Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune was noticeably absent from Wednesday’s Oval Office bill signing ceremony — but top House and Senate leaders — including Speaker Mike Johnson — were present, cheering on the president. Thune did take time to talk with reporters, where he tied Wednesday’s s…
Although President Donald Trump has plenty of scathing critics in hip-hop — from Ice-T to Jay-Z to Public Enemy’s Chuck D — he has an enthusiastic supporter in pop-rapper Nicki Minaj. And according to the Irish Star, Trump allies are hoping that Minaj can “save a crumbling MAGA festival.” The troub…
“The president is bonkers,” declared Contrarian editor in chief Jennifer Rubin on Wednesday. But while she asserts that President Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior poses risks to the country, she also thinks something can be done to defuse “the ticking time bomb in the White House.”“We sh…
President Donald Trump has “destroyed” the 77-year-old NATO alliance, “without tearing up the treaty or even firing a shot,” argues former Trump Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor at Defiance.News.At the heart of NATO sits Article 5: the principle that an attack on one member is an attack…
The National Review isn’t known for being supportive of the left. Yet, when it comes to nominating a new GOP attorney general, the site is urging senators to vote against the confirmation of Todd Blanche. In an anti-endorsement from “the editors,” the site argued that in Blanche’s month-long auditio…
Democrat Graham Platner secured the Maine Democratic nomination, and now he goes on to face Susan Collins (R) in the midterm elections. Speaking after one of the 2026 primaries, data analyst Harry Enten explained that Maine isn’t necessarily a must-win state if Democrats intend to take back the U.S….
House Republicans are becoming increasingly engulfed by turmoil and infighting as a group within the caucus continually undermines party leaders by using discharge petitions, according to a new report from The Hill.Discharge petitions are a parliamentary tool available to House lawmakers, whereby th…
President Donald Trump’s administration has spent months trying to get voter lists, particularly from blue states. Now, Trump is threatening to deny mailing ballots through the USPS if those states don’t turn over the lists. “That dilemma stems from newly proposed USPS rules that seek to comply with…
Even with new military strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming that the war is drawing to a conclusion. But Trump’s critics are skeptical, arguing that it is a major contradiction to claim that peace is at hand while new strikes are being carried out.CNN, early Wednesday mornin…
Pope Leo arrived on the world stage with a message of peace, but his American roots and plainspoken style quickly put him on a collision course with Donald Trump and Catholic Vice President JD Vance. As Trump doubled down on hard-line immigration policies, war rhetoric and personal attacks, Leo emer…