News in Brief Tom Price’s $150,000-Plus Stock Windfall Tom Price doesn’t appear to have suffered a financial hit when he fulfilled his pledge to sell off… Robert Faturechi
News in Brief There’s a New Health-Care Proposal in Town Yesterday, reports emerged that the White House and the Freedom Caucus have re-started negotiations on Obamacare repeal-and-replace after… Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief Trump Can Technically Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his… Derek Kravitz & Al Shaw
News in Brief Trump to Donate the First Quarter of His Salary to National Parks Service On Monday morning, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced that President Donald Trump will donate his salary… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump’s Proposed Funding Cuts May Reduce On-Campus Research The Trump administration wants to trim the federal budget by cutting back on reimbursements to universities and research… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Kellyanne Conway and the Making of an American President I read Molly Ball’s recent Atlantic article on Kellyanne Conway with some trepidation. I’ve grown tired of Conway’s… Seth Masket
News in Brief Judge Approves $25 Million Trump University Fraud Settlement A judge has signed off on President Donald Trump paying $25 million to settle lawsuits claiming fraud against… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump to Announce an Opioid Commission President Donald Trump is expected to announce today the launch of a commission devoted to reducing opioid addiction… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The American Heartland’s Uncertain Future The biggest surprise of November 8th, 2016, was the fall of three crucial bricks in the great Midwestern… Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief Did Mindless TV Programs Prime the Pump for Trump? Why have populist politicians such as Donald Trump risen to prominence and power at this particular point in… Tom Jacobs