On Portland, Trump’s claims are at odds with his own administration’s assessments
When it comes to conditions in Portland, Oregon, even Trump administration officials have made assessments at odds with Donald Trump's...
Steve Benen
Trump’s line on possibly suspending habeas corpus goes from bad to worse
Donald Trump said he’d leave the future of habeas corpus up to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who recently made clear...
Why the White House’s ‘antifa roundtable’ took an exceedingly weird turn
Donald Trump's "antifa roundtable" at the White House was rooted in the idea that it's an actual organization. It really...
As out-of-state troops arrive in Chicago, Trump wants mayor and governor ‘in jail’
As Donald Trump deploys out-of-state troops to Chicago, he also wants Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to...
‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part loud
A week after the White House boasted that Donald Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the Republican declared,...
Kash Patel fires yet another group of FBI agents without cause, shutters corruption group
The Republicans' “Arctic Frost” controversy has largely collapsed under scrutiny. It led FBI Director Kash Patel to fire at least...
Team Trump’s clashes with the faith community go from bad to worse
The political world is overdue for a conversation about the severity and frequency of the conflicts between the Trump administration...
Even now, Republicans are still struggling to remember who was president in 2020
One professor joked, “’Who was president in 2020?’ is the question of our time.” The number of Republicans who can't...
White House announces radical new plan to allocate tariff revenue without Congress
The Constitution gives Congress what’s known as the “power of the purse.” When Donald Trump effectively responds, “I now have...
Republicans pick a losing fight over which is the party ‘concerned about health care’
GOP leaders apparently want a public debate over which party is focused on health care. Given the party's record, that's...
