There is a “dangerously circular” dynamic at play that is causing President Donald Trump’s Iran War to last far longer than anyone — including the president — has suggested, and it involves oil.The Atlantic‘s Rogé Karma argues that when the price of oil gets too high, Trump declares the war is near …
Economist and public policy scholar Justin Wolfers says Republicans and President Donald Trump have not only set themselves up for a brutal midterm, but voters will probably be holding them accountable for high inflation and fuel prices for years.“There is a bomb that has hit the world economy and t…
Kip Talley, chief of staff to Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia), has been caught trying to free a Holocaust denier from prison. Collins is currently the frontrunner for the Georgia U.S. Senate Republican runoff to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff (D). Talley popped up in group chats given to Slate with white nat…
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are claiming that the U.S. military is being revitalized on their watch, rejecting “woke” policies and restoring a “warrior ethos.” But Never Trump conservative Jonathan V. Last vehemently disagrees. Last, in The Bulwark, argues that Trump ha…
Audio has emerged showing how police officials reacted to an alarming call about gunshot noises supposedly heard at the home of a prominent Supreme Court justice, which later ended up being revealed as an attempt at “swatting.”On Thursday, Andrew Leyden, a freelance photographer based in Washington …
On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its latest personal savings rate report, which indicates the amount of people’s incomes left for savings after expenses. As of April 2026, it plunged to a near-historic low of just 2.6 percent, and now top financial experts are sounding the …
President Donald Trump’s mission to build monuments to himself is growing, and there’s a real reason behind why the nation’s 47th president is defying tradition and putting his name on so many things while he’s still in office — and still alive.“Donald Trump’s two favorite things are himself and mon…
Five and one-half years after losing to Joe Biden, U.S. President Donald Trump continues to promote, without evidence, the repeatedly debunked claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. FBI agents, on orders from Trump loyalist and FBI Director Kash Patel, seized hundreds of ballots from an e…
No single electoral bloc was as essential to President Donald Trump’s victories in 2016 and 2024 as white, non-college-educated voters. As he famously declared during his first primaries, “I love the poorly educated,” who were backing him in big numbers. But now, according to the latest polls, Trump…
Legal experts Katie Phang, Norm Eisen and Adam Klasfeld appeared on Thursday for a discussion about the new taxpayer-funded lawsuit against foe E. Jean Carroll by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. Trump, who lost two lawsuits for defamation, was accused of sexual assault by Carroll, and w…