Trumpโ€™s promises of direct checks to Americans put GOP in a bind

President Donald Trump has vowed to send Americans checks in the mail. There’s a huge risk if he canโ€™t deliver โ€” and another if he does.

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Stephanie Ruhle: Trump โ€˜canโ€™t BSโ€™ the American people on the reality of the U.S. economy

Nicolle Wallace rips Trump and his Cabinet over economy claims: โ€˜Wildly out of touchโ€™

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Trumpโ€™s promising $2,000 checks to Americans again โ€” but the math doesnโ€™t add up

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Recent days were a microcosm of a divide that broke firmly against the president.

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The president is spending his second term transforming the White House to match his gilded aesthetic, even as many of his supporters are struggling.

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Trump is blatantly using hunger as a political weapon

His grotesque food stamp politicking exposes the truth about right-wing โ€˜populism.โ€™

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Epstein emails land with a thud for conspiracy theorists who have fueled the scandal

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Trump’s White House renovation ambitions take a weird turn

Trump’s efforts to suppress the Epstein files have backfired spectacularly

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Democrats need to start thinking beyond Obamacare

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