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Back in 2019, Donald Trump pointed at Hunter Biden’s brief “cup of coffee” with a Chinese banker during a 2013 ride on Air Force Two and turned it into the single biggest line of attack he ran against Joe Biden for the next five years.The grift! The corruption! The selling-out of America! Oh, the humanity!!!Trump told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo that Hunter “walked out of China with $1.5 billion” because his father was vice president, even though no evidence ever surfaced that the elder Biden touch

President Donald Trump's ability to influence the outcome of a Republican primary was evident when, on Saturday, incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) came in third place behind the Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow (who came in first place) and State Treasurer John Fleming. Cassidy's reelection campaign is now over. This Tuesday, May 19, Trump's influence on the GOP will also be put to a test in a congressional primary in Kentucky, where the president is hoping to unseat libertarian/conservative Rep. Thomas Massie — a frequent Trump critic on the right. In a "Fast Politics" video with liberal journalist

President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company.On May 14, the federal government released ethics disclosures revealing a list of stock and bond trades made on Trump’s behalf from January to March of this year. They included extensive trades across the economy, includin

On Saturday, Trump took revenge on Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy for Cassidy’s vote five years ago to convict Trump, in his second impeachment, for instigating an attack on the U.S. Capitol.Cassidy thereby became the first GOP senator defeated by a Trump-endorsed candidate in a Republican primary. (Other Republican senators who have stood up to Trump — such as North Carolina’s Thom Tillis and Utah’s Mitt

President Donald Trump’s and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to silence Sen. Mark Kelly (R-Ariz.) are a threat to free speech in America, according to a retired lieutenant colonel.“The defense secretary first targeted Kelly because he was one of the Senate Democrats who recorded a video reminding service members that they can disobey unlawful orders, and Hegseth declared that he was reducing Kelly’s rank and military pension,” wrote Lt. Col. Rachel E. VanLandingham (ret.) for MS NOW on Sunday. “However, Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of C

In yet another sign that President Donald Trump is losing support from many in his own base, a three-time Trump voter called C-SPAN on Saturday to say that he regretted voting for a man he described as America’s “worst” president.“It’s hard for me to say this,” the caller, who only identified himself as Thomas from Hawaii, explained. “I wanted to believe Trump was the real deal for a long time.”Thomas added that, although he had doubts because of Trump’s controversial business history, he set aside those reservations and voted for him anyway.�

In theory, American public officials are supposed to uphold the law, but the editor-in-chief of a legal news website argued on Sunday that President Donald Trump has made breaking the law pay — that is, at least, if you support him.“[Trump] was suing them for $10 billion for an agent that leaked his tax returns a few years back,” The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell told Lawfare’s Ben Wittes on Sunday. “And this was an incredible thing, because it meant that taxpayers would be on the hook for $10 billion, and the DOJ would be deciding on it. It would basically be like Trump is on both sides of the equation — right? He

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the conservative majority’s opinions in two of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in recent years: 1) Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization—overruling Roe v. Wade; and 2) Louisiana v. Callais—neutering the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In both cases, Alito recited and relied on asserted “facts” that did not exist.Alito Rewrote History to Ban AbortionOhio State University Prof. Treva Lindsey

President Donald Trump and his administration are urging Americans to turn to Christianity to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, and part of that involves submitting public prayers to his so-called Freedom 250 prayer wall. Yet according to a recent report, the prayers reveal that American Christian nationalists do not feel there is much to celebrate… but they remain steadfastly loyal to Trump’s agenda.“Many of the prayers are deeply personal,” wrote Religion News’ Karen E. Park. “For example: ‘I am believing God for a new vehicle, furniture and beds for our place. Thank you.�

President Donald Trump’s presidency is so weird, it is causing ripple effects that is making America as a whole much more weird.Beginning with an anecdote about right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson claiming to have been physically attacked in his bed by a demon and FEMA Office of Response and Recovery head Gregg Phillips, The New York Times went on to describe how Trump has created a culture that brings out the downright weirdness in American life.“The backdrop of all this is the peculiar atmosphere of contemporary public life — claustrophobic, faintly hallucinatory, where what we know as real feels like sand shifting under our feet,”