American democracy, writes political commentator Brian Beutler, is trapped in a precarious contradiction. On one hand, outrage against the corruption and harmful leadership of President Donald Trump has made it likely that he and his party will face backlash at the polls, but at the same time, the l…
The Justice Department was in court on Friday fighting for President Donald Trump’s bulldozing of the White House East Wing for his ballroom.The oral arguments Friday deal with who has the right to sue over the destruction of the White House. Matthew Russell Lee, who runs “Inner City Press,” was liv…
The Iowa primary election ended President Donald Trump’s sweep of his endorsed candidates, with a non-Trump endorsed candidate winning after GOP voters cast ballots for them over the president’s pick. Now, CNN’s data guru is looking at how Trump is working out for those in farm country. “You know, I…
Republicans approved a funding measure that will ultimately cost taxpayers up to $125 million at a time that they’re making drastic cuts to programs like “Meals on Wheels” and Pell grants. Among the measures that passed in the last-minute votes overnight was the House Armed Services vote to formally…
After a lengthy Capitol Hill voting session on funding for immigration and national security agencies, tensions between two prominent Republicans — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and outgoing Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) — flared up. Thune argued that Cassidy dragged the sessi…
In the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump not only fired up his hardcore MAGA base — he also made an aggressive outreach to independents and swing voters who many reporters described as “Trump-curious.” Poll after poll is showing that independents are now abandoning Trump in droves, while staunch …
After World War 2, the term “Pax Americana” was used to describe the United States’ alliance with European countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). “Pax” is Latin for “peace” (similar to “paz” in Spanish or “pace” in Italian), and the idea behind the term was that together, the Un…
Sen. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat known for causing the party numerous headaches, caved to President Donald Trump, per Punchbowl News, giving him a pass that no other Senate Democrat has during his second term.On Friday morning, Punchbowl reported that Fetterman — sometimes hailed as “T…
A former top MAGA influencer still blasts the MAGA cult and the operators that drive the movement from the top.“The structure and the architecture of MAGA is very indistinguishable from a cult,” explained Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk’s ex-lover, former MAGA influencer and the mother of one of his chi…
If you hadn’t noticed, Trump is failing. Iran is more dangerous today than it was when went to war on it, and energy prices are far higher. Trump’s brutal efforts to crackdown on undocumented people in the United States have generated a huge backlash, including among Latinos who voted for him in 202…