President Donald Trump has had no qualms about abusing his pardon authority during his second term, reportedly promising preemptive pardons to anyone close to him before he leaves office, but there are still legal avenues available to get around this “pardon-palooza” threat.Kimberly Wehle is a legal…
The Iran war is already controversial, as it has taken a toll on the US economy and was opposed by most Americans from the beginning. President Donald Trump has blood on his hands by waging the Iran war without any seeming purpose, at least according to a Republican who advised the previous GOP pres…
Ahead of the pivotal 2026 midterm elections, Politico reports that a consistently red state is being pushed away from Republicans, all because of a longstanding environmental crisis resulting in cancer-causing water.Once considered a swing state, in the last several election cycles, Iowa has emerged…
President Donald Trump delivered a widely-maligned speech on Thursday night claiming without evidence that China had stolen the 2020 election for Joe Biden. Even as he attempts to use this to justify having the Department of Homeland Security order states as to who can vote, a Wall Street Journal co…
President Donald Trump is able to stay in power because of a “structural” problem in American democracy — at least according to a former Trump adviser who has previously warned about the nation losing its sense of shame regarding the Republican leader’s conduct.“America has a structural problem,” An…
President Donald Trump appears to be more and more consumed by his obsession with the 2020 election and his false claims about election fraud, and according to his one-time biographer, this fixation seems to be the result of a genuine “mental illness” separating him from reality.Trump’s 2020 obsessi…
Multiple experts are warning that President Donald Trump is gradually eroding American democracy through his actions since resuming office in 2025. Now, a new study from the American Journal of Political Science explains how so many Americans are willing to go along with his authoritarianism. To lea…
The bizarre new announcement out of President Donald Trump’s Pentagon has effectively “kicked a hornet’s nest,” according to a new report from The Hill, with experts expressing grave concern about the lack of scientific backing and the dangers the new policy could create.This week, Defense Secretary…
Even as Christian nationalist views decline throughout the United States, one pastor closely linked to President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is gaining more power through his influence at the Pentagon. “Pastor Doug Wilson gave a surprisingly dispassionate interview to NPR’s Le…
Donald Trump cruised back to the presidency thanks to “an informal court of influencers, podcasters and self-appointed power brokers,” but now, a new piece from Salon argues that his power is crumbling thanks to those very same people.”During his presidential campaigns and midterm election cycles, t…