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A White House official on Friday insisted a racist Truth Social post from President Donald Trump was "erroneously made" by a White House official, CNN reports.The post went up at 11:44 p.m. EST, along with a slew of other posts on Trump's account. One of the re-posted videos described Trump as the "King of the Jungle" while depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife as apes, a frequently used racist trope. Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) all spoke publicly against Trump's post.Scott hoped it wasn't real and called it racist. "This is totally unacceptable. The president should take it

Once considered a swing state, Florida has grown increasingly Republican in recent years. A Democratic presidential candidate hasn't won Florida since Barack Obama in 2012, and some of the most prominent figures in the MAGA movement have a strong Florida connection — from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (Florida's former state attorney general) to Gov. Ron DeSantis to President Donald Trump himself.In late January, a group of Republicans in the Florida State Senate voted to advance a bill to give the Palm Beach International Airport a new name: Donald J. Trump International

President Donald Trump's decline among his own supporters continues to grow, and one analyst thinks it's a larger indicator of where Republicans are as a whole in 2026. Newsweek reported on Friday that, based on data from a national polling series, Trump is underwater. According to the report, the data "signals a measurable softening in GOP support over just more than three months, as overall approval numbers also trended lower in multiple national surveys."It's still a long time until the 2026 election, giving Republicans ample opportunity to turn things around. But it could require changes that they don

A new report accuses President Trump of taking over Washington DC’s public golf courses in a plan that could make them unaffordable to ordinary residents.Trump — who since taking office in 2025 has extensively remodeled Washington D.C. from the White House’s East Wing to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — collaborated with the National Park Service and a pro-golf nonprofit called the National Links Trust to renovate DC’s golf courses, according to a report by NOTUS. Known as the America 250 Golf Project, Trump assigned Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to take ch

Conservative CNBC "Squawk Box" host Joe Kernen appeared to give away the Republican gameplan with new proposals around the SAVE Act. Speaking to Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Friday, Kernen said that without the SAVE Act, "Democrats will never lose again." The conversation initially focused on the immigration debate and a bipartisan bill crafted before the 2024 election, which Republicans ultimately blocked at President Donald Trump's direction. Once Coons brought up that measure, Kernen quickly changed the subject to cite "conspiracy theories why you'd let in 10 million undocumented Democrats.""They're not Democrats," said Coons said seemingly confused and laughing uncomfortably. "I'm kidding," Kernen claimed before adding, "I'm s

The New York Times is being destroyed over a since-deleted excerpt in its report on President Donald Trump sharing racist imagery online. Trump shared an AI video spreading conspiracies about voter fraud that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys, a trope often used refer to Black Americans in a disparaging context. The Times report included the passage: "It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware that the clip had been included in th

Donald Trump seems to believe he will get to Heaven when he dies, but according to an analysis from The Bulwark, he has created a "dangerous" force by engaging in violence on behalf of Christianity.Amid the ongoing concerns about Trump's advanced age and physical health, observers have often cited the presid

Concern is mounting over reports that the FBI emailed election officials in all 50 states to invite them to a conference call with multiple federal agencies about the 2026 midterms — an outreach election officials reportedly view as unusual and concerning.“The exact purpose of the call remains unclear. But it’s raising concerns after President Donald Trump called for state elections to be nationalized,” Crooked Media reported on Thursday. “The email is raising anxiety at a moment

Long-time Donald Trump loyalist, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), is questioning the president after he posted a racist meme online about former President Barack Obama and his wife that depicts them as apes. "Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it," Scott posted on X. Overnight, Trump shared a video made with artificial intelligence material, including conspiracy theories about voter fraud as part of the Republican push to pass the SAVE Act, or the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. Democrats have argued that the SAVE Act adds unnecessary hurdles to voting to fix a non-existent prob

Thomas Kika is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of the University at Albany. He has written for places like Newsweek, CNET and the International Business Times, covering politics, business, technology and the intersection of all three. He is currently a News Writer at AlterNet.