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During the second administration of President Donald Trump, he’s made it abundantly clear that elaborate “vanity projects” are among his key priorities. From a 250-foot arch that will loom over Arlington National Cemetery, to applying his face to passports and coins, to his hotly debated ballroom, “he’s really interested in the bragging rights of the moment,” says Michael Scherer of the Atlantic. Speaking with Slate, Scherer explored the matter of Trump’s flurry of construction and naming projects, and why they suggest that his true desire is to be remembered as an American Caesar. As Schere

Once a reliable red state, the state of Georgia is falling under the fear of rising inflation and fuel costs as President Donald Trump’s policies continue to punch family budgets. This could spell big trouble that Republicans need to win to maintain slim majorities in the House and Senate.“Though Republican and Democratic voters in Georgia have vastly different opinions on most topics, they do agr

President Donald Trump is worsening America’s ballooning debt with his proposed $1 billion ballroom, according to a recent account by a debt hawk.“Senate Republicans have unveiled their plan to fund immigration enforcement and President Donald Trump's ballroom, and the proposal might take fiscal irresponsibility to a new record high,” wrote Reason reporter Eric Boehm on Wednesday. “The two bills included in the package call for spending nearly $72 billion. Remarkably, every single dollar would be borrowed.”Citing t

More of President Donald Trump’s own voters are turning on him over two of the most controversial issues besetting his administration: His war against Iran and the rising oil prices that come of it.“I'm hating these gas prices,” one Trump voter said in a recent Bulwark survey. “The car I'm driving currently is a giant SUV, so it's already terrible. It's 15 mpg, so yeah, sucks right now.”Bulwark Editor Sarah Longwell said voters view gas prices as a stand-in for how the economy is doing.“They drive past gas stations every day, they fill up their cars every week, they know what that number used to be

The New York Times reports a clash between a federal judge in Rhode Island and a Trump administration lawyer continued to escalate on Thursday after judges in the district appointed a special counsel to investigate potential misconduct.In April, Judge Melissa R. DuBose released Bryan Rafael Gomez on bond, despite the fact that Gomez was wanted for murder in the Dominican RepublicTwo days later, President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security did not hesitate to publicly blast DuBose in a posted a news release as an “Activist Biden Judge” who is soft on crime.

President Donald Trump’s FBI director, Kash Patel, is reportedly in “panic mood” as he scrambles to save his job amidst reports of excessive drinking.“FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail, as well as other staff, and has been described as being in panic mode to save his job and find leakers among his team, according to two people briefed on the development,” MS NOW’s Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian reported on Thursday. They added that Patel reportedly “wall

New York Times columnist and former attorney David French says President Donald Trump marched into the White House the second time around determined to push around all who oppose him and impose a powerful executive on other government branches. But, these days, Trump’s embarrassing blunders are snatching the steam from his engine.“It's the perfect storm right now that the Democrats may be able to take advantage of in November,” said French, speaking on Democrats’ plan to investigate multiple claims of corruption from the White House and the Trump family. “So it's just a fact that voters are more tolerant of corruption

President Donald Trump’s hold on independent and non-affiliated voters keeps shrinking, but CNN analyst Harry Enten says Trump is as popular and powerful as ever among Republican voters.Enten looked at this week’s results in the Indiana primaries, where a maj

Bulwark podcaster Tim Miller joined Tangled News creator Isaac Saul in hashing through the unfathomable mound of nonsense that comprises the Trump administration’s account of his Iran war.“We have this total fog of bulls—— that's happening out there right now about the war. And it makes your job really almost impossible to try to tell it from truth,” said Miller. “Axios has predicted 13 of the last zero agreements and they have a report coming out every morning at eight o'clock saying ‘we got a source telling us that that a deal’s right around the corner,’ and then, you know, somebody from Iran … pos

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department recently targeted a powerful Virginia Democrat — but one expert worries that the Democratic Party will not be the primary casualty of this prosecution.“[MS NOW’s Carol] Leonnig also reports that Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance lawyer who Trump illegally attempted to install as the top federal prosecutor in eastern Virginia, pressured prosecutors to bring charges against Lucas prior to the midterm elections, believing that ‘it would be good for the White House to be able, before the midterms, to accuse a prominent state Democrat in Virginia with bribery,’”