Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche used to be one of the very few figures in the Trump administration who could walk a line between serving President Donald Trump’s desires and checking his ugliest instincts — but faced with the prospect of overseeing Trump’s new $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization…
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Someone at the State Department appeared to make an unforced error this week.The department posted a video to X on Wednesday of President Donald Trump answering reporters’ questions about the administration’s increasingly aggressive stance toward Cuba.But The Daily Beast noted that the person wrote …
Trump gave a bizarre but familiar speech for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement ceremony, according to reporting by the New York Times. “I hate good-looking men,” Trump said as a cadet greeted him on stage, the Times reported. “I like to see what these guys are like!” Speaking for nearly an h…
President Donald Trump got another round of bad news on Wednesday, as a poll commissioned by Fox News — which uses a respected nonpartisan surveying firm despite its notorious rightward reporting slant — revealed new approval lows for the president and many of his policies.It’s the latest in a strin…
Jan. 6 rioters, Proud Boys leaders, and Trump allies are racing to stake their claims to President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, and some are already calculating exactly how much they believe they’re owed.Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years f…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stunned political analysts and observers on Wednesday with one of his answers during a CNN interview. CNN’s Paula Reid asked Blanche in an interview whether people who were convicted of hurting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection would be eligible for a …
President Donald Trump appears to be relying on a strategy that is producing “diminishing returns” in the Iran war, according to a new editorial. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board argued on Wednesday that Trump’s continued threats are not being taken seriously by the Iranian regime. They cit…
Trump taunted a Fox News reporter and her fiancé, a Republican congressman, by suggesting he could oust him through elections.”Her husband votes against me all the time,” Trump said about Jacqui Heinrich and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) while speaking to a press gaggle on Wednesday. “Can you imagin…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has hit on a new way to generate clout for her run for governor: introduce a bill prohibiting naturalized citizens from holding elected office — but she may have forgotten one important detail.”If you were not born in America, you should not hold power in our government. End o…
A political analyst heard alarm bells on Wednesday after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was defeated by a Trump-endorsed candidate during his primary election.Massie lost the election to former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who took home more than 57,000 votes, or 55% of the total. While some analysts have desc…