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President Donald Trump insists that the war in Iran is not raising gas prices, but one of his staunchest supporters up for reelection this year is shaming voters for caring about that link — and now he is being mocked for it.MS NOW’s Steve Benen ridiculed the tactic by U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on Wednesday. “As consumers struggle with high gas prices and the White House quietly concedes that relief probably won’t arrive anytime soon, congressional Republicans, especially those running for re-election in the fall, are trying to

President Donald Trump insists that he is as popular as ever, but a right-wing radio commentator declared that Republicans are in danger of losing key midterm election races.“One wonders how many warning signs Republicans need to see that they have a problem in Georgia — and nationally,” Erick Erickson wrote for the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Wednesday. “But on April 7, they got another one.”Erickson referred to the recent House race for Georgia’s 14th congressional district, in which former Floyd County District Attorne

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Republican lawmakers are letting taxpayers foot $500-an-hour attorney fees to defend against a lawsuit challenging them “over that very practice” of “using taxpayer money to hire private attorneys.”“The lawsuit, which was filed by

A Politico Senior Affairs writer reports that the California Supreme Court has declined to reverse the disbarment of conservative attorney John Eastman, one of the co-conspirators in President Donald Trump‘s plan to overturn the 2020 election.The decision came weeks after Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland ruled Eastman should be removed. Last year, A California appellate court, charged with reviewing recommendations to discipline lawyers in that state, affirmed the findings of a trial judge and recommended that Eastman

Social media critics blasted White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for claiming the administration has lowered gas prices.“Thank goodness we have a president and administration that believes in American energy dominance in bringing down prices at the pump,” Leavitt told reporters during a Wednesday press conference. “Look at how gas prices decreased over the past year since this president was in office.”But critics don’t appear to see it that way.“They think you’re dumb,” wrote one X user. “And they’re kinda right.”Other X users unleashed

As President Donald Trump struggles to bring an end to the war he started with Iran, his administration has become increasingly bogged down in another conflict with the Vatican. On Sunday, Trump shocked the world by initiating a bizarre beef with Pope Leo XIV over the latter’s criticisms of the war, and after pushback from the Holy See and other Catholics, Vice President JD Vance waded into the fray, warning the Pontiff to “be careful” when talking about “matters of

The World Cup isn't bringing in the kind of tourism that hotels appear to have thought it would, and now they're starting to panic, the Daily Beast reported on Wednesday. Room rates are being drastically reduced, and the Beast suggested that anti-American sentiment is prompting people to stay away from the big events. Last year, hotel company executives thought that the World Cup would bring in millions of international visitors and give local economies a

President Donald Trump likes to boast about his supposedly unanimous support within his own base, but a recent editorial from a prominent financial publication suggested his movement is not just slipping away from him. It’s eviscerating itself."The 'Make America Great Again' (MAGA) 'manosphere' is showing signs of internal fractures, as disagreements over U.S. President Donald Trump's handling of the Epstein files and the war in Iran spill into the open,” wrote the Money Control World Desk in an e

Late Wednesday morning, April 15, CNN reported that Texas State Rep. James Talarico — the Democratic nominee in Texas' 2026 U.S. Senate race — had raised "more than $27 million" in a "first-quarter fundraising haul" for his Senate campaign. In the general election, Talarico (a Presbyterian seminarian who isn't shy about discussing his faith) will be up against either incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) or far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.Conservative GOP consultant/strategist Mark McKinnon, whose past clients included former President George W. Bush and the late Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), discussed Talarico's fundraising numbers during an

Amid President Donald Trump’s escalating feud with Pope Leo XIV, the Trump administration has canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities in Miami, Florida, to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. unaccompanied, a relationship that dates back to the 1960s, the Miami Herald reports.“The U.S. government has abruptly decided to end more than 60 years of relationship with Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami,” Archbishop Thomas Wenski wrote, according to the Miami Herald. “The Archdiocese of Miami’s services for unaccompanied minors have been rec