It was reported on Tuesday that the Justice Department was secretly giving a “settlement” to President Donald Trump after he dropped his own lawsuit against the IRS. Trump dropping the case means there can be no legitimate legal settlement. U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams made a similar …
President Donald Trump praised a CNN analyst who has repeatedly highlighted his sinking poll numbers — a striking turn given his long battle with the network.On the same day that CNN data analyst Harry Enten asked of the president’s poll numbers, “How low can you go?” Trump called him an “honorable …
On Monday it was revealed that President Donald Trump would drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for a $1.776 billion settlement that would be used to create an “anti-weaponization fund” for those who claim to have been “wronged” by former President Joe Biden. The Department of J…
President Donald Trump has a key component of his communication style: he loves using props. On Tuesday, for example, while giving a tour of his ballroom construction site, he did so while holding a posterboard image of a columned building. While it may be easy to dismiss this tendency as a mere par…
President Donald Trump’s new “weaponization” slush fund has been decried by critics as a new low for the corruption endemic in his second term, but according to the D.C. insiders at Pod Save America, it could also help encourage MAGA violence in the wake of the 2028 election.This week, Trump announc…
As the economy flounders and the war with Iran remains an open-ended question, President Donald Trump is firmly dedicated to what one former staffer suggests may be his top priority: overseeing the finer points of his construction projects. In addition to his billion-dollar ballroom, the 250-foot ar…
President Donald Trump’s 11th-hour endorsement in the Texas GOP primary went to far-right Attorney General Ken Paxton over establishment Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn, dealing an severe blow to the lawmaker’s chances, angering some prominent GOP lawmakers, and likely boosting the chances of un…
President Donald Trump might be celebrating the defeat of his enemy and his continued grip on the Republican Party, but according to a new piece from Politico, he inadvertently created a “nightmare” for himself in the Senate.Over the weekend, Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, became the lat…
During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, May 19, Adm. Brad Cooper — head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) — was aggressively grilled by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts) about the Iran war and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. The New England Democrat had ve…
In December, President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC, seeking the enormous sum of $5 billion under claims that the British news outlet selectively edited one of his speeches to give the impression that he was responsible for the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Now, Politico senior leg…