In its landmark 6-3 immunity decision, the Supreme Court created a three-tiered framework under which presidents are absolutely immune from claims arising from their exclusive constitutional authority. They are entitled to presumptive immunity for all other official acts within the ‘outer perimeter’…
When polls show President Donald Trump with low approval ratings, there is a major caveat: He is still quite popular with his hardcore MAGA base. And his stranglehold on the GOP was evident when some conservatives he was angry with — including Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) and at least five state …
Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi argues numbers don’tt lie, and right now they’re saying the president is sinking in popularity even with his own previously diehard supporters.MS NOW anchor Chris Hayes reported another brutal week of polling for President Donald Trump, with Trump rolling in at nea…
I can’t overstate the importance of Judge Kathleen Williams’s decision on Friday to reopen Trump’s $10 billion case against the I.R.S. She said she wants to investigate “grievous allegations” that the hasty deal to resolve it was “premised on deception,” and she ordered Trump’s lawyers to tell her b…
What do you do when you’re a president with a birthday party being abandoned by all the entertainment? If you’re President Donald Trump you offer to fill the hole yourself.“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing t…
Bulwark founder Sarah Longwell and writer Jonathan Last say President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 debacle is unraveling fast as nearly all big names on the playlist have leapt from windows to avoid the Trump stain. But both agree that this kind of chaos and collapse is par for the course in Trump’s ‘…
President Donald Trump’s popularity is in “freefall” with many voters as his scandals and controversies multiply, but according to a new report from The i Paper, a contingent of his “staunchest’ MAGA followers remain devoted to him and the Republican Party.Trump’s war in Iran and his recent rhetoric…
Social media critics were not quite ready to accept White House claims of President Donald Trump’s “excellent health” this weekend.Citing the results of a recent examination, a Friday memo from Trump’s physician Dr. Sean Barbabella asserted that Trump “remains in excellent health, demonstrating stro…
When the history of the sordid and cruel megalomaniac who now occupies the Oval Office is written, it may well be that his deal with himself to set up a $1.8 billion fund for reimbursing anyone he feels was harmed by the federal government is chronicled as the final straw. Why not Trump’s absurd tar…
New York Times columnists say the “you only live once” (YOLO) caucus of the Republican Party is preparing to upset Trump’s plans just as his beleaguered GOP Congress slides into a Democratic changeover in November.“John Cornyn (R-Texas) is a member of the Senate Republican leadership team, but havin…