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President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to make America more competitive compared to China, yet a recent report suggests the opposite has proved to be the case.“While Washington raises walls, Beijing is opening doors,” wrote Fortune’s Steve H. Hanke on Sunday. “On May 1, Chinese tariffs on imports from all 53 African countries with which China holds diplomatic relations plunged to zero. Europeans now enter China visa-free. India’s Modi government is fast-tracking minority Chinese investment in seven strategic sectors. China’s DeepSeek AI

President Donald Trump’s reaction to a recent outbreak suggests that America could be in serious trouble in the event of a more serious pandemic, a conservative recently warned.“They know that Donald Trump has spent much of his second presidency waging an all-out assault on America’s global health infrastructure—by downsizing or eliminating existing agencies and programs, and transforming them in ways that make them instruments of other goals like extracting mineral rights or ending DEI,” The Bulwark’s Jonathan Cohn wrote on Sunday. “This assault has also include

President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 presidential election — and now that fabrication is fueling the agendas for a new generation of potential Republican governors.Michigan Republican strategist Jason Cabel Roe argued that the emphasis on supporting Trump’s election denial is “silly because they know better,” wrote The Washington Post's Dan Merica, Patrick Marley and Clara Ence Morse. The former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party then added “but, you know, it’s still what the base wants to hear.” Despite this obsession, however, Roe added that voters are far more conce

President Donald Trump has promoted his “Trump Accounts,” or stock market investment accounts for American children, as being great for future generations — but experts are not so sure.“The federal government is less than two months away from opening Trump Accounts for private contributions on July 4, 2026, and a debate over what should go in them has begun,” wrote TheStreet's Damilola Esebame on Sunday. “White House and Treasury officials have discussed allowing wealthy donors to contribute shares of stock directly into the children's savings accounts, a shift that could reshape the prog

President Donald Trump is losing the war he started with Iran — and a political expert is warning the president will behave increasingly erratically because he psychologically cannot handle losing.“We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed with the need to dominate, but cannot,” Robert Reich, who served as President Bill Clinton’s labor secretary, wrote for The Guardian on Friday. Describing Iran’s success in imposing economic pressure on the United States by blocking the Strait of Hormuz, and thereby rising prices on gas and food, Reich describe

A Democratic congressman recently accused members of his own party of applying a double-standard to the issue of anti-Semitism — that is, condemning it when it comes from Republicans but turning a blind eye when it comes from Democrats.“Consider the response to — really, the embrace of — Hasan Piker, a prominent left-wing commentator with millions of online followers,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote in a New York Times editorial published on Sunday. Gottheimer had previously criticized the neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville in 2017 and the popular alt right influencer Nick Fuentes.“He referred to Orthodox Jews as ‘inbred’ and said ‘America deserv

President Donald Trump and the Republicans are so unpopular, a political scientist was able to break down a long litany of Democrats eager to run in the 2028 election — some of whom, they added, have a realistic chance of winning.After describing Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear as “too dull” and insufficiently “exciting, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was then described as “potentially the candidate who could win a lot of Black support but also reach out to a lot of white voters,” at least based on what Seth Masket, a professor at the University of Denver in political scie

Immigration lawyers representing the global elite are warning their clients to steer clear of Trump's "gold card" visa program, calling it legally dubious, financially risky, and potentially worthless, according to a report in the Washington Post. The program, which Trump has promoted as a fast-track to residency for wealthy foreigners willing to invest $1 million to $2 million, has become a cautionary tale in the immigration law community. Seven immigration attorneys told the Washington Post they have either st

Anti-Trump activist groups across the country are facing an uncomfortable reality: the resistance to authoritarianism is overwhelmingly female, and organizers are struggling to figure out why men have largely checked out of the fight for democracy.In a Brooklyn-based activist group that doubled in size since November 2024, women now comprise roughly 80% of participants, up from 65% during Trump's first term. The pattern is consistent nationwide. Research from Dana R. Fisher at American University shows that participants in "Resistance 2.0" are "predominantly white, highly-educated, female, and

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton ripped into his own party this week, declaring that Democrats have surrendered the role of leadership and become little more than a reactive force against Donald Trump—a strategy he says is a guaranteed loser."It's not enough just to get on TV and complain. You got to give people a vision of the future," Moulton told John Avalon on the Bulwark's "How to Fix It" podcast. "I think that's something that Democrats especially need to do right now."Speaking as he campaigns for U.S. Senate against 80-year-old incumbent Ed Markey, Moulton hammered his party for what he called