Trump expresses regret about escalating China trade war, then reverses course and says he wishes he raised tariffs higher  —  ● The White House said President Trump's earlier suggestion that he regretted escalating the trade war with China was “misinterpreted” and that what he regrets is not raising tariffs higher.

Trump's Second-Term Plan For Social Security: Starve The Beast  —  I am an economics professor focusing on retirement security and jobs.  —  “> In using deficit fears to target entitlement programs, many Republicans are hoping to use Trump's second term to cut Medicare and Social Security.

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Walsh announces Republican primary challenge against President Trump  —  Conservative firebrand former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh announced Sunday in an exclusive interview with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on ABC's “This Week” that he's launching …

Steve King Is Broke And Has Been Abandoned by His Colleagues as He Runs for Re-Election  —  It turns out that there are some actual political consequences for a congressman sounding off repeatedly about white supremacy and abortion.  —  As he gears up for a difficult re-election cycle, Rep. Steve King's campaign is strapped for cash.

‘A deep and boiling anger’: NBC/WSJ poll finds a pessimistic America despite current economic satisfaction  —  A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that 70 percent of Americans say they're angry at the political establishment  —  WASHINGTON — The political and cultural upheaval …

Anthony Scaramucci Turns Up At Hamptons Charity Event Featuring ... Joe Biden  —  Biden trumpets fight for “soul of the nation.”  The Mooch says he's still a Republican, and searching for a GOP candidate to challenge Trump, who has “lost his mind.”  —  President Donald Trump's former long …

The great crackup: Trump is coming even more undone  —  “Our great American companies are hereby ordered...”  —  The subtle meter in Americans' brains that tracks the degree to which the universe seems off its axis has been in a state of constant flux since Donald Trump's election in 2016 …

Blame Economists for the Mess We're In  —  Why did America listen to the people who thought we needed “more millionaires and more bankrupts?”  —  Mr. Appelbaum is a member of The New York Times Editorial Board and the author of the forthcoming “The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets and the Fracture of Society.”

Former Kirsten Gillibrand staffers want senator to quit presidential campaign  —  It's time for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's sputtering presidential campaign to call it quits, a friend of hers and two former aides told The Post.  —  “It would be best if she decided that this was not her time …