A GOP megadonor revealed at a private conference on Wednesday that he intends to back Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance should the two men decide to run for president in 2028, according to a new report. Axios reported that Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel LLC, said during an int…
President Donald Trump demanded that the Supreme Court reverse its own birthright citizenship ruling, something the justices have done exactly once in their 236-year history.In Trump v. Barbara, the justices voted 6-3 to uphold the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of automatic citizenship for virtually ev…
Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman offered a scathing review of Trump’s recent threat against a key American ally.In March, Trump warned of a complete trade cutoff with Spain after the country refused to allow U.S. military bases for operations against Iran. Even though Spanish Prime Minister Pedr…
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) remains in the hospital after a serious episode that reportedly included cardiac arrest and advanced life support, but his staffers refuse to communicate the exact status of his condition, beyond some of his political allies claiming they spoke with him over the phone and…
Online critics piled mockery on Vice President JD Vance, and the White House’s attempt to defend him backfired.On Wednesday, Vance held a press conference in Milwaukee where he spoke about Markita Barnes, a Wisconsin woman who was convicted of federal healthcare fraud. He propped up a poster-sized p…
The U.S. Army has been forced to take down websites that have been compromised by hackers into displaying anti-Trump messages.According to The Daily Beast, the affected websites “contained pro-Kurdish slogans along with messaging like ‘the US president is a pedophile & thief. (expletive) trump & tom…
A new analysis estimated that President Donald Trump racked up a $103 billion bill for the Iran war in 120 days.According to an analysis by Popular Information, the Trump administration has no plan to pay for the Iran war, and neither do congressional Republicans.The analysis found that over four mo…
Political analysts pounced on a false claim that President Donald Trump made during his most recent meeting with NATO allies. Trump claimed during a press conference that the U.S. had “$19.2 trillion … with a ‘T'” that has been invested in the country during his second term. That money is being us…
President Donald Trump’s last-minute appeal of a court order to pay writer E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million cannot stop the money from going out the door, legal experts suggest.Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals moments after U.S. District Judge Lewis…
A new poll finds Justice Amy Coney Barrett has become the least-liked member of the Supreme Court, and a Vox analysis on Wednesday argued the reason should unsettle anyone watching whom President Donald Trump picks next.Barrett, Trump’s third appointee, now carries the worst net favorability of any …