Four years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with its June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — a ruling that, according to conservative GOP consultant Sarah Longwell, continues to be a political liability for Republicans.Writing in the conserva…
With MAGA collapsing into a circular firing squad as its leaders seek to apportion blame for the failures and chaos wrought by President Donald Trump, Vox contributor Zack Beauchamp has a novel metaphor for their attempts to wriggle out of responsibility for their own movement’s actions: “It’s a rea…
Political analysts have joked for the last few weeks that members of the Republican Party who have lost their primaries but still have until the end of the year to govern have become part of the informal “YOLO Caucus,” meaning “you only live once.” According to an exclusive Semafor interview with ou…
GOP senators were quite frustrated when, on Wednesday, June 17, President Donald Trump delayed the nomination of federal prosecutor Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence (DNI) in order to keep Acting DNI Bill Pulte in that position longer. That delay, according to The Hill’s Alexander Bo…
With the Supreme Court soon to rule on three of President Donald Trump’s key priorities, court commentators say he is escalating his attacks against the very conservative justices he appointed. “As the justices prepare to rule on three signature Trump initiatives,” writes Washington Post Supreme Cou…
Jared Kushner’s investment fund, Affinity Partners, and its ties to Saudi Arabia not only drew scrutiny from Democrats; even conservative Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) warned that it “crossed the line of ethics.” According to Mother Jones’ Casey Michel, Kushner was “denied top-secret clearance” — th…
The coalition Trump built in 2024 is fracturing, and now even his MAGA base is feeling the pain.The blue-collar supporters who have long aligned themselves with the Trump base are beginning to abandon him as he’s failed to make good on economic promises, The Guardian reported on Monday. Those who on…
American political leadership skews decidedly older than the population as a whole. President Donald Trump turned 80 years old on June 14, 2026. The median age for senators is nearly 65, and the median age for House of Representatives members is almost 58.But are those older people in office a sign …
President Donald Trump’s niece, Dr. Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist by profession, is sounding the alarm that her elderly uncle is spiraling. In a conversation with reporter Steven Beschloss for her Sunday newsletter, Dr. Trump explained, “He may still have moments when he appears more coherent,…
When President Donald Trump claimed that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C. was the target of vandals, he got some pushback from author Stephen King. And the King of Horror’s criticism of Trump is infuriating MAGA Republicans on social media.Trump’s Reflecting Pool renovation is…