1/ Trump’s advisers are floating the idea of replacing Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo after Morongate. Trump was reportedly furious that Tillerson didn’t deny he called the president a “f

Trump suggested letting Iran “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego if it develops a nuclear weapon; Trump reversed course and said MAGA Inc. will start paying for his “Patriotic Ads” instead of...

The Senate voted 51-49 to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination; Susan Collins and Joe Manchin will support Kavanaugh’s nomination, effectively ensuring enough votes for his confirmation;

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito considered retiring this year, but