Trump flunks 3 key tests following deadly New Orleans attack
Within hours of the New Year’s attack in New Orleans, the president-elect simultaneously flunked tests of accuracy, decency ...
Trump’s reaction to the New Orleans attack went from bad to worse
The president-elect's initial response to the attack was cringeworthy — and then the Republican decided to double down on discredited misinformation.
For GOP’s Mike Johnson, victory offers good news (and bad news)
He’ll lead the GOP-led House in the new Congress. The bad news: He’ll lead the GOP-led House in the new Congress.
After New Orleans attack, many Republicans flub the blame game
Those looking for wisdom and constructive ideas in the wake of the deadly violence in New Orleans had reason to avoid ...
New report sheds light on Elon Musk’s literal proximity to Trump
The New York Times reported that the world’s wealthiest individual effectively became the president-elect's tenant after ...
Team Trump’s case for owning Greenland takes an unsettling turn
Trump's former White House national security advisor made veiled threats against a NATO ally, taking the Greenland issue in a ...
One of the ‘craziest’ Congresses ever comes to an ignominious end
The question wasn’t whether the 118th Congress would be awful, it was just how awful the Congress would prove to be. Now we ...
Trump makes a curious appeal to the CIA ahead of his inauguration
The president-elect wants the intelligence agency to "get involved" immediately, "before it is too late." Get involved, how? It's not at all clear.
In TikTok case, Trump’s lawyers cling to an unfortunate GOP myth
One of the most persistent myths in contemporary politics is that Trump is a world-class negotiator and dealmaker. The ...
Ahead of House speaker vote, GOP’s Mike Johnson remains on thin ice
When Donald Trump endorsed the incumbent speaker, he likely hoped that it would effectively end the discussion about Mike Johnson’s fate. It did not.
Even now, Trump isn’t done undermining confidence in elections
It’s a problem when Trump questions the integrity of the U.S. electoral system after a defeat. It’s a weirder problem when he does it after a victory.
Republicans aren’t done rewriting the history of the Jan. 6 attack
The Justice Department’s inspector general discredited the right's FBI conspiracy theory about Jan. 6. So why is a GOP congressman pretending otherwise?