Catherine Rampell

Because of the coming tax overhaul, Medicaid block grants, and unfunded pension obligations, blue states aren't insulated from the GOP-led Congress and White House.

Rampell: Blue states are in for a world of fiscal pain

August 18, 2017 at 12:38 p.m.

If blue states think they're going to be shielded from the coming Trump tsunami, they're sorely mistaken. Much has been written about how the unified Republican front in Washington is...

Business graph with arrows tending downwards

Rampell: Trump is being handed a great economy. What happens when it goes south?

August 18, 2017 at 12:38 p.m.

Thinkstock by Getty Images By Catherine Rampell, Washington Post Writers Group Back in October, a Marketplace-Edison Research Poll聽found聽that two-thirds of Donald Trump voters didn't trust government-reported economic data, thanks partly...

Police officers guard the main entrance of Trump Tower last month in New York City.

Rampell: New York should seize Trump Tower

December 15, 2016 at 8:34 a.m.

Officers wielding gigantic guns guard Trump Tower, where President-elect Donald Trump conducts all transition business, and soon lots of presidential business, too.

Norbert Hofer, the leader of the nationalist Austrian Freedom Party, on Sunday came astonishingly close to becoming the first freely elected far-right European head of state since World War II.

Rampell: The clock is ticking on a global shift to the far right

December 6, 2016 at 12:20 p.m.

Around the world, the populist, ethno-nationalist far right is gaining vote share -- in some cases (ahem) even winning elections.

Rampell: In Trump’s economy, mamas should make sure their babies grow up to be con men

November 30, 2016 at 4:55 p.m.

In light of the regulatory vision being laid out by President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers, I'd recommend college students bone up on hustling and swindling instead.

Rampell: The real winner of the “Hamilton” scrap

November 22, 2016 at 9:27 a.m.

Who won #Hamiltongate? Not the cast, who offered a dignified and respectful speech after their performance on Friday. Not the audience, who booed Mike Pence.

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of Donald Trump, delivers remarks during the grand opening ceremony at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26, while her father looks on.

Rampell: A suggestion for Donald Trump: Listen to Ivanka

January 23, 2017 at 4:11 p.m.

Donald Trump has said he wants to "bind the wounds of division." He will prove that he can be "president for all Americans," not just those who voted for him.

A recent survey found that more than four in 10 Americans somewhat or completely distrust the economic data reported by the federal government. Among Donald Trump voters, the share is 68 percent, with nearly half saying they don't trust government economic data "at all."

Rampell: When the facts don’t matter, how can democracy survive?

October 18, 2016 at 10:46 a.m.

Americans -- or, at least, a particular subset of Americans -- have had enough of experts, facts, math, data. They distrust them all.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.

Rampell: Gary Johnson and Jill Stein would both be terrible presidents

October 3, 2016 at 10:22 a.m.

By Catherine Rampell, Washington Post Writers Group Voting third party in this presidential election isn't merely impractical. It's unprincipled. With the two most-ever disliked major-party nominees on the ballot this...

An American flag flies in front of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 6 as lawmakers return from a seven-week break. Gridlock is now the norm in Congress, as neither major party wants to give up its power.

Rampell: Another year of Congress, another string of broken promises

September 27, 2016 at 2:44 p.m.

While most of the U.S. has been distracted by the circus of the presidential campaign, Congress has regressed further into childishness.

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