President Trump once again mocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s looks at the GOP’s midterm convention this week, and this time cameras caught the Senate hopeful’s pained, fixed smile as the joke landed.Trump revisited the bit during his second Dallas speech, noted The Daily Beast on Friday, te…
When MAGA supporters fueled by conspiracy theories angrily protested Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 win in Arizona, it fell to Recorder Adrian Fontes to certify the results in Maricopa, the state’s largest county surrounding Phoenix.“I’ve been through the fire in Arizona at the very basic gestation of el…
President Donald Trump’s recent refusal to provide military support to a major U.S. ally marked a turning point for the post-World War II era, geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert argued on Friday, one in which the United States no longer leads as the world’s top superpower.As the United States con…
CNN’s Audie Cornish was not buying what a conservative commentator was selling to justify President Donald Trump on Friday morning. Anti-trans activist Terry Schilling proved unable to convince Cornish and a co-panelist, New York Times podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro, that Trump’s promise of $5,000 fo…
President Donald Trump left several critics stunned Friday morning after he was captured on video aggressively snapping at ABC News’ Rachel Scott.Following the second night of the RNC midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, Trump briefly spoke with reporters before boarding Air Force One at the Dallas …
Staff for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), known for his public stance against reckless federal spending, cost taxpayers nearly $18,000 on a private-jet trip other lawmakers’ aides made for a fraction of the price, according to a new report.Six aides working for Paul, then the top Republican on the Senate Hom…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly angry that he can’t get rid of a scandal-plagued aide with ties to President Donald Trump’s closest aides.According to a Thursday report by The Daily Mail, Rubio wants to get rid of Gavin Wax, the chief of staff in the State Department’s Washington headqu…
If you were an adult 25 years ago, politically aware, and a Democrat, you remember the horror of watching George W. Bush win the presidency without winning the popular vote. I remember being up into the wee hours of the morning on election night in 2000, astonished and beleaguered that Bush was bein…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was asked by Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Thursday whether he would support President Donald Trump’s $5,000 “dividend” checks to voters in return for keeping Republicans in control of Congress.Cruz awkwardly tried to shift the proposal into a very different form that he would be c…
Vice President JD Vance quietly went around the Pentagon to call military commanders directly for blunt assessments of the Iran War.The New York Times reported Thursday that Vance wanted the commanders’ individual judgments as they saw them before those views were merged into an official Pentagon po…