On June 1st, despite a ceasefire ostensibly underway in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Israel’s prime minister launched a major escalation against Lebanon, including threatening airstrikes against the Lebanese capital. The US president called the Israeli leader, furiously demanding an end to Israel’s e…

Aggressively promoted by President Donald Trump, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (AKA the SAVE America Act or SAVE Act) is drawing strong criticism not only from Democrats, but from some GOP lawmakers as well. Four Senate Republicans, in early June, joined Democrats in voting against ad…

The new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is set for release and has the White House “extremely worried.”According to Axios reporter Alex Thompson, some of the reports in the book are so detailed and quoted verbatim that the White House fears someone is recording con…

We may see the return of the Trump hotel in Washington, D.C., which has previously drawn scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest.Timothy Noah, writing for The New Republic, explained that one of President Donald Trump’s crusades over the past year is selling tons of government buildings and as…

President Donald Trump’s ability to shape the outcome of a Republican primary asserted itself in a long list of recent elections, with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) and other incumbents losing to MAGA challengers Trump endorsed. But Rep….

Trump again claims victory in Iran. He’s claimed victory before, but now he has a so-called “agreement” with Iran.That agreement, which appears to be no more than a memo of understanding — that is, a set of principles to which Iran and the United States have agreed — stops the fighting and reopens t…

President Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka and Jared Trump, are embroiled in a fierce controversy over their planned resort in Albania. Locals previously claimed that it will irreversibly destroy the area’s beloved wildlife and increase an oligarchical presence in their country. Now th…

President Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, the current acting attorney general Todd Blanche, would be dangerous to democracy, experts warn.“A year ago, senators uncomfortable with the idea of Trump’s criminal-defense lawyer becoming the department’s No. 2 could point to Blanche’s testimon…

President Donald Trump’s support is declining among a group of Americans who have consistently among his staunchest supporters — that is, rural Americans.“Trump’s approval rating among rural Americans dropped in June to a new low of 50 [percent], according to the June 3-8 Reuters/Ipsos poll,” Reuter…

President Donald Trump has not toned down the rhetoric that contributed to the assassination of a Democratic lawmaker last year, according to a contributor to the local newspaper from that region.“One year ago this week, Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were assassinated in their home in Brook…