'Had to call in the professionals': Outcry as Bush advisor visits the White House Reporters noted former George W. Bush Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice entering the White House on Friday, giving conservatives a chance on social media to wail at the alleged embrace of Bush-era neoconservatives.NewsWire reported CNN as a source for the appearance of the former secretary, who cu...

'Had to call in the professionals': Outcry as Bush advisor visits the White House

Trump left America vulnerable to retribution — and that's no accident History doesn’t repeat, as Mark Twain allegedly said, but it sure does seem to rhyme. And right now, the rhyme between the first year of the George W. Bush presidency and the first year of Donald Trump’s second term is staring us in the face and it’s getting scary.After “Poppy” George H.W. Bush fini...

Trump left America vulnerable to retribution — and that's no accident

Trump desperately 'trying to cope' as jobs evaporate Economist Catherine Rampell said the nation’s terrible jobs report would likely be much better right now if Trump had entered the White House more than a year ago and just went to bed and stayed there.Experts were stunned after the latest report found the Trump economy losing 92,000 jobs in February...

Trump desperately 'trying to cope' as jobs evaporate

Noem tapped 28-year-old to carry out 'possibly criminal' contracts scandal Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is embroiled in a scandal involving public contracts for the millions she spent on ads for recruitment videos for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It has now been revealed that the staffer whom Noem tapped to her former political director, Madi...

Noem tapped 28-year-old to carry out 'possibly criminal' contracts scandal

Republicans cry 'mind control' as Virginia bars schools from teaching Jan. 6 was 'peaceful' Republicans are attempting to rewrite the narrative of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but Virginia is not letting that narrative permeate public classrooms.The Washington Post reported Friday that the Virginia state governor will likely sign a measure that was passed by the state House of De...

Republicans cry 'mind control' as Virginia bars schools from teaching Jan. 6 was 'peaceful'

Trump targets hundreds of National Park signs for 'ideological indoctrination' Hundreds of signs, merchandise and presentations by the National Park Service have been flagged by President Donald Trump’s administration for possible removal as part of its war against “ideological indoctrination.”According to a NOTUS review of the material, an evaluation reveals that "in many ins...

Trump targets hundreds of National Park signs for 'ideological indoctrination'

DOJ’s counterterrorism chief hasn’t been on the job for six months A report in the Washington Post reported Friday described the government purge at the FBI and Justice Department, noting the loss of decades of experience and has left some key positions either unfilled or otherwise occupied. And according to the Post, President Donald Trump's administration might b...

DOJ’s counterterrorism chief hasn’t been on the job for six months

'Aghast' federal judges dismayed as DHS counterparts issue 'fundamentally flawed' rulings "Aghast" federal judges are increasingly angry at President Donald Trump's Departments of Justice and Homeland Security for immigration judges making decisions they believe do not comport with the evidence, much less the law.Legal reporter Kyle Cheney wrote for Politico on Friday that Trump's "unpre...

'Aghast' federal judges dismayed as DHS counterparts issue 'fundamentally flawed' rulings

Veteran economics reporter warns of Trump’s 'Warflation' Veteran economics reporter Catherine Rampell warns of “Warflation” in the weeks ahead.In a post to The Bulwark, Rampell predicted higher prices are on the horizon for “anything that needs to be transported anywhere.”“The top crude oil expert at S&P; Global Energy warned that the military conflict ha...

Veteran economics reporter warns of Trump’s 'Warflation'

WaPo op-ed bizzarely mourns lack of evangelicals in 'halls of power' Washington Post readers are pushing back against the paper and an op-ed that laments what its author sees as a shortage of evangelical Christians in the “halls of power.”“Evangelicals are 23 percent of U.S. adults and one of the most loyal Republican voting blocs, with 81 percent backing Donald Trum...

WaPo op-ed bizzarely mourns lack of evangelicals in 'halls of power'

Donald Trump posts Truth Social blitz about Bill Maher Friday nights are typically time for HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” But President Donald Trump decided to get an early jump on things before the show airs, reposting four times on Truth Social with various stories quoting him in unflattering terms about the comedian and host.Trump may have been ...

Donald Trump posts Truth Social blitz about Bill Maher

Republicans furious after Trump 'gives into Democrats' on divisive culture war issue Like many other MAGA Republicans, President Donald Trump has often attacked Democrats for supporting transgender rights — claiming that their position is "transgender for everybody." But in some Thursday, March 5 posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump appeared to be "softening" his tone somewhat....

Republicans furious after Trump 'gives into Democrats' on divisive culture war issue

Trump envoy 'forever linked to cataclysmic failure of diplomacy': ex-UK special advisor In addition to his work as a journalist, British reporter Ben Judah is known for his work in the U.K. government — where he served as a special adviser to David Lammy in the Foreign Office. And in an article published by the i Paper in the UK on March 6, Judah recalls his initial reaction after lear...

Trump envoy 'forever linked to cataclysmic failure of diplomacy': ex-UK special advisor

Republicans from rural America warn key voter bases could sit out this election year When Democratic strategists are asked about the challenges they face, one of the things that often comes up is the GOP's dominance of Rural America. Democrats in Texas, for example, perform well in major urban centers like Houston, Austin and El Paso, but the state's many rural counties give Republi...

Republicans from rural America warn key voter bases could sit out this election year

CNN host shocked by Trump’s 'extraordinary shift' on 2 key policy platforms President Donald Trump spoke to CNN's Dana Bash on Friday, revealing some details that left the morning hosts shocked. Host John Berman was so surprised by some of the comments by Trump, which Berman called it an "extraordinary shift." "Particularly notable," Berman began, is "the idea that [Trump] ...

