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Democrats better hope they don’t have another Manchin in their midst

Even with a decisive Senate majority, conservative Democrats can stymie legislation and the party's agenda

04.11.2026 10

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Black voters could sway the midterms in surprising places

SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act. Early voting numbers indicate that Black Americans are fighting back

03.11.2026 20

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The Trump Show is on the verge of cancellation

As polls predict GOP midterm losses, the president turns to dubious reinforcements to save his MAGA project

01.11.2026 20

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The GOP’s midterm plan: Make America hate Muslims again

As the midterms slip away, Republicans are relying on anti-Muslim bigotry to turn out their base

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Trump’s Iran war could escalate. Is anyone paying attention?

With U.S. and Israeli elections days away, the Iran war may be entering a more dangerous phase

27.10.2026 10

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How Hegseth shattered the world Eisenhower made

The defense secretary broke the 34th president's globe — and provided an inadvertent metaphor

24.10.2026 20

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Alina Habba’s $50 million scandal exposes MAGA pardon racket

The alleged pay-to-play scheme rocks the Trump administration before the midterms

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Putin has Trump right where he wants him

The president's outright betrayal of Ukraine shows the U.S. is in a precarious position

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A blue wave could take out Susie Wiles

Trump's chief of staff and 2024 architect could be his scapegoat for the GOP's expected midterm losses

17.10.2026 20

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Democrats have discovered the key to midterm victory

The party is successfully linking kitchen table issues to Donald Trump's corruption

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Trump’s “Camp Donald” grift is designed to outlast his presidency

Trump's plan to turn his Florida golf club into an official presidential retreat — and reap the benefits

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Samuel Alito’s unfinished business could be a gift to Democrats

The justice's refusal to retire deprives Donald Trump of a Supreme Court vacancy ahead of likely blue midterm wave

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The dark reasons behind all the Richard Nixon worship

MAGA needs to maintain its grip on the GOP after Donald Trump — and the 37th president is key

04.10.2026 30

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Trump’s failure hides Project 2025 success

OMB director Russell Vought is quietly remaking the federal government, and Congress is next

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Susan Collins’ time is up as Maine’s Houdini

The senator cannot make her role as Donald Trump's enabler disappear

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Republican candidates are running for the hills

Ahead of the midterms, voters are livid at Donald Trump — and the GOP is on notice

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Donald Trump abdicates as leader of the free world

The president's UN address showed he has ceded that position to Canada's Mark Carney

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Susie Wiles is Trump’s chief enabler

The White House chief of staff has done little to rein in the president's worst impulses

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Trump claims the world respects him. New survey says no

America's global reputation is in tatters. That's not all Trump's fault, but he sure made it worse

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Trump’s made man leaves the family without a single indictment

Joseph diGenova's abrupt resignation shows there is no "grand conspiracy"

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America built a surveillance state out of fear and never left it

Built as a response to 9/11, America's security apparatus has become a rabid beast

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Do no harm? Not these GOP doctor-politicians

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall joins a list of conservative lawmakers who ignore their medical oath

10.09.2026 20

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Trump’s weird war against the states

The president wants the federal government to control elections, deport millions and wage wars — but skip the rest

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Trump’s cruelest act yet: Haitians are being deported into total chaos

First they were accused of eating cats. Now Haitian immigrants must face violence back home

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Trump’s Venezuela oil deal is even sleazier than you think

President once said Venezuela's oil was the dirtiest in the world. Now he's trying to steal it

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Nine years after Charlottesville, GOP pushes “blood and soil”

The nativist doctrine lives on in JD Vance's vision for the US

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Trump’s real estate career offers a hint of Kennedy Center’s future

The president's threat to demolish JFK's memorial feels predictable given his history

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Mark Carney tells Trump he will never own Canada amid tariffs

Tired of the president's coercive tactics, the Canadian prime minister puts his country's economy on the line

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Donald Trump has made the world go nuclear

The president's behavior toward Iran and North Korea has incentivized other countries to develop nuclear weapons

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Jared Kushner’s Henry Kissinger cosplay should worry us all

The special envoy is failing in his efforts at shuttle diplomacy to broker peace between Israel and Hamas

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Todd Blanche’s dangerous lie sets the stage for more DOJ abuses

On "Meet the Press," the newly confirmed attorney general all but pledged to do Donald Trump's bidding

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Childhood vaccines fall prey to Trump’s unholy alliance

The Christian right and Big Business have made science denialism a longstanding American tradition

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Mike Rogers is the real radical in the Michigan Senate race

While Abdul El-Sayed works to unite Democrats, the GOP nominee is embracing dangerous parts of the MAGA agenda

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Tucker Carlson could derail the GOP’s 2028 plans

A third-party bid by the disaffected MAGA podcaster would be difficult — and beneficial to Democrats

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The world is finally calling Trump’s bluff

The president’s empty threats and erratic diplomacy has underscored America’s unreliability

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Democrats’ missed opportunity on Trump’s immigration cruelty

The lack of focus on the president’s deportations on the campaign trail is a strategic and moral error

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Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing proves we’re still living in 2020

Rand Paul's vendetta against the former chief medical advisor shows how we can't move beyond the year from hell

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Pete Hegseth’s Iran war math doesn’t add up

The defense secretary pegged the war's cost at $37 billion. The real total is far higher

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Conservatives cried voter fraud long before Trump

Claims of stolen elections and tainted ballots have often been aimed at curbing Black political power

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MAGA’s social safety net assault could turn away older voters

As Republicans slash healthcare, older Americans are pushing back

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Nothing helps MAGA like Washington snobbery

Sally Quinn, the self-appointed spokesperson of Washington society, exemplifies the elitism repelling both parties

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Marco Rubio’s quest to destroy the International Criminal Court

The secretary of state is using the right's long-standing hatred of the ICC to bolster his MAGA bona fides for 2028

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NATO’s summit of love that wasn’t

From threats against Greenland to verbal gaffes, Donald Trump's behavior in Ankara raises tensions — and concerns

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Marco Rubio is taking “far-left terror” crusade global

Often seen as the administration's sole adult, the secretary's actions are an alarming sign for the post-Trump GOP

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Trump family grift now extends to guns

As the administration rolls back gun safety measures, Donald Trump Jr. is a beneficiary

09.07.2026 30

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Trump resurrects oldest GOP scare tactic over democratic socialist wins

Recent wins by democratic socialists have Trump reviving Cold War-era fears

07.07.2026 40

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Trump didn’t learn the biggest lesson from his first term

Under pressure and facing historically low approval ratings, the president is behaving as erratically as ever

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How Donald Trump hijacked America’s birthday

This Fourth of July celebration is pointedly different from those marking previous milestones

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Impeachment is the only answer to Trump’s behavior

Democrats should not be timid in holding the president accountable if they take back Congress

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Tulsi Gabbard was in more than one cult

The former director of national intelligence — and MAGA member — allegedly took orders on politics from her guru

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