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Many well-known conservatives, from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) to veteran Washington Post columnist George Will to former Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, are saying that if far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton becomes the GOP nominee in that state's 2026 U.S. Senate race, the seat could be in play for Democrats. And that's saying a lot, as Texas hasn't had a Democratic U.S. senator since 1993.President Donald Trump, so far, hasn't endorsed either Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the incumbent, or his ultra-MAGA challe

Donald Trump's ability to control political realities and combat his own rising unpopularity is faltering, according to his one-time biographer, as he has become increasingly unable to "get anything right" with his messaging and is further risking a "midterm election rout."Michael Wolff is. a veteran reporter and author, best known for his 2018 book, Fire & Fury, which used inside sources to document the chaos and dysfunction of Trump's White House during his first term. In the most recent episode of

The Epstein files continue to wreak havoc among America’s (and the United Kingdom’s) wealthy elites — this week resulting in even more resignations (and, in the U.K., arrests).The havoc seems to be getting closer to Trump. According to an analysis by The New York Times, the files fail to include key materials about a woman who in 2019 accused both Epstein and Trump of sexual assault when she was a minor. The FBI conducted four interviews in connection with her claims and wrot

Republicans have walked right into a trap after ordering former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton testify before them, according to an analysis from CNN.CNN reported Friday that thanks to Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, there is no precedent of bringing in a president or first lady to testify about trafficker Jeffrey Epstein."But their arrival before the committee also has the potential to backfire on the GOP," the report said. "First, their involvement is offering new fuel to the Epstein saga, which the White House has been trying unsuccessfully to quell for months."

Former CNBC and CNN White House correspondent John Harwood tells Zeteo that the great American MAGA realignment at Trump’s re-election appears to have been overblown.“Trump’s shambolic second presidency has shown more vividly than ever what a MAGAfied America represents. And Americans don’t like what they see,” said Harwood.Polling provides some evidence, said Harwood, particularly with Trump’s 36 percent job approval in a new CNN survey and 63 percent disapproval. Harwood said the pu

President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union was replete with Christian nationalist rhetoric that “weaponized” religion, according to a First Amendment journalist.“To some religious studies experts and advocates of the separation of church and state, the language used in Trump's Feb. 24 speech and his administration more broadly is different” than that employed by previous openly-religious presidents such as Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush, wrote USA Today First Amendment reporter BrieAnna J. Frank.

President Donald Trump is planning to nationalize the 2026 midterm elections by falsely claiming China stole the 2020 presidential election from him.“Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” reported The Washington Post on Thursday.The plan would allegedly mandate voter ID and ban mail-in ballots during the Novemb

When Donald Trump launched his 2016 presidential campaign, his America First views on foreign policy drew intense criticism from neocons — especially Bill Kristol, now with The Bulwark — but were praised by paleoconservatives, isolationists and Patrick Buchanan supporters. And that isolationist mindset continued well after 2016: After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, now-Vice President JD Vance remarked, "I really don't care what happens to Ukraine one way or another."But Trump has taken an unexpectedly imperialistic turn during his second presidency, from the capture of former Ve

A former Republican congressman says President Donald Trump’s worldwide warmongering is like the 1997 movie “Wag the Dog,” in which a president plausibly accused of pedophilia distracts the public with a fake war.“Look, this is a ‘Wag the Dog’ situation on steroids,” Walsh said in his Thursday Substack post. “He may go to war seven times this year. He’ll do whatever he can.” Describing Trump as a “traitorous fascist,” he speculated that Trump might attack North Korea, Cuba or Greenland.“He’s America’s enemy,” Walsh argued. “He’s attacking

Donald Trump's stubborn insistence against the Supreme Court's recent tariff ruling shows that he has "slipped his constitutional leash," and is driving the U.S. towards a new "civil war," according to a scathing new analysis from a conservative journalist.Ambrose Evan-Pritchard is the international business editor for the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. This week, he published a new op-ed examining Trump's moves to denigrate the Supreme Court and use other tariff authorities to "pick the pockets of the people by new means."Last week,