May’s Headline Jobs Numbers Mask Underlying Labor Market Slack The May 2026 jobs report shows continued job growth and a stable unemployment rate, but there are also signs that labor market ...

By freezing a vital $14 billion arms package to Taiwan, the Trump administration is abandoning historic U.S. commitments, ...

To protect national security, the United States needs a strategic and disciplined approach to defense spending—not the Trump ...

The Center for American Progress recently urged the U.S. Department of Education to reconsider proposed changes that could weaken safeguards for higher education students. As written, the proposal ...

Federal executive orders targeting initiatives that seek to ensure diversity and equity for all are systematically ...

Yet again, President Trump is installing a completely unqualified loyalist in the nation’s top intelligence post. Pulte has never served in any national security capacity, never mind an intelligence ...

Trump’s Failed War in Iran Echoes Bush’s Iraq Blunder The Trump administration’s disastrous war in Iran has failed to achieve any of its strategic objectives while harming the American people, ...

Washington, D.C. — By freezing a vital $14 billion arms package to Taiwan, the Trump administration is abandoning historic U.S. commitments, damaging Indo-Pacific deterrence, and inviting Beijing’s ...

The Center for American Progress submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury on the pending rules for the new individual tax credit program, which provides a federal dollar-for-dollar ...

The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership ...

A cascading series of recent federal policy rollbacks, executive actions, and budget cuts under the second Trump administration has begun dismantling the United States’ public health ...