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Conservative Dispatch writer Kevin D. Williamson says he speaks with experience when he calls the sordid antics of President Donald Trump the trashy things that they are — because Williamson knows white trash when he sees it.Williamson lived the dream, and he’s happy to share example after example.“I am not sure exactly how the fire on the sofa got started, other than that the proximate cause was, of course, a lit cigarette,” Williamson says, describing one incident from his childhood. “Ours was a very smoky house, to such an extent that after we moved out the film of tar

NBC News reports the rookie federal prosecutor who led the case accusing former FBI Director James Comey of threatening President Donald Trump’s life has abandoned the case, and social media is rolling.“Matthew Petracca, who had been recent

Judges often must step in to correct attorneys on issues of court procedure and protocol. It’s likely more frequent when the attorney is young and inexperienced. But President Donald Trump’s federal attorneys — or at least what’s left of them — are a cut above.Politico reporter Josh Gerstein made note of U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino’s Friday schooling of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture attorneys’ surprising snafu.Last December, the state of Minnesota sued the Trump administration

Puck Chief Political Columnist John Heilemann says the jabs poking President Donald Trump are not just coming from late-night comedians anymore. Much of America appears to be jumping in on the comedy, thanks to Trump’s wash of bad policies and his cratering polls.Heilemann, reacting to Trump’s latest gaffe of celebrating the pardon of 250 convicted criminals on the nation’

President Donald Trump concluded his executive time Friday morning with a statement announcing he would end the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and laid out his requirements for a deal with Iran, before declaring, “I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination.”After a two-hour meeting with his advisors, Trump left without making a decision.“It was not clear why Mr. Trump did not reach a decision,”

After President Donald Trump helped nominate controversial Texas AG Ken Paxton as the Republican to run against Democrat James Talarico for Texas’ pivotal Senate seat, critics say the Lone Star state may now be in serious play. But it appears an unexpected new issue has reared its head to further complicate an easy Republican senatorial win in this red state — and nobody saw it coming.“My entire community is going to break rank. Everybody, all of us. We've had enough,” Texas Republican voter Cheryl Shadden told MS NOW reporter Josh Einiger. “…

It’s been three days since President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed Medical Center for his latest physical examination, and the White House has yet to release the results. As CNN reports, this break from the administration’s own previous practices will likely “fuel further questions about his health and fitness.”While Trump took to social media to declare his “perfect” health following the hourslong visit, and despite assurances that a report on the checkup would be made available in “the next day or so,” there is no evidence that the White House or the president

Austin, Texas, single mom August Tapia says she’s had it with President Donald Trump’s economy.“It's a little daunting. I'm not gonna lie,” Tapia told MS NOW reporters. “Even though I have the support of family … the prices are just through the roof. I'm on a very fixed income. I'm only bringing in $400 a month.”Tapia said she worries about not being able to afford groceries, and not being able to give her daughter “three meals a day.”And she said the impact of Trump’s policies on gas prices are swooping in to take what little she has to give every time she fills her tanks.“I went from fill

US District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper shot down President Donald Trump's effort to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after himself, citing the congressional laws that established the institution, making the name of it "abundantly clear." "Congress likewise took pains to ensure that no other memorial-like dedication would grace the Center’s public spaces. As a result, the Kennedy Center Board’s decision to rename the Center, along with its decision to affix President Trump’s name to the building’s façade, violate Congress’s unequivocal mandate. As stated at the outset, Congress gave the Kennedy

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports the Trumpified mpified Georgia Election Board has quietly hired an election denier to be the board’s official state investigator, even as Trump’s grip on the state becomes less guaranteed.Jason Frazier is a MAGA activist who has challenged the registrations of thousands of Fulton County voters and who cheered as Trump’s politicized FBI raided a county ballot warehouse in January,