CNN host shocked by Trump’s 'extraordinary shift' on 2 key policy platforms

'Flashing red': Jobs report sparks expert warnings of recession — or even stagflation Economic experts are stunned by the latest jobs report that found the Trump economy lost 92,000 jobs in February despite expectations of an increase of 50,000. Unemployment rose to 4.4 percent. Some are sounding the alarm that a recession — or even stagflation — could be on the way.The Washington Po...

'Flashing red': Jobs report sparks expert warnings of recession — or even stagflation

Republican leaders 'bracing for a messy internal fight' over ballooning Trump spending ask The prospect of a growing new spending measure related to the Iran conflict has GOP leaders getting ready for their own battle.Fiscal hawks are said to be deeply unsettled by the cost estimates being floated on the spending request, Politico reports. They will likely be demanding offsetting spending...

Republican leaders 'bracing for a messy internal fight' over ballooning Trump spending ask

Ex-Bush attorney general rages as Trump 'dismantles' the DOJ 'stone by stone' Former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales penned a guest post for the Substack "Checks and Balances," lamenting the destruction of the Justice Department under President Donald Trump's administration.The Republican from President George W. Bush's administration wrote that he'd always upheld the DO...

Ex-Bush attorney general rages as Trump 'dismantles' the DOJ 'stone by stone'

'Fundamental legal problem': Military law experts say US tactics blow up Trump team’s claims Experts in military law are flagging that there is a huge legal problem that President Donald Trump faces as he heads into another Middle East war. Reporting Friday, ABC News noted that the White House is running into a problem after it blew up an unarmed Iranian ship that was in international water...

'Fundamental legal problem': Military law experts say US tactics blow up Trump team’s claims

How Trump made presidential pardons a 'lucrative industry' Many prominent U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alumni — including former federal prosecutors and MS NOW legal analysts Joyce White Vance and Barbara McQuade — are scathing critics of President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's criminal justice policies. Trump and Bondi, they argue,...

How Trump made presidential pardons a 'lucrative industry'

'Canaries in the coal mine': Trump 'catching up with his own base' as MAGA media revolts U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to go to war with Iran is triggering heated debates in right-wing media. While former Fox News host Tucker Carlson — like ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) — considers Trump's military strikes against Iran a betrayal of his American First platform, cur...

'Canaries in the coal mine': Trump 'catching up with his own base' as MAGA media revolts

Republican concerns mount over new Trump's policy further threatening economy President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is exacerbating America’s already-poor economy, prompting Republicans to worry that the longer this goes on, the worse it will be politically — “full stop.”“The longer this goes on, the worse it is politically, full stop,” Republican strategist Matthew Bartl...

Republican concerns mount over new Trump's policy further threatening economy

Republicans seek to prosecute former top Trump aide — but it could backfire on GOP Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is being targeted by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), CNN reported Friday.Loudermilk is known for being the lawmaker who gave tours to Jan. 6 attackers casing the U.S. Capitol ahead of the attack. After years of allegations against him, he was appointed chair...

Republicans seek to prosecute former top Trump aide — but it could backfire on GOP

Why Trump’s view of America is 'pure fantasy': analysis President Donald Trump’s cavalier approach to the Iran war is built on pure fantasy,That’s the contention of Lydia Polgreen, who writes in a NY Times op-ed how Trump seems surprised by what the combat has wrought so far, starting with his admitted “biggest surprise” (as told to CNN) that Iran would ...

Why Trump’s view of America is 'pure fantasy': analysis

MAGA agenda unravels as internal anxiety over election outcomes grows Faced with a revolt among his MAGA faithful over his decision to join Israel in starting a war with Iran, our increasingly demented and delusional president declared this week that “MAGA is Trump.” He was responding to, among others, MAGA stalwarts Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly who rightfully call...

MAGA agenda unravels as internal anxiety over election outcomes grows

Right-wing zealots force 'home-schooler' admissions test onto colleges Indystar reports Indiana’s Gov. Mike Braun has signed a new bill forcing state colleges and universities to include a “classics-based” examination embraced by religious colleges in Republican states.For decades, the ACT and the SAT have been the gatekeepers and the standard-bearer of college admissi...

Right-wing zealots force 'home-schooler' admissions test onto colleges

White House insiders accused of financially profiting off of Iran war President Donald Trump’s administration is allowing prediction markets to gamble on war, prompting one conservative critic to describe the practice as “satanic.”“Like dogfighting, gambling on war is the sort of hobby that is best described in simple, direct moral terms,” Joe Perticone of The Bulwark...

White House insiders accused of financially profiting off of Iran war

TX Republican drops reelection bid amid pressure over affair scandal WASHINGTON — Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, dropped out of his primary runoff Thursday, heeding calls from House Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP members to end his reelection bid amid revelations that he had an affair with an aide who died by suicide.“After deep reflection and with the suppor...

TX Republican drops reelection bid amid pressure over affair scandal

'Reign of terror' over: Noem's alleged lover slammed by fellow Republicans Lewandowski is rumored to have been in a long-term affair with Noem, including living with her and serving as a power behind the throne in the department.

Lewandowski is rumored to have been in a long-term affair with Noem, including living with her and serving as a power behind the throne in the department.

The real reason Kristi Noem was fired The rumor mill was spinning fast on Thursday as news reports from multiple outlets revealed President Donald Trump was considering firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The rumor mill was spinning fast on Thursday as news reports from multiple outlets revealed President Donald Trump was considering firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.