If Democrats flip either or both branches of Congress in the United States’ 2026 midterms, it will be a major setback for President Donald Trump. A Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives would likely subject Trump to a wide variety of investigations, and a Democratic U.S. Senate ma…
There is a looming financial crisis that Washington politicians are not only ignoring, but they’re also making it worse by ignoring it. The New Republic’s Grace Segers wrote Monday that food prices are continuing to rise as fuel prices drive up transportation costs. Wages, which continue to remain s…
During the George W. Bush and Barack Obama years, conservative journalist Gretchen Carlson was a prominent figure on Fox News — co-hosting the morning show “Fox & Friends” for eight years before her own show, “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson,” debuted in 2013. But Carlson became persona non gra…
Veteran campaign consultant James Carville is warning that Democrats need to keep their eyes open for Republican hijinks as the election nears. The Daily Beast reported that Carville was responding to listener emails for his podcast, “Politics War Room,” when someone asked about Speaker Mike Johnson…
Hours after Sen. Lindsey Graham unexpectedly died on Saturday, many of his Democratic colleagues in the US Senate posted statements on their social media pages paying tribute to the South Carolina Republican.Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that he would most remember Graham (R-SC) for his “his sens…
Don’t kid yourself. The sphere of freedom is shrinking. Trans people wanted to live their lives, but the political right, in the form of Donald Trump, made them demons and the political center, in the form of respectable white people, made the right’s demonization seem respectable. Kamala Harris wan…
On Wednesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to become attorney general.If the rule of law means anything, the Judiciary Committee should not send Blanche’s name to the Senate for confirmation. And under no circumstances shou…
President Donald Trump has touted a new initiative to try and address a major economic pain point for midterm voters, but as a new piece from MS NOW argued, it is a “half-hearted” and “flimsy stunt” that perfectly encapsulates the collapse of his presidency.Earlier this week, Trump took to Truth Soc…
The abrupt passing of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham took almost everyone by surprise, but as one doctor pointed out on Fox News, his family medical history may have put him at a much higher risk of a major medical episode, especially considering his recent excursion to Ukraine.Graham, a South Carol…
Dismantling and radically restructuring the United States’ federal government was a major goal of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s 922-page blueprint for a second Trump Administration. And even though Donald Trump, during his 2024 campaign, denied knowing anything about Project 2025, the pres…