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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Politics
    Trump’s Wall Street Journal interview is incoherent and bizarreTrump’s Wall Street Journal interview is incoherent and bizarre
    Politics

    “I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un,” he says, and we all wonder what he means by “probably.”

    By Dylan Matthews
    Health Care
    Trump wants to make Medicaid recipients work to get benefits. That’s a very bad idea.Trump wants to make Medicaid recipients work to get benefits. That’s a very bad idea.
    Health Care

    It’s likely to be ineffective, unenforceable, and maybe even illegal.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    How the 9th Circuit became conservatives’ least favorite courtHow the 9th Circuit became conservatives’ least favorite court
    Politics

    Why Trump is attacking the West Coast’s court system.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    A new study says much of the rise in inequality is an illusion. Should you believe it?A new study says much of the rise in inequality is an illusion. Should you believe it?
    Politics

    Everyone agrees inequality grew. The question is how much.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    This one weird trick lets blue states avoid Trump’s tax hikeThis one weird trick lets blue states avoid Trump’s tax hike
    Politics

    It could give middle-class families a tax cut, too!

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The tax bill is a giant permission slip for shipping profits overseasThe tax bill is a giant permission slip for shipping profits overseas
    Politics

    We tried one part of the GOP tax bill in 2004. It was a huge failure.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The Republican tax bill that could actually become law, explainedThe Republican tax bill that could actually become law, explained
    Politics

    It could pass as early as this week.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The Republican tax bill got worse: now the top 1% gets 83% of the gainsThe Republican tax bill got worse: now the top 1% gets 83% of the gains
    Politics

    In its last year, the bill raises taxes on more than 53 percent of Americans.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    3 winners and 2 losers in the Alabama Senate race3 winners and 2 losers in the Alabama Senate race
    Politics

    It’s a shocking upset that puts the Senate in play for 2018.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Study: austerity helped the Nazis come to powerStudy: austerity helped the Nazis come to power
    Politics

    In 1930, the German government embarked on massive tax hikes and spending cuts.

    By Dylan Matthews

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