As the U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday, the “ideals that this country began with” are under assault by President Donald Trump, prompting commentator and economic equality activist Robert Reich to plan a symbol “mourning” to mark this year’s Fourth of July.Reich is a veteran lawyer who previously …

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s staff claims that his health is improving after a recent emergency hospital trip, but as one medical expert argued, his situation means that he is overall “unfit to serve” the rest of his term in office.McConnell is a long-tenured Senator from Kentucky…

The most beautiful human experiment in the world is turning 250. Democracy lasting this long is cause for celebration, but an alarming drop in intelligence suggests its future birthdays are numbered.For nearly a century, average IQ scores in the U.S. rose consistently, but recent evidence flips this…

We are but 122 days from the most important elections of our lifetime, and on the day before our nation’s 250th birthday, those elections are under attack by the anti-American Republican Party and their wannabe king who already violently attacked us once.As a type this on a steaming hot day across m…

First Lady Melania Trump is pursuing new sanctions in her battle against Michael Wolff, but as the prominent former biographer of her husband explained this week, her “preposterous” legal strategy is doomed to fail.Wolff is a veteran reporter and author, best known for several books documenting Pres…

Veteran newsman Jim Acosta mocked the lackluster turnout of President Donald Trump’s state fair in Washington, D.C., which has proven to be less popular than state fairs around the country. “Red, white and algae bloom, is one way to look at all of this,” quipped MS NOW host Jacob Soboroff, commentin…

President Donald Trump has left the U.S. at the mercy of “a clown show” in the White House, but according to a new piece from Politico, these circumstances might be what “accelerates change” for the better. Jonathan Martin is the politics bureau chief and senior columnist for Politico. To mark Ameri…

President Donald Trump’s fans arrived at his “Salute to America” event four hours before doors were set to open, causing such a problem for police that they had to disperse the crowd, reported News Nation’s Libbey Dean. Trump, who isn’t set to speak until 9:45 p.m. E.S.T. typically has fans show up …

During his first presidency, Donald Trump was often described as an “isolationist.” But he took a much more interventionist turn during his second term, from going to war with Iran to capturing former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to calling for U.S. annexation of Greenland. Now, according to …

President Donald Trump is increasingly making moves that even his subservient followers in the GOP cannot abide, and according to a new report from The i Paper, his latest blunder involves the detention of a beloved Catholic nun.Republicans in Washington have largely gone along and supported Trump’s…