According to GovTrack.us, almost a month and a half has passed since former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) took part in a U.S. Senate vote. McConnell, GovTrack.us says, has missed every Senate roll call vote since June 11. Reports on the 84-year-old senator’s health have been sp…
According to a leading expert on authoritarianism, President Donald Trump has seized on a “new MAGA propaganda theme” that has been used by autocrats for over a century. The “trick” is “not subtle,” and involves labeling everyone and anyone who opposes Trump as “communists.” What’s more, she warns, …
Fox News and its equally right-wing sister channel Fox Business are known for being cheerleaders for the Republican Party, including President Donald Trump and members of his administration. But when conservative Sen. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) made a late July appearance on Fox Business, host Larr…
Journalist and former magazine editor Tina Brown is drawing attention to growing frustrations with President Donald Trump by his own allies and supporters. A Politico poll revealed in a report on Wednesday showed that Trump has lost 13 points with his own supporters since May. The numbers showed tha…
With the United States’ 2026 midterms only three and one-half months away, President Donald Trump is hoping that attacking Democrats as “communists” will sway enough voters to keep Republicans in charge of Congress. But Trump continues to suffer from weak approval ratings in one poll after another, …
House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), is going after former special counsel Jack Smith, but a former FBI official needled the Republican for being angry that he followed their rules. Speaking to CNN on Thursday morning, former FBI official Andy McCabe was asked about the rece…
According to data from the Roper Center at Cornell University, 50 percent of U.S. seniors — those who are 65 or older — voted for Donald Trump in 2024 compared to 49 percent for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The senior vote was close in 2024, and seniors, Roper says, played an impor…
A pair of new polls revealed the true extent of the damage President Donald Trump has done to his party’s midterm chances, and according to one leading political reporter, it amounts to the “end days for GOP.”This was the assessment of Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman, who shared the two polls Th…
Annoyed election officials are speaking out amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to tamper with rules and ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms. CNN reported on Thursday that during a conference of election officials, even Republicans are frustrated. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” one GOP elec…
Democratic strategist James Carville didn’t hold back in his latest attack on President Donald Trump. Speaking on his “Politics War Room” podcast with political veteran Al Hunt, Carville wasn’t speaking to Trump’s advanced age, but his complete lack of intelligence. Lately, Trump has exchanged his a…