April 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT
Dow plummets and global markets tumble amid worries about Trump's trade war

Wall Street is sinking again, following other global markets lower, as worries deepen about whether President Donald Trump's trade war will torpedo the global economy.  The S&P 500 was down 3.8% in early trading Monday, coming off its worst week since COVID began crashing the global economy in March 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1,200 points, and the Nasdaq composite was 4% lower. Stocks in Hong Kong plunged 13.2% for their worst day since 1997. A barrel of benchmark U.S. crude oil briefly dropped below $60 for the first time since 2021.

 

April 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT
Poll shows Chuck Schumer may be in big trouble

Last month, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer insisted he should stay on as leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus""even after betraying his party in the House by backing a partisan spending bill championed by President Donald Trump and the GOP.  However, discontent with Democratic leadership has only grown since then. Several Senate Democrats continue bending the knee to Trump, helping him ram through abysmal Cabinet picks and advance his destructive agenda. The frustration has reached a boiling point""so much so that new polling shows a majority of voters in one key Democratic stronghold are ready to turn the page and hand the reins to a new generation.

 

April 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
Inside the Trump administration's AI fever dream

Perhaps you're wondering what Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency plan on doing once they finish wrecking the federal government. The answer is as depressing as it is stupid: artificial intelligence. The idea that government can basically be run by X's chatbot Grok is one cooked up by feverish man-toddlers with little understanding of what government does""or, for that matter, what AI can do. 

After exaggerating Social Security fraud, we'll need an AI to find it all

Frank Bisignano, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Social Security Administration, told CNBC that "we build AI to find fraud, waste, and abuse for a living." It's not really clear who "we" is in that sentence, since the government doesn't build AI "for a living," but that's the least of the problem here.  

 

April 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT
Cartoon: MAGA-seum

A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | JD Vance is now in charge of making museums racist

 

April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT
America thinks Trump is screwing up. Plus, data on the CEO murder

Survey Says is a weekly column rounding up three of the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about. You'll also find data-based updates on past Daily Kos reporting, plus a vibe check on a trend that's driving politics.

Trump flails on major issues

President Donald Trump's job-approval numbers are sliding""and new data shows it could be because Americans aren't big fans of his agenda.

 

April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT
America thinks Trump is screwing up. Plus, data on the CEO murder

Survey Says is a weekly column rounding up three of the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about. You'll also find data-based updates on past Daily Kos reporting, plus a vibe check on a trend that's driving politics.

Trump flails on major issues

President Donald Trump's job-approval numbers are sliding""and new data shows it could be because Americans aren't big fans of his agenda.

 

April 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM EDT
Cartoon: Loony Loomer

A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | Notorious internet bigot is now advising Trump on national security

 

April 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT
Flight attendants on deportation planes say disaster 'only a matter of time'

By McKenzie Funk for ProPublica The deportation flight was in the air over Mexico when chaos erupted in the back of the plane, the flight attendant recalled. A little girl had collapsed. She had a high fever and was taking ragged, frantic breaths.

 

April 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT
Flight attendants on deportation planes say disaster 'only a matter of time'

By McKenzie Funk for ProPublica The deportation flight was in the air over Mexico when chaos erupted in the back of the plane, the flight attendant recalled. A little girl had collapsed. She had a high fever and was taking ragged, frantic breaths.

 

April 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT
Flight attendants on deportation planes say disaster 'only a matter of time'

By McKenzie Funk for ProPublica The deportation flight was in the air over Mexico when chaos erupted in the back of the plane, the flight attendant recalled. A little girl had collapsed. She had a high fever and was taking ragged, frantic breaths.

 

April 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
These companies expect to hike prices thanks to Trump's tariffs

President Donald Trump's decision to impose destructive tariffs against just about everybody on the planet quickly sent stocks plummeting and led to layoffs, prompting Trump's rich allies to scramble and do damage control, albeit poorly. Trump has long pushed his ill-conceived tariff plan. And even before "Liberation Day," numerous companies have gone on the record about tariffs, saying they will pass (or have already passed) the costs on to consumers. 

 

April 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
These companies expect to hike prices thanks to Trump's tariffs

President Donald Trump's decision to impose destructive tariffs against just about everybody on the planet quickly sent stocks plummeting and led to layoffs, prompting Trump's rich allies to scramble and do damage control, albeit poorly. Trump has long pushed his ill-conceived tariff plan. And even before "Liberation Day," numerous companies have gone on the record about tariffs, saying they will pass (or have already passed) the costs on to consumers.