So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.

After an uneventful flight aboard Qatari Air Force One, the President's motorcade drove by protestors with signs that said “Never Forget Jan. 6,” as he made his way to the Oncenter in Syracuse, New Yo...

Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...

On October 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds drove deadly fires through the Midwest.

Trump is calling in the election-denier faithful to meet with him in advance of the midterm elections.

Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.

But he shouldn’t.

Last night, on October 4, U.S.

On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

October 4, 2026

On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...

Jane Doe is the name by which we know the young woman who has come forward to say she was gang raped in a room at the Chi Phi fraternity house while she was a student at Cornell in 2024.

J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.

A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.

Jack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his...

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

September 27, 2026

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry.

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

“The reality is that he isn’t working by choice; he is working for survival.”

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.

On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

Tonight’s post is long.

Content warning - this is graphic

According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.

In 1761, 55-year-old Benjamin Franklin attended the coronation of King George III and later wrote that he expected the young monarch’s reign would “be happy and truly glorious.” Fifteen years later, i...

Federal judges are the bulwark that is defending our democracy.

Yesterday U.S.

Last night I had the honor of giving the keynote address at Webster University, standing in front of a room full of young people and talking about finding their power and their voice at a moment when ...

Seven years ago, on September 15, 2019, after about a six-week hiatus during the summer, I wrote a Facebook post that started: