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Republicans have spent the past week since the California election complaining that it takes too long to count the millions of votes in the state where 80 percent of ballots are mail-in. Yet, when it came to one of their own members, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was quick to swear in a Republican who won a special election in the state where he claimed fraud was rampant. Rep. James Gallagher (R-Ca.) was sworn in on Wednesday, taking over the district of the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Ca), who passed away on Jan. 6, 2026. Gallagher was leading in the Tuesday election results last week at 62 percent, and the Associated Press declared him the winner,

President Donald Trump and his billionaire backers are engaged in “magical thinking,” warned a conservative commentator on Wednesday — and their mindsets are putting America in danger.Describing America’s economy, Jonathan V. Last in The Bulwark wrote that “the funniest part of this whole thing—the real sorcery—is that the world’s financial markets agree that we’re in a great place and the current status quo is amazing.” Since the start of the Iran war on Feb. 28th, Last noted that “America spent in the neighborhood of $30 billion on the war; the world experienced the worst oi

On Wednesday, it was announced that inflation has accelerated for the third straight month, exploding to 4.2 percent annually, nearly double the annual increase before President Donald Trump launched war with Iran. The fastest increase pace since 2023, rising energy prices were the main reason for the growth. That’s already bad news, but according to several leading economists, the situation is going to get worse as “the inflation genie is out of the bottle.”“So far, over the first five months of 2026, the CPI is up 2.52 percent,” posted Europac

While the term "Manosphere" is used to describe an array of anti-feminist ideologies —from MGTOWs (Men Going Their Own Way) to PUAs (Pickup Artists) to incels (involuntary celibates) — another term, "Womanosphere," is being applied to the Manosphere's female allies. Turning Point USA, the MAGA group led by founder Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk, is a bastion of "Womanosphere" activists and influencers. Describing Turning Point's recent 2026 Women's Leadership Summit, The Atlantic's Elaine Godfrey emphasizes that a

Allies of Ken Paxton are pushing AI-generated photos of his Democratic opponent James Talarico dressed in women's clothing."If you were making a list of 1,000 adjectives to describe this guy, 'masculine' would not be one of them. I mean, if a stiff breeze came by, it would blow him over like a feather," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News on Monday.White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller claimed that Talarico was "transitioning into a female." Talarico is not transgender or gay or a vegan.The New Republic's Brynn Tannehill noted that Paxton has been a scandal-plagued attorney general who narrowly avoided indictments for se

President Donald Trump is continually sabotaging the GOP and his own presidency, according to this one-time biographer, due to how much his endless ego makes him blind to the fact that voters hate the decisions he is making.Michael Wolff is a veteran author and reporter, best known for his extensive coverage of Trump's life and political career, based on access to the man himself and sources within his inner circle. In the latest episode of his Daily Beast podcast, "Inside Trump's Head," he argued that Trump's relentless campaign to "impose" hi

President Donald Trump was reportedly sent to military school when he was just 13 because his parents felt like he had a "wise guy" attitude, was a bully to other students and had impulse control issues. “He talks about it as almost this, you know, rite of passage,” Trump biographer Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation told PBS Frontline in 2020. “He said to me that when he arrived at the military academy, for the first time in his life, someone slapped him in the face when he got out of line.”One of Trump's classmates

In the United States, presidents can be removed from office by either impeachment or the U.S. Constitution's 25th Amendment. Donald Trump is the only president in U.S. history who was impeached twice, but he was acquitted in both of his U.S. Senate trials. And the 25th Amendment hasn't been used to remove Trump from office, although law professor Kimberly Wehle believes that it should be.Wehle, who teaches law at the University of Baltimore and was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the past, lays out a case for removing Trump from office via the 25th Ame

President Donald Trump got torched online after his latest gaffe during an Oval Office event, with numerous observers arguing that he had inadvertently created the perfect midterms attack ad for the Democrats.On Wednesday, Trump was taking part in various events in the Oval Office of the White House, including one honoring the team behind his Reflecting Pool remodeling and another to mark the signing of the $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill. At one point during the day, he took questions from reporters and was pressed about what he thought

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune was noticeably absent from Wednesday’s Oval Office bill signing ceremony — but top House and Senate leaders — including Speaker Mike Johnson — were present, cheering on the president. Thune did take time to talk with reporters, where he tied Wednesday’s surging inflation numbers to Trump’s Iran war.The Washington Examiner’s David Sivak asked Thune directly why he wasn’t present at the president’s signing of the $70 billion reconciliation bill to fund ICE and the Border Patrol, or to talk about FISA legislation with Trump. Thune noted that