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President Donald Trump is struggling to contain a civil war within his MAGA movement over the role of far right commentator Tucker Carlson — particularly when it comes to the issue of US support for Israel.“Ultimately, Carlson’s perseverance in Trump’s orbit is a remarkable testament to his staying power,” wrote Will Sommer of the conservative publication The Bulwark. “Lesser media luminaries would have been pushed to the outskirts of punditry. The question now is how long the alliance between the administration and Carlson can hold.”With Carlson and other alt-right leaders like commentator Nick Fuentes clashing with pro-Israel Trump supporters like influencer L

MS NOW producer Steve Benen said President Donald Trump had nothing but good things to say about Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) before he suddenly didn’t.“In a post on his social media platform, the president said the incumbent congressman has been an ‘incredible’ lawmaker with ‘a strong Record of SUCCESS.’ Trump added: ‘Jeff Hurd has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election — HE WILL NOT LET YOU

President Donald Trump is crossing “a dangerous line” by attacking the Supreme Court for overturning his controversial tariffs, according to America’s most distinguished organization of lawyers.“The recent remarks by the president of the United States, leveling personal criticisms against members of the U.S. Supreme Court, are not acceptable and cross a dangerous line that threatens the safety of the judiciary and our judicial process,” declared American Bar Association (ABA) President Michelle A. Behnke in a statement.“Vigorous debate over policy is a strength of our democracy, but attacks that demean the judiciary are not,” Be

President Donald Trump is focusing on issues like his claim the 2020 election was stolen which are “patently false” at the expense of issues that can help the Republican Party win upcoming elections — and a center-right think tank is warning the GOP to pay attention.“The 2020 presidential election results have been argued in numerous court cases and been the subject of myriad audits and studies, and nobody—no matter how hard they’ve labored—has proven that the election was stolen,” wrote Marc Hyden of R Street. “Why Trump simply won’t accept this is beyond me, especially considering his return to the White House, and he should remember that his stolen election c

University of Oxford history professor Timothy Snyder is confident President Donald Trump is working to steal the 2026 midterms.But this does not mean he’s doing it well.Snyder’s take on the “Jim Acosta Show” was preceded by a reference to Trump’s recent speech in support of the so-called “Save America Act” and the untruths Trump unloaded during his speech. One included

While popular opinion argues the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court is determined to empower President Donald Trump, SCOTUSblog Editor Sarah Isgur says she’s cracked the court’s motives and can better tell which direction it’s going.That direction, Isgur claims in the Atlantic, is not necessarily into Trump’s pocket.“By striking down President Trump’s tariffs, the Supreme Court has once again shown that it is no partisan instrument of Republican power,” said Isgur. “Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the decision, has a much more ambitious goa

President Donald Trump has not yet commented on a recent report that Pope Leo XIV privately warned Spain’s top bishops that far-right ideologies are a greater threat to their nation than secularism or economic instability — but his MAGA movement is raging."I'm not even a Leo fan," wrote one critic on X while casting doubt on the story without providing evidence, "but this is just conjectural nonsense. No proof of any of this."In the private meeting last November, Pope Leo cautioned against far right movements all over the world that “win the Catholic vote” by manipulating Catholic identity and

I’m a bit sad that the Winter Olympics are over, but downright joyful I won’t be hearing that stupid, meaningless “U-S-A, U-S-A …” chant every evening while watching the games. It should have been retired many decades ago shortly after its birth in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.That’s the year a bunch of pimply-faced American kids knocked off the vaunted Big Red Russian hockey machine on their way to winning gold, 4-3, in what is now referred to as the Miracle on Ice. As that American amateur men’s team, composed of college kids, and recent grads, skated to one victory after another, it became clear something special was happening in that northern New York town

New ICE agents are directly trained to ignore constitutional rights despite President Donald Trump’s assertions to the contrary, according to a recent report by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.At a forum called by congressional Democrats on Monday, former ICE teacher Ryan Schwank from a Georgia training center will testify that the agents are trained to ignore the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.“ICE is lying to Congress and the American people about the steps it is takin

President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in a key Texas congressional race is facing increased calls from prominent political and media to drop out of the race. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is fighting for political survival after the candidate’s late staffer was revealed by the San Antonio Express-News to have once texted, “I had an affair with our boss and I’m fine.” The staffer in question later committed suicide.“@RepTonyGonzales, RESIGN!” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) declared on the social media platform X."Seems pretty clear at this point that if Trump suffers a political loss next Tuesday, it’ll be in TX-23,"