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Despite Carrie Prejean Boller getting booted from President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, Religion News reporter Mark Silk says, in a piece entitled "The US right’s antisemitism reckoning," all bets are actually on the Republican Party’s antisemitic faction.“A sign of this is the current tempest over the Israeli American conservative political theorist Yoram Hazony,” said Silk, referring to Hazony’s book, “The Virtue of Nationalism,” as well as his commen

Despite however hard Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi may declare the Jeffrey Epstein case finished, it’s likely not, reports Left Hook author Wajahat Ali. Nestled within the Epstein Files, is evidence that the FBI interviewed a woman who credibly accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager.“This woman also accused Jeffrey Epstein, and she successfully settled a lawsuit in 2021 with the Epstein estate,” Ali reports.“Investigative reporter Roger Sollenberger discovered

This is a developing story and may be updated.Ongoing legal fights over President Donald Trump’s attempt to send hundreds of Oregon, California and Texas National Guard troops to Portland last fall over the objections of residents and state and local leaders will come to an end.Mary Helen Murguia, chief judge of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, agreed Tuesday to let the federal government drop its appeal of a November decision from a lower court judge that barred the attempted Guard deployment.Judge Karin Immergut, of the U.S. District Court in Portland and a Trump appointee,

Arkansas’ primary and non-partisan judicial elections are officially underway.Tuesday was the start of early voting, and an increasing number of Arkansans are casting their ballots well ahead of Election Day.Here’s what Arkansans said about the issues and candidates on the ballot as they early voted:Veteran critical of Trump, HillAlex Reyes, an Army veteran who served as a medic in the 1970s, expressed broad discontent with President Donald Trump and Arkansas’ Republican delegation to Congress. But the Pulaski County voter said the party he voted for was less important to his vote than the party he voted against.U.S. Rep. French Hill, the Republican who represents central Arkansas’ 2nd District, “

PsyPost reports that a new study published in the journal Advances in Psychology suggests that White people who personally perceive themselves as ranking at the bottom of the racial economic hierarchy or “tied” with Black Americans were the most likely to support President Donald Trump.Previous research identified a phenomenon known as “last place aversion,” where people fear being at the very bottom of a social hierarchy �

The Daily Beast reports Georgia officials are “shredding” the FBI’s justification for seizing Fulton County’s 2020 voter rolls, writing in a new filing that their evidence fell “woefully short” of showing probable cause.“In a petition demanding the return of 2020 election ballots, officials accused the FBI of having ‘serious’ omissions in its … petition for a search warrant to raid the county’s election office near Atlanta,” the Beast reports. �

The Moon crossed the Sun’s path on February 17, causing what is known as an annular solar eclipse. The Sun was not covered completely, but the Moon blocked enough of its light to leave a fiery ring. Unless you’re deep in the southern hemisphere, you won’t have noticed.However, astrologically speaking, eclipses have effects regardless of who is watching. In astrology, an ancient tradition that lacks scientific grounding, eclipses are regarded as being powerful and politically significant celestial events. They are traditionally associated with the destiny of rulers – and some astrologers think Donald Trump is n

Republican political consultant Rick Wilson blasted MAGA on Tuesday for cheering a decision giving the federal government more control over entertainment — and potentially over social media platforms.Late night entertainer Stephen Colbert told his audience that he had to drop an interview with Democratic Texas U.S. Senatorial candidate James Talarico from his Monday broadcast because of a letter by Trump FCC appointee Brendan Carr’s seeking to rein in opinions on late-night shows. Carr, alleging that Colbert’s show falls under the FCC “

On his way back home to Washington, President Donald Trump spoke to the press about how he would profit if the Palm Beach airport changed its name to honor him. Attacked by Florida leaders as the "grifter in chief," Trump's trademark would allow him to profit from any and all airport merchandise bearing the airport's name. So, Florida lawmakers proposed a slight amendment to the legislation, changing the name, that would bar anyone from profiting from name royalties, licens

MS NOW Producer Steve Benen says President Donald Trump can’t get his story straight on his attempt to extort New Jersey and New York by withholding congressional appropriated infrastructure funds.“When the Gateway tunnel construction project was initially approved, both parties recognized the endeavor as one of the nation’s most important infrastructure investments,” said Benen. “[But] last fall, Donald Trump cut off funds for the project anyway, ostensibly because the administration wanted to know whether contracts were awarded