April 5, 2026

At 8:03 this morning, Easter Sunday, President Donald J. Trump’s social media account posted: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckin’ Strait, you crazy b*stards, or you’ll be living in Hell—JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

There are many things that could be going on with this ultimatum, which actually doesn’t sound like Trump’s usual style, in the same way the post of yesterday morning didn’t.

"I Don't Think Billionaires Should Exist": Sanders Proposes Wealth Tax to Slash Fortunes of Ultra-Rich

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, addresses an audience on the campus of the University of Chapel Hill during a campaign rally on September 19, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Report finds Indiana lags nation in primary, preventative care

Hoosier children are less likely to get an annual checkup each year than children in other states, a new report commissioned by the Indiana Business Health Collaborative found. (Getty Images)

Hoosiers are less likely to undergo routine cancer screenings or take their children to an annual checkup than residents of other states, according to a new report commissioned by the Indiana Business Health Collaborative.

Hasan Piker Threatens the Establishment. That’s Why They Want to Destroy Him.

Over the past few weeks, Democratic establishment figures and the Israel lobby have come together to denounce mega-streamer Hasan Piker and to demand that left-wing Democrats shun his extremely popular platform. Their charge is that he’s an antisemite. The reality, of course, is that Piker is not an antisemite.

Israel Continues Deadly Attacks on Palestinians Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire

In Gaza, a Palestinian man died from his injuries Thursday after Israeli soldiers shot him in the outskirts of Khan Younis. The killing came after two Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a gathering of people in Khan Younis. A relative said the strike killed a father and a toddler.

Trump’s Iran war drives more than $100 billion to fossil fuel giants as global consumers absorb rising energy costs

More than $100 billion has flowed from consumers and businesses around the world to fossil fuel companies during the first month of the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to new analysis highlighting the economic consequences of energy price spikes tied to the conflict.

Who Will SAVE America From Misleading Coverage of Voter Suppression?

President Donald Trump wants his “SAVE America Act” (officially the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) to become law so badly that he is demanding Senate Republicans eliminate the filibuster in order to pass it. Enough Republicans are resisting that the issue has become a drawn-out battle within the GOP, grinding work in Congress to a halt and garnering much media attention.

The bill, which passed the House in early February:

Christian Nationalism Is Thriving, and "We Should Be Concerned"

The ascendance of Christian nationalism inside of the second Trump administration has meant a lot of work for Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU). The 70-year-old organization has rarely been so challenged on both the legal and policy fronts. The AU is currently involved in lawsuits and political organizing on issues including abortion, LGBTQ rights, the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, and more.

Critics Warn of Mass Executions as Israel Advances Death Penalty Bill for Palestinians

Israelis, Palestinians, and others demonstrate in Beit Jala village in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 19, 2025, against a bill proposing the death penalty for Palestinians who kill Israelis.