Trump’s threat to revoke universities’ accreditation meets a political and legal dead end.
Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. His latest book is Going Big: FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy.
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The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging
As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.
Isolating ICE
Democrats offered a way out of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, but Republicans refused to play. What now?
House Says No to Tariff Man
Speaker Mike Johnson can’t hold a united Republican caucus to support Trump’s unpopular and economically perverse tariffs.
The Next Financial Collapse
In the coming crisis, the Fed is not likely to be in good hands.
Republican Frostbite
Defense of ICE has become a political loser, and the deal to trade reforms for continued funding is off the table.
After The Washington Post
What will it take to preserve a great newspaper in the nation’s capital, and to sustain independent daily journalism generally?
GOP on Thin ICE
In the fight to drastically limit ICE as a condition of funding DHS, Democrats have the advantage. Let’s see how they press it.
What’s Next, an Invasion of Iran?
When Trump hits a stone wall, his strategy invariably is to backpedal and change the subject to create new headlines. But the situation in Iran is far more complex than the one in Venezuela.
Central Banker or Central Casting?
Seemingly, Kevin Warsh is a mainstream central banker. Dig down and he’s the Fed equivalent of Pete Hegseth.

