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Though it may be a difficult and time-consuming process, a Democratic lawmaker warned his colleagues and other enemies of President Donald Trump against the "terrible idea" of abandoning threats to impeach him for his conduct, stressing that the opposition must retain every constitutional tool that it has.Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin sat for an interview in Slate with lawyer and vocal Trump critic Dahlia Lithwick, where they discussed the various methods available to opponents of the president for reining in his rogue administration. The two biggest options pushed for so far have

Almost 15 months into his second presidency and less than seven months away from the United States' 2026 midterms, Donald Trump continues to face low approval ratings in poll after poll. And the Iran war, launched in late February, is not helping his popularity.In a biting opinion column published on April 15, the New York Times' Jamelle Bouie lays out a variety of ways in which Trump "is in far over his head" — and the Iran war is at the top of

Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the bipartisan leadership of Congress on Monday, April 13, 2026 in regard to recent rhetoric and actions taken by US President Donald J. Trump.Senator John ThuneSenate Majority Leader, US SenateSenator Charles E. SchumerSenate Minority Leader, US SenateRepresentative Mike JohnsonSpeaker of the House, USHouse of RepresentativesRepresentative Hakeem JeffriesHouse Minority Leader, US House of RepresentativesDear Senate Majority Leader Thune, Senate Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and House Minority Leader Jeffries:

The humiliating demise of Viktor Orban's authoritarian regime is bracing news for endangered democracies, including our own, but America isn't Hungary. Of the parallels that can be drawn between their despot and ours, the most salient may have been commented on the least -- the overwhelming and unprecedented Mafia-style corruption that enriched the ruling family and entrenched their power.It was the corruption that motivated Peter Magyar, a lifelong loyal appartchik until two years ago, to break with Orban's Fidesz party and inaugurate the campaign to overthrow the regime. It was the corruption that forced the European Union to act against Budapest by withholding billions in funding and isolating its government. And i

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Dozens of America’s most profitable corporations avoided paying any federal income taxes in 2025, according to an analysis out on Tuesday from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.The 88 companies—which include Tesla, Southwest Airlines, Live Nation, Palantir, Citigroup, and many others listed in the S&P 500—brought in a collective $105 billion in pret

Trump’s chief bigot, Stephen Miller, said on Fox News that immigrants to the United States bring problems that extend through generations.“Not only is the first generation unsuccessful,” Miller claimed. “You see persistent issues in every subsequent generation. So you see consistent high rates of welfare use, consistent high rates of criminal activity, consistent failures to assimilate.”Bullshit. The children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of most immigrants are models of upward mobility in America.In a recent paper, res

President Donald Trump and his administration are making people “uncomfortable” with their overt calls to religiosity, according to a recent report — and federal workers are sick of it.“On Easter Sunday, US Department of Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins sent out an email titled ‘He has risen!’ to the entire agency,” Wired reported on Tuesday. “In the email, Rollins calls the story of Jesus Christ the ‘greatest story ever told, the foundation of our faith, and the abiding hope of all mankind.’”An employee for the Agriculture Department descri

Conservative Indianapolis Star opinion editor James Briggs says President Donald Trump should have better things to do than destroy good Republican politicians out of spite — especially with his party going bats in the months leading up to the November midterms.Currently, Briggs said the White House is using “every tool at their disposal to pressure an unknown 34-year-old network engineer to drop out of a race for state Senate” to better help Trump primary a Republican who opposed his blatant bid to gerrymander Indiana races for the midterms.“Alexandra Wilson is running against state Sen. Greg Go

President Donald Trump promised when he ran for reelection in 2024 that he would revitalize American jobs, particularly in traditionally masculine industries like manufacturing. Yet according to a recent report by a business journalist, that's not what's happening."The White House promised a manufacturing renaissance,” wrote Fortune business editor Nick Lichtenberg on Tuesday. “Instead, the factory floor keeps shrinking."The journalist further elaborated that "the blue-collar job market has been slowing for more than a year, with jobs in manufacturing and constructio