A MAGA congressman who describes himself as a spending “hawk” squirmed on CNN Monday when confronted about the Trump administration’s use of taxpayer money to promote the president.The moment came on CNN “News Central” when anchor Boris Sanchez pressed Rep. Tim Moore (R-NC) about the White House all…
Month: October 2026
A Democratic midterm victory could leave the party facing a dangerous political trap ahead of 2028, conservative commentator Jonathan V. Last warned Monday.Writing in The Bulwark, Last laid out a “doomsday scenario” with a blunt warning: “Even if Democrats crush the midterms, we’re in a world of tro…
President Donald Trump celebrated the removal of Haitians from Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday — just hours after mourners gathered 25 miles away to bury a young Haitian immigrant, according to a new report in The Bulwark.The contrast drew a scathing assessment from writers Andrew Egger and Jim Swift…
President Donald Trump called for The New York Times and other media outlets to be “arrested” for “dishonesty” on Monday as he lashed out over reporting that his Ohio rally had empty seats.Trump fired off two identical posts on his Truth Social platform, raging against the newspaper’s description of…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, has buried a small central Texas pediatric practice in document demands as part of his investigation into what he calls a conspiracy to push parents into vaccinating their children.The New York Times reported that Paxton’s Co…
If anyone in the private sector had sexual harassment claims substantiated by human resources, they’d be out. Fired. Whatever terminology you prefer.That goes double if that employee also demonstrated such horrendously bad judgment that they were involved in a situation that resulted in a cup of uri…
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says Donald Trump’s corruption problem is finally breaking through, and that a Democratic wave in November could bring an unprecedented round of investigations.”The cesspit of corruption that is Donald Trump’s presidency is finally getting the attention it …
CBS News set off a firestorm of criticism over its announcement on social media that disgraced former House speaker Dennis Hastert has died at 84.The longest-serving Republican House speaker was sentenced to 15 months in prison, making him the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to serve a prison …
Republicans who built part of their redistricting strategy around Donald Trump’s gains with Latino men are now facing the prospect that the bet could backfire in the midterms, according to Axios.Latino voters, whose shift toward Trump helped power his 2024 victory, are moving sharply back toward Dem…
Former special counsel Jack Smith set off a MAGA triggerstorm on Tuesday after Senate Republicans bombed their questioning during a cringeworthy embarrassment of a hearing. While he was warmly welcomed by the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Smith receive…