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Under the Trump Crypto Playbook, the Family Always Wins. Investors Don’t
Read more: Under the Trump Crypto Playbook, the Family Always Wins. Investors Don’tA Reuters investigation finds that President Donald Trump and his family generated at least $2.3 billion in profits from four cryptocurrency ventures while more than one million investors suffered an estimated $2.3 billion in losses, exposing an extraordinary imbalance between the family’s financial rewards and the risks borne by ordinary investors.
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September 2026 CPI Report: Inflation Climbs Back to 3.7% as Gasoline Jumps 9.1%
Read more: September 2026 CPI Report: Inflation Climbs Back to 3.7% as Gasoline Jumps 9.1%Inflation climbed back to 3.7% in September as gasoline jumped 9.1% in one month. Core prices also ran a bit hotter than forecast. Here is what the September 2026 CPI report means for your budget, interest rates and the Fed.
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Biden vs. Trump Inflation: What the September 2026 CPI Data Really Shows
Read more: Biden vs. Trump Inflation: What the September 2026 CPI Data Really ShowsTwo charts, one CPI data set: Biden’s final 20 months versus Trump’s first 20 months of his second term, lined up month by month, with a new September 2026 reading included.
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Biden vs. Trump Inflation: What the CPI Data Shows
Read more: Biden vs. Trump Inflation: What the CPI Data ShowsInflation is one of the first things critics bring up about the Biden years. But the full record shows something that often gets left out: after peaking in 2022, inflation came down quickly and stayed in a fairly narrow range for the rest of Biden’s term. Under President Trump’s second term, the trend has gone…
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Five Rallies, One Script: What Trump Told Voters in Nebraska, Texas, New York, Tennessee and Ohio — and What Checks Out
Read more: Five Rallies, One Script: What Trump Told Voters in Nebraska, Texas, New York, Tennessee and Ohio — and What Checks OutIn Nebraska, Texas, New York, Tennessee and Ohio, Trump repeated the same closing argument for the 2026 midterms. This Trump midterm rallies fact check finds record income and poverty claims hold up, but gas is not cheaper than under Biden, the $21 trillion figure is more than double the White House tally, and drug prices…
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Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis: Trump’s October 2026 Midterm Rally Tour
Read more: Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis: Trump’s October 2026 Midterm Rally TourFive rallies, one template. This Trump rally rhetorical analysis maps the fear appeals, transactional promises and grievance that power his 2026 midterm closing argument, and what they reveal about the speaker.
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Comparing Jobs Growth: Biden’s Final 19 Months vs. Trump’s First 19 Months
Read more: Comparing Jobs Growth: Biden’s Final 19 Months vs. Trump’s First 19 MonthsBLS data compares monthly job growth in the final 19 months of Biden’s term and the first 19 months of Trump’s second term. Here’s what it shows.
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The Trump Stock Market
Read more: The Trump Stock MarketTwo charts compare S&P 500 performance under Biden’s final 19 months and Trump’s first 19 months as president — raw values and indexed growth, explained.
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Trump in Vandalia: A Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis of His October 3 Midterm Rally
Read more: Trump in Vandalia: A Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis of His October 3 Midterm RallyIn Vandalia, Trump asked Ohioans to pretend he was on the ballot. This Trump Vandalia rally rhetorical analysis maps the threat-and-rescue structure, the snake parable, and the big-number anchoring behind a speech built to drive turnout.
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Trump in Vandalia, Ohio: What He Said at His October 3 Midterm Rally — and What Checks Out
Read more: Trump in Vandalia, Ohio: What He Said at His October 3 Midterm Rally — and What Checks OutTrump’s October 3 Ohio rally promised $5,000 checks and touted record economic wins. Our Trump Vandalia rally fact check tests the poverty, inflation, tariff, border, and Venezuela claims against government data and independent sources.
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Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis: Trump’s Denton, Durant and Mobile Speeches
Read more: Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis: Trump’s Denton, Durant and Mobile SpeechesAcross Denton, Durant and Mobile, Trump ran the same playbook: praise the room, recite records, warn of catastrophe, then promise a reward. This two-track analysis maps the psychology and persuasion behind it.
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Denton, Durant and Mobile Speeches: Gas, Jobs, Iran and More
Read more: Fact-Checking Trump’s Denton, Durant and Mobile Speeches: Gas, Jobs, Iran and MoreWe fact-checked 48 claims from Trump’s Denton, Durant and Mobile speeches, from gas prices and jobs to Iran and voter ID. Some held up, some were stretched, and some were flatly wrong.