A national security expert rated President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday before the nation's military leaders a "10 out of 10" for being the president's "most unsettling" public speech. yet. Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security advisor in the Obama administration, discussed Trump's speech on ...

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BREAKING: The President of Portugal just came out and said Donald Trump is a Russian asset. True or not, it’s clear. World leaders have no respect for Donald Trump.

Robert Reich

Former Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) is demanding his grandfather Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resign, saying he's endangering American lives. In a statement he posted on X, the younger Kennedy said, "Robert Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and well-being of every American. A United States Secretary of ...

Oregon state Rep. Cyrus Javadi announced on Friday that he's leaving the GOP. In an announcement on Substack, Javadi wrote that he's "had enough.""What’s changed isn’t me. It’s the party I once called home," he explained. Earlier this week, Javadi cast a tax vote that infuriated some Republicans, re...

President Donald J. Trump is reportedly reeling after he wasn't invited to a meeting and military parade with Russia, China, North Korea and India — and it's a tough moment for the ultimate "pick me girl," an analyst wrote Friday."The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea are not good men," Tom ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was singled out by Washington, D.C. Judge Edward M. Chen for what he said violates the law and the U.S. Constitution. In a ruling Friday, Chen wrote that removing the Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, of Venezuelans and Haitians could not move forward, writi...

President Donald Trump's Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte has emerged as an "attack dog" who has filed a series of complaints against various politicians and public servants Trump opposes, accusing them of mortgage fraud. His latest target is Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, who...

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board took stock of the latest dismal jobs report on Friday — and laid a key part of the blame for it at the feet of President Donald Trump."Friday’s monthly report for August confirms that job creation has stalled amid his tariff barrage," wrote the bo...

Attempts by the Department of Justice to prosecute Americans who are balking at Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses are not finding a friendly audience when cases are being presented before grand juries long considered to be prosecutor-friendly.According to Alan Feuer, writing for The New York Tim...

Could Trump’s weakness and the GOP’s cowardice mean the end of democracy around the world? Could his part in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell scandal be the proverbial horseshoe nail that brings down majority rule and representative government worldwide?The world’s first modern major confro...

World-renowned economist Paul Krugman sounded the alarm Saturday on President Donald Trump’s social media activity, calling many of the president’s online posts “horrifyingly irresponsible,” with many having led to real-world market dips.“In the past, stagflation has been the result of external affe...

Steve Bannon ripped into his former boss, President Donald Trump, on Saturday in an episode of his far-right “War Room” podcast, attacking the president – or at least “the people around” him – over Thursday’s White House dinner with tech CEOs, whom Bannon derided as “demons.”Trump hosted at the Whit...

With President Donald Trump’s tariffs already being felt across the American economy, the president has told Americans to be patient, and that his trade policy would soon usher in a resurgence of domestic manufacturing jobs.And yet, as job growth slows and prices tick up, Trump’s promise to reshore ...

Robert Reich

The recent school shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church was devastating. Catholic Bishops must call for an end to gun violence by restricting access to assault weapons -- not just thoughts and pray...

Shortly after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the bulk of President Donald Trump's tariffs were unconstitutional, the president posted a lengthy rant on his social media p...

When Trump took office in January, one of his very first actions was to freeze foreign aid—including support for global health and HIV/AIDS programs. Lower courts have ruled that Trump’s funding fre...

As reported recently by The Lever’s investigative journalists, the National Weather Service is being turned into a for-profit subscription scheme. That means Americans could soon pay out of pocket for...

Donald Trump's allies in Congress are ramping up their attacks on religious charities that help immigrants. As Christians, we need to speak up now.

Donald Trump's allies in Congress are ramping up their attacks on religious charities that help immigrants. As Christians, we need to speak up now.

The Trump administration is collecting our personal information — and giving Big Tech company Palantir our tax dollars for this dangerous WH surveillance project.1 Palantir’s founder, Peter Thiel, ...