Politics

Near the U.S. Capitol, people gathered for a vigil to protest possible cuts to Medicaid. I’m often asked what we can do to fight back against the wrongs in the world and set things right. Sometimes I have an idea, but often I’m just a writer who can describe the...

Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook have sparked intense public debate after meeting in the Oval Office, where Cook presented the president with an unusual gift. The meeting took place after Apple announced it was increasing its investment in US manufacturing, adding $100 billion to a previous $500 billion...

Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska next week, marking their first in-person meeting since 2019. The meeting is planned for Friday, August 15, 2025, and will focus on trying to end the war in Ukraine. Trump announced the meeting on his social media platform, saying...

Donald Trump has been making headlines again after declaring that he is the only U.S. president  apart from possibly George Washington to have given away his presidential salary. His statement came with a dose of pride, but it quickly set off a wave of debate online, with people split between...

A longtime Republican insider says Donald Trump has finally made the one mistake many voters can’t forgive  proving he’s not capable of doing the job well.Peter Wehner, who worked for three different Republican presidents as a speechwriter, wrote in an opinion piece that Democrats should stop focusing so much on...

Donald Trump Jr. has once again shared a strange meme about his father, continuing a pattern of unusual online posts. In his latest Instagram post, he used an image originally from the “Grand Old Memes” account on X (formerly Twitter). The image appears to have been at least partially made...

Laura Loomer, a far-right political activist known for making inflammatory and controversial statements, went after Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett from Texas in a series of posts on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter. Loomer’s comments came after she saw another post that mentioned unverified claims about how Crockett...

During a meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump once again seemed to momentarily forget who was standing behind him.This time, Trump was welcoming Apple CEO Tim Cook to the White House. Cook was there to announce that Apple planned to invest an additional $100 billion...

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer publicly warned Donald Trump during a podcast interview that pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell — a convicted sex trafficker linked to Jeffrey Epstein — would cause an enormous backlash across the political spectrum.Rumors are spreading that Trump might be considering this pardon. Maxwell is serving...

This piece is arguing that Donald Trump’s recent public comments are openly racist, part of a long pattern of targeting Black Americans, and a sign of a deepening democratic crisis in the United States. It explains that Trump has recently accused former President Barack Obama of “treason” without evidence, ordered...

A veteran Democratic political adviser, James Carville, said he believes voters will strongly reject President Donald Trump in the next elections. He predicted that Republicans will face serious losses this year and in 2026 because Trump is so unpopular.Speaking with radio host Dan Abrams, Carville said he’s “very, very, very...

The U.S. Justice Department, now run by Attorney General Pam Bondi, has started a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James — one of Donald Trump’s biggest political opponents. This comes two years after James won a major civil fraud case against Trump. Now, federal prosecutors have sent...

Former President Barack Obama’s office has responded to new accusations from former President Donald Trump. Trump claimed that Obama and his team committed “treason” by inventing intelligence reports about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Critics say these accusations are an attempt to distract from recent controversy involving the Jeffrey...

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which provides money to people who are disabled, elderly, or have very low incomes, is once again caught in a political back-and-forth between different presidents.Under President Joe Biden, thousands of people on SSI got a boost — a few hundred extra dollars each month....

Early Friday morning, President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account to attack Geoff Duncan, the former lieutenant governor of Georgia, who officially left the Republican Party this week to become a Democrat.In his post, Trump called Duncan a “total loser” and claimed he “never got anything done” and “only...

A well-known Democratic political advisor, James Carville, believes voters will strongly reject President Donald Trump in the upcoming elections. He warned that Republicans could face major losses this year and next because Trump is so unpopular.Carville told radio host Dan Abrams that he’s “very, very, very confident” the current administration...