Texas county backtracks after revolt over polling place closures
Local Texas officials will vote Tuesday about whether county officials can cut polling places in a key battleground county by 30 percent.
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Economic civil war erupts in Trump administration as ‘showdown’ nears
On Friday, the newly appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve delivered a speech that revealed a growing civil war within the administration and may have put him on a “collision course” with President Donald Trump.
Bush’s refusal to call out Trump adds another failure to his mired legacy
When George W. Bush left office, he was among the most unpopular presidents in American history, and he faded into the background, spending his days painting. He remained silent during President Barack Obama’s administration and during Donald Trump’s presidency and critics wonder why.
‘Paranoid’ Trump going through ‘stages of grief’ as GOP revolt explodes
“Donald Trump is going through the stages of grief over a growing defiance of him and his movement.”
Trump in ‘survival mode’ as he turns on MAGA base: Haberman
President Donald Trump and his shrinking administration are increasingly acting in “survival mode,” reporter Maggie Haberman explained on MS NOW, with one of his latest outbursts showing just how much he no longer cares about his MAGA base.
Prison sentence for secretive pro-Trump mega-church leader raises concern
On Monday, August 31, a court in Seoul, South Korea sentenced Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church) leader Han Hak-ja to two years in prison on charges of political bribery, embezzling church funds and making illegal political contributions. And accordin…
Neurobiological mechanism exposes Trump’s ‘psychological grip’ on MAGA
“It wasn’t my job to vote or to know who to vote for. I was just supposed to submit to my husband and do what he thought was necessary. I was being indoctrinated into Christian nationalism.”
Military leaders in ‘denial’ over Trump danger: ex-Air Force chief
Military leaders are taking a major risk by treating President Donald Trump’s power grabs as normal, one former Air Force secretary wrote, calling their “denial” strategy a “cop-out that is putting democracy at risk.”
Scalia panic sparked a secret Supreme Court plot to hide its history: NYT
Internal memos reveal that Chief Justice John Roberts led confidential talks to impose a uniform seal on judicial papers, making the nation’s highest court even harder to understand.
The Supreme Court is trembling over the next election
Whistleblower documents reveal deep financial conflicts of interest that could trigger immediate Senate investigations if Democrats win control of Congress.