U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t shy about saying who he likes and dislikes in Latin America. Trump often praises right-wing populists like Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and Argentinian President Javier Milei, but he is no fan of progressive Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. And he…
Dispatch writer Nick Catoggio says he knows what probably drove President Donald Trump’s little hissy fit in the Senate earlier this week and his threat to veto a popular housing bill. The bill would have made housing cheaper, for starters. “Americans want cheaper housing, [Trump] wants the SAVE Ame…
Although the United States’ 2024 presidential election was quite close — Donald Trump won the national popular vote by roughly 1.5 percent — many right-wing media figures echoed Trump’s claim that his victory was a “landslide” and described the election results as a major sea change in American poli…
JD Vance said on Friday that the U.S. wins “either way” in negotiations with Iran. “If we make the final deal, then great,” Vance told HBO’s Bill Maher. “If we don’t make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They’re still much weaker as a country.”Just hours after Vance’s appear…
The Trump Pentagon has been rocked by controversy over a recent spate of firings and blocked promotions, and now, one lawmaker has accused President Donald Trump’s defense chief of being motivated by a petty “grudge” as he causes significant damage to the military.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has …
The GOP has become embroiled in a bitter and “extraordinary feud,” according to a new report from The Washington Post, over the actions of a “virtually unknown” but vital Trump appointee within the Pentagon.Elbridge Colby is the current undersecretary of defense for policy, a position which, the Pos…
Why did Donald Trump blow up a signing ceremony that would have celebrated the passing of a new housing law that takes aim at the affordability crisis that everyone is talking about? With Congress in session, the bill becomes law whether he signs it or not. So why would the greatest narcissist in th…
A Grammy-winning and platinum-selling musician has been exposed for a planned performance at a Trump-family-owned “MAGA millionaire club,” according to a new report from The Daily Beast, after previously throwing their support behind President Donald Trump’s political agenda.According to the outlet’…
President Donald Trump is saddling his own party with an “impossible task” with the all-important midterms looming, according to one GOP lawmaker, insisting upon his longstanding obsession with a bill that lacks the votes to pass in the Senate.Last week, Trump refused to sign a bipartisan housing af…
President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair has suffered numerous setbacks already, but as the Daily Beast reported, it has been hit with a new embarrassment as a monument structure at the event appears to be literally falling apart.The fair, currently underway in Washington, D.C., is being h…