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President Donald Trump's administration is now being accused of committing a war crime after new details emerged about an operation in the Caribbean Sea.The New York Times reported Monday that the Department of Defense (DOD) is now being accused of disguising a military aircraft as a civilian plane while carrying out one of its controversial attacks on alleged drug boats. The strike killed 11 people last September, and reportedly hid munitions in its fuselage rather than visibly under its wings. This was also the same a

One former employee of President Donald Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey — who voted for him in 2024 — is accusing the president's managerial staff of inappropriate and predatory behavior toward female workers.The Daily Beast reported Monday that Maria Hadley – who was on the events team and banquet staff at the Trump National Golf Club — is accusing both President Trump and his son, Eric, of fostering a culture of sexual harassment at the Bedminster club. According to Hadley, male staffers allegedly made constant inappropriate comments about female coworkers and guests, and retaliated against

One of President Donald Trump's Cabinet officials is now in hot water over an investigation into alleged alcohol abuse on the job and relations with a subordinate. And on Monday, some of her staffers were put on leave.That's according to an article in Bloomberg, which reported that two senior staffers in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) have been suspended in the wake of a DOL inspector general investigation into Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Deremer. One of Bloomberg's sources anonymously confided to the outlet that Chavez-Deremer's chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy chief of staff Rebecca Wright hav

The White House says President Donald Trump has been “laser-focused on making America affordable” since taking office. Just one month ago, President Trump called affordability a “hoax” perpetrated by Democrats.President Trump has recently attempted to preserve his sweeping tariffs amid Supreme Court review, has engaged in foreign policy messaging involving Venezuela,

The National Security Agency (NSA) has ended "months of ongoing leadership vacuums" with the appointment of a new deputy director after Laura Loomer, a far-right activist seen by many as a "Trump whisperer," managed to get a previous nominee thrown out.Government Executive reported that Tom Kosiba, who has prior experience with both the NSA and the FBI, had been named deputy director at the NSA, filling the agency's second-highest-ranked leadership position. As the outlet noted, he "will likely have to contend with declining morale inside the spy agency, as well

President Donald Trump is rapidly losing faith in one of his most senior-level Cabinet members, and his complaints about her have lately become more frequent.That's according to a Monday article in the Wall Street Journal, which reported that Trump views Attorney General Pam Bondi as "weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda." The Journal cited unnamed administration officials and others close to the president in reporting that Trump is angling for Bondi to be more aggressive in using the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue his political enem

In the fall of 2025, President Donald Trump's administration revoked billions of dollars in in renewable energy projects — all in states that 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris won. Now, one federal judge is ruling that those cuts violated the U.S. Constitution.NOTUS reported Monday that U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta (who was appointed by former President Barack Obama) ruled that the Trump administration will now have to revive seven of the cuts made by Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in 2025

United States President Donald Trump and his MAGA base are often portrayed as a break from past political norms. While that is certainly true, it overlooks the long and predictable path that led to his rise.The slogan “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) became the movement’s rallying cry, tapping into a nostalgic vision of a past era of economic prosperity and social dominance and appealing to voters who feel left behind by demographic and economic change.Trump is the predictable result of the deteriorating economic conditions in the U.S. since the 1980s and the political machinations that brought those economic conditions about. In our recent book

President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration are now openly communicating that the only law they respect is that "might is right." One conservative is warning that Americans should take their words very seriously.In a Monday article for anti-Trump conservative website The Bulwark, editor Jonathan V. Last pointed to a recent post by far-right social media influencer Matt Walsh justifying the recent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Walsh

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had no idea that the Justice Department, under President Donald Trump, had begun legal action against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Axios reported Monday that Bessent spoke to Trump about the impact of the investigation on financial markets and expressed his concern about internal efforts to pressure Powell into leaving