Following the Friday news that consumer sentiment has dropped to its all-time low amid an economy roiled by the consequences of President Donald Trump’s tariff program and war on Iran, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman warns that things are about to get “really, really ugly.”“The numbers ar…
There’s stupid … and then there’s special stupid — and President Donald Trump’s spite is framing him up to be the latter, said former Bulwark editor-in-chief Charlie Sykes.For example, with Trump’s razor-thin majority in the Senate and Democrats threatening to take both the Senate and House in Novem…
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would not be attending his first son’s wedding to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson on an island in the Bahamas. Writing on Truth Social Trump said, “While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family,…
While President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have been in freefall since January, according to former Jimmy Carter speechwriter James Fallows, the “real milestone” has only come in recent days as the very Republicans who enabled Trump have begun turning against him, having realized that “he won’t…
President Donald Trump cheered the death of “The Late Show” in the early morning hours of Friday after Stephen Colbert closed out the 33-year run of the show crafted by comedian David Letterman in 1993. For the past 11 years, Colbert has been at the helm of the show, and has enjoyed top ratings for …
President Donald Trump loves to assert that he’s a “winner.” Way back in February 2016, he promised, “We are going to win so much.” Then almost exactly 10 years later, in February this year, he declared, “Our country is winning again. In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to …
President Donald Trump used his executive time Friday morning in an hours-long Truth Social session, attacking late night television hosts and a Republican senator while pushing two of his primary agenda issues and celebrating the rising stock market.His posts paint a president securing the Republic…
During his second presidency, Donald Trump’s foreign and economic policies have been a frequent source of frustration not only for Democrats and Never Trump conservatives, but also, for leaders of democratic countries that have long enjoyed a close relationship with the United States — from Canada t…
Authoritarians and their bunkers have a long and storied history. Probably the most well-known was Adolf Hitler, who spent his ignominious final hours holed up in a bunker in Berlin. And in recent weeks, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has been hiding out from a rumored incipient coup in a palatial…
American outrage continues to grow as President Donald Trump’s administration moves forward with its nearly $1.8 billion fund that aims to compensate Americans who feel they’ve been wronged by the government. Speaking on CNN this week, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that he thinks taxpaye…