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While the billionaires in Trump's orbit may have different visions, they all want the same thing
Self-preservation may start to look a little different to Republicans if the country is mired in a recession
Everyone knew that President Trump was going to pull the trigger on his big tariff policy on Wednesday, but he actually dropped a nuclear bomb. He put...
A victory in a tight Wisconsin race boosts Democrats in their quest to defeat the billionaire's DOGE plans
Trump's plans for the future grow more fantastical
We won't be able to ignore what Trump and his accomplices are doing once it starts to impact us personally
From what we can see on newly released text messages, Trump's people don't know what he's talking about
Trump's rationale for dredging up wartime powers to render foreigners to a foreign prison is rather familiar
The Trump administration wants to pretend that the world is a meritocracy where white men happen to be the best
After extending presidential immunity in Trump's Jan. 6 case, the court has no room to stop his judicial attack
Trump's invocation of the 1798 Aliens Enemies Act, explained
Autocracy? Oligarchy? Kakistocracy? No, Trump's Mad King behavior is a hallmark of patrimonialism
The pandemic has gone so far down the memory hole that it's like it never happened
"We can give ourselves far far more than Donald Trump can ever take away"
One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's DOGE project?
The address was an interminable litany of lies that featured a dull recitation of alleged fraud in Social Security
Trump believes Putin is entitled to take what he wants
Trump's global revenge crusade is in full swing
A mournful requiem for the great post-war alliance
Democrats have their first real chance to resist the Trump-Musk takeover. They just have to say "no"
The resistance is wide awake — and includes Republican voters this time
Flattering Vladimir Putin will not win the Nobel Peace Prize
A Republican rift is forming over the issue of judicial review — but don't expect Congress to defy Donald Trump
After winning by a bigger margin than in 2016, Donald Trump now sees himself as omnipotent and invincible
More than just Elon Musk: Donald Trump's Cabinet hits the ground running
It's yet another absurd declaration by a man whose been able to escape any accountability
How Trump thinks hitting Mexico and Canada with tariffs is supposed to solve America's drug problem is a mystery
A well-oiled, systematic, authoritarian machine they aren't — but they can still do a whole lot of damage
Trump will never face prosecution, but his deranged obsession with Jan. 6 is massively unpopular
Republicans capitulated on Pete Hegseth, though they knew better. Now come the most noxious nominees of all
Trump thinks he won by talking about the economy — and now he gets to wreck it and enrich his billionaire pals
Republicans scramble to defend Donald Trump's shocking decision to pardon nearly 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters
Republicans in Congress are so far behind in crafting a legislative agenda
Donald Trump has no idea what the billionaire tech titans suddenly flocking to his side are really after
People who refuse to do anything about the real crisis we're facing, climate change, pounce straight to punishment
Many people still don't have the stomach to follow politics these days after the disappointment of the last election and the return of the Trump...
Four years ago today while I watched on television as Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol during the joint session of Congress to stop the...
After a brief hiatus for the holidays, the circus is back in Washington, D.C., and the high-wire act of Speaker Mike Johnson and the Flying...
A couple of days after Christmas, Donald Trump posted something very odd, even by his standards. He accidentally posted a personal text to his BFF,...
One of the more annoying conceits of the MAGA cult is its insistence that Donald Trump is some kind of religious figure dedicated to bringing world...
Back in 2016, the whole country was left in shock when celebrity businessman Donald Trump managed to take over the Republican Party and win the...
President-elect Trump held his first press conference since the election this week and seemed surprised that he is suddenly so popular with all the...
In May of 2023, the world watched as Charles III was crowned King of England after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at the age of 96....
One of the most famous episodes in the Watergate saga 50 years ago was when CBS News reporter Daniel Schorr got a hold of Richard Nixon's "enemies...
If it feels as though the new Trump administration is taking shape at warp speed, that's because it is. It's unusual for an incoming administration...
Last month's presidential election was a disappointment, to say the least. Ever since then, it's felt as if the air has just been slowly leaking...
Last February, as Donald Trump was running for the Republican presidential nomination, he appeared at SneakerCon in Philadelphia to debut his...
There are a thousand election hot takes and post-mortems floating around these days and I'm sure we'll soon come to some consensus about what drove...
Once upon a time, there was a Trump toadie who wrote a fatuous children's book about a good king being persecuted by an evil queen named Hillary...
Many Americans were sorely disappointed this week when special prosecutor Jack Smith decided to drag up and withdraw the Jan. 6 indictment and the...