New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who has a new book out with colleague Jonathan Swan, explained just how much of an oversized obsession President Donald Trump has with remaking Washington D.C. in his image. The Daily Beast reported Friday about Haberman’s appearance on Ezra Klein’s podcast i…
With the midterms so close they’re effectively “happening now,” the “MAGA media machine” that carried President Donald Trump into office is falling apart. According to a new report by the New York Times released Friday, while they were once united in their support for Trump, “right-wing influencers …
President Donald Trump’s administration scrapped the federal system that protects U.S. elections when he entered the White House last year. Now, less than 100 days before the election, they want to rebuild it. Election officials are making it clear that he’s simply too late. All that’s left to prote…
In recent months, there has been no shortage of alarms raised over President Donald Trump’s physical and mental health, with polls showing the majority of Americans doubt his “stamina and sharpness” to lead. On Friday, one of his family members discussed his “undiagnosed condition,” and delved into …
The hosts of “Morning Joe” cracked up on Friday, laughing at President Donald Trump’s willingness to throw his attorney general nominee “overboard” once two Republicans said they refused to sign off. Formerly Trump’s personal lawyer, Todd Blanche has been serving as the acting attorney general since…
President Donald Trump spoke this week about how he’s saved the economy, falsely claiming that everything is cheaper thanks to him. CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale issued his own audit of Trump’s rank exaggeration. “These eggs, I remember eggs, eggs were like 4 or 5 times higher than they were a few ye…
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright may have lied to Congress about the role politics played in cancelling energy grants to Democratic states, according to a CNN supercut that aired Friday.CNN’s Victor Blackwell rolled the tape after lawyers for the Trump administration admitted in a July 15 court fili…
President Donald Trump has been after the ABC network as part of his ongoing feuds with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and the co-hosts of “The View.” Now, it appears Trump’s own vainglorious boasts have put the whole thing in jeopardy. Chatting with Greg Sargent for his morning podcast for The New Re…
In a blistering essay, a former White House insider blasts the late senator’s foreign policy record, calling him a “shameless” warmonger who sacrificed American lives
A truly awkward moment unfolded on Thursday night during a panel discussion between Democrat Karen Finney and Republican Scott Jennings on Kaitlan Collins’ CNN show. Jennings, who worked previously for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), was quick to boast that he’d spoken to his old boss for “20 minutes”…