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President Donald Trump is proving to be his own administration's worst enemy, according to a new piece from The Hill, with his social media religious scandals distracting from the White House's attempt to create a positive spin on the economy and the war with Iran.In a report published Thursday morning, The Hill broke down how Trump's continued sharing of AI-generated images of himself as or alongside Jesus has stoked a massive and sustained controversy, especially among his

President Donald Trump has spent the past 24 hours in the middle of multiple scandals, putting the embattled Republican at odds even with some of his own supporters.New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers wrote Thursday that this pattern seems to repeat whenever Trump is under pressure and trying to pull the news cycle in a more flattering direction.She noted that Trump’s routine is familiar. It usually begins with a m

Clashes within the far-right MAGA movement are receiving a lot of attention from major media outlets.While Infowars' Alex Jones, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and ex-U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) are expressing vehement opposition to Trump's war against Iran, MAGA conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer is vigorously defending the war and bashing those who oppose it. Meanwhile, in another MAGA clash, podcaster Candace Owens is claiming, without evidence, that Turning Point

While admitting that trying to predict rulings from the Supreme Court can be foolish, a veteran court reporter for the New York Times nevertheless predicted that President Donald Trump is cruising for an inevitable defeat in one particular case.Linda Greenhouse is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter known for covering the Supreme Court for the Times from 1978 to 2008. In a new piece published Thursday morning, she highlighted an ongoing case involving the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke Temporary Protected Status from Haitian and Syrian immigrants, Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe. The case represents several that have been combined into one, with arguments set for April 29.As

As Prime Minister of Hungary for 16 years, Viktor Orbán became a beacon for the right and one of President Donald Trump’s favorite authoritarian role models. A self-described populist, Orbán’s conquest of democracy’s three pillars—the media, institutions of higher education, and the justice system—became Trump’s template.Another Orbán characteristic attracted Trump: His regime consistently ranked No. 1 as the

During the 1990s and 2000s, Georgia was known for being staunchly Republican while its neighbor to the south, Florida, was a volatile swing state. Former President George W. Bush carried Florida twice, and so did his Democratic successor, Barack Obama.But in 2026, it's the exact opposite: Florida is a Republican stronghold, while Georgia is a swing state with a conservative two-term GOP governor (Brian Kemp) and two Democratic U.S. senators (the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff). President Donald Trump lost Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020

It has become a complete diplomatic circle now: Donald Trump's team is putting basically the same deal with Iran on the table that he tore up in disgust seven years ago – with him failing to endorse it.After all the bombing, threats of civilization destruction, blockades against Iranians shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the Trump administration has offered Iranians a 20-year ban on nuclear weapons development. Iran already publicly said that a five-year ban is okay by

Saturday’s back-to-back headlines in The Washington Post were: “‘They Have Chosen Not To Accept Our Terms,’ Vance Says” and “U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking A More Active Role In Iran War.” They

It’s a catastrophe on the way to becoming a cataclysm. Trump is rapidly going stark-raving mad. He’s a clear and present danger to the United States and the world. Yesterday he lashed out at The New York Times after its chief White House correspondent questioned his mental health and stability and pointed to his “erratic behavior and extreme comments.”“HAVE THEY NO SHAME? HAVE THEY NO SENSE OF DECENCY?” Trump posted in CAPITAL LETTERS about the Times, inadvertently echoing the famous words of Joseph Welch when standing up to Joseph

President Donald Trump may have posted a meme of himself as Jesus Christ at the urging of an adviser previously referred to by other Republicans as a “nut.”“Before President Trump posted an image of him as a Christ-like healer, he discussed the meme with his controversial housing finance chief Bill Pulte,” Axios journalist Marc Caputo wrote on Wednesday. Both Trump and Pulte declined to comment to Axios, although a third adviser friendly to Pulte denied the accusation to Axios.“Trump was in South Florida over the weekend and the two spent time together, according to two advise