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Bulwark Publisher Sarah Longwell and “False Flag” editor Will Sommer have been analyzing the critical youth MAGA vote that helped put President Donald Trump over the finish line a little more than a year ago, and they report their enthusiasm is waning for Trump’s preferred replacement.Polls suggest Trump is deep in cold water and that his lame-duck chapter may already be underway, even before the 2026 mid-terms — primarily because of the expectation that his Republican Party will be trounced and his GOP Congressional majority e

The Guardian reports President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice has slashed funding and training resources for law enforcement working on investigations and prosecutions of sex crimes against children. Worse, prosecutors and official are terrified of discussing the cuts, which limit their ability to carry out this work, for fear of losing their jobs.“You don’t want to speak too loudly, because you just fear retaliation, and that’s a heavy hand to be dealt when you’re just trying to do your job,” one prosecutor told the Guardian.Major cuts i

Over the past year, images of masked, heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting men, women and children – outside of courts, at schools and homes – have become common across the United States.The video of an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good – a U.S. citizen – in Minnesota on Jan. 7, 2026, is one example of the brazen, sometimes deadly tactics that the agency employs.Pa

When Denmark European Parliament member Anders Vistisen stood before a microphone this week and bluntly told President Donald Trump to “F—— off,” he appeared to be echoing the general sentiment facing Trump back at home, according to the Washington Post.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell — w

Republican opponents of U.S. Rep. John James have spent much of the 2026 election cycle questioning his competitiveness in the GOP side of the gubernatorial race, but a new ad hits on a potential vulnerability for James: his loyalty to President Donald Trump.The ad was produced by Michigan First Principles, a group reportedly run by a Republican consultant with a penchant for siding with Republicans who have criticized Trump in the past. It hits James square in the eyes over his decision to run for governor despite Trump expressing some public displeasure over his bid.But others noted the group’s connections to Republican power player John Yob and attorney W. Alan Wil

Last year, President Donald Trump urged Republicans in Texas to draw a new congressional district map five years ahead of schedule. The new GOP-friendly district boundaries were expected to give Republicans a five-seat advantage in this year's midterm elections. But less than a year later, Republicans are actually lagging behind Democrats in the redistricting battle.That's according to CNN data analyst Harry Enten, who laid out how Democrats have so far out-maneuvered Republicans in congressional redistricting.

Two gay men who came to the United States seeking asylum are set to be deported out of the Mesa Gateway Airport to their home country of Iran, and what their attorney fears will be their deaths.They are scheduled to be deported alongside about 40 other Iranians, to a country experiencing widespread unrest after thousands were killed in anti-government protests.Homosexuality is a crime in Iran and the country has executed men for it as recently as 2022.

The New York Times reports while President Donald Trump focuses unblinkingly on international affairs his Republican Party here at home are catching the worst of voter resentment.“… We have wages climbing faster than inflation,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) complained to the Times. “That should be in every speech. We have 4.3 percent G.D.P. growth. That should be in every speech. That’s a great number.”But instead the Times reports Trump’s attention and nearly all of his public message has been trained on international affairs and divisive moves at home.“He has initia

An ethics watchdog group filed a complaint Thursday seeking an investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney — now the No. 2 at the Justice Department — broke federal conflict-of-interest law when he issued a new prosecution policy that benefits the cryptocurrency industry.The complaint comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed last month that Todd Blanche owned at least $159,000

We speak to Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about the United States under Donald Trump and its attempts to reshape the post-World War II international consensus. “Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law and creating the circumstances for him to create his private company and say, 'Right, I'm taking over the world,’” laments Varoufakis as he draws a connection between Trump’s pay-to-play diplomacy and the mercantalist policies of European colonial powers. Varoufakis comments on plans for the reoccupation of Gaza by the U.S.-led “Board of Peace,” which signed its founding charter this week; Trump’s designs on the Danish t