GOP’s Ron Johnson brings his conspiratorial focus to the Jeffrey Epstein files
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has "chain of custody" concerns regarding the Epstein files. The closer one looks at this, the...
Steve Benen
With new comments on Epstein files, Mike Pence says what Trump didn’t want to hear
In an unprecedented dynamic, one of Donald Trump's key intraparty detractors is Mike Pence - the former vice president who...
White House struggles to defend Trump’s ‘Unabomber’ anecdote amid ridicule
A reporter asked Karoline Leavitt about a weird anecdote Donald Trump shared this week about his uncle, MIT, and Ted...
As Republicans claw back key funds, the White House pushes for even less bipartisanship
On federal spending, Donald Trump's team says it wants less bipartisanship, while expressing indifference to Congress’ existence. That's not sustainable.
Key Democrat sends letter to Fox News seeking info on edited Trump interview
A key Democrat is seeking new details from Fox News about an edited Fox News interview, suggesting the party is...
Republicans shrug off laundry list of scandals, advance Emil Bove’s judicial nomination
Emil Bove is arguably the single most controversial circuit court nominee in modern American history. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary...
Stephen Miller faces pushback after weird claims about immigrant crime in Minneapolis
As crime rates fall, why are Trump administration officials pretending that public safety is getting worse? Because of the twisted...
Trump says he was surprised that Jerome Powell, the Fed chair he appointed, was appointed
Donald Trump seemed to forget that he appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, which was part of an unsettling pattern...
Senate Republicans confirm retired general with ugly record for key Pentagon post
At Donald Trump's behest, Senate Republicans elevated a conspiracy theorist who called Barack Obama a “terrorist leader” to a senior...
Trump insists he wasn’t ‘fooled’ by Russia’s Putin, but the record suggests otherwise
Donald Trump wants the public to believe that Vladimir Putin “didn’t fool” him, but the Republican's recent record is in...
