
The disconnect that could take Democrats down
CNN
The state of the US economy is pretty good, given the circumstances. Yet voters don't seem happy. This is a big problem for Democrats, writes Julian Zelizer. If political strategist James Carville was right when he famously coined the phrase, "It's the economy, stupid," then the President and his party need to make sure voters have a better grasp of the US' economic recovery.

The retired Air Force general announced as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump after the abrupt Friday night firing of his predecessor is a respected career F-16 pilot who is described by current and former officials who served with him as a professional with a “strong moral center.”

Over the past 10 days, Vice President JD Vance put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on notice, rattled the confidence of century-old allies in Western Europe during his first foreign trip, decamped to Capitol Hill to help in delicate budget talks and delivered a spirited defense of the Trump administration’s first month to a gathering of conservatives outside the nation’s capital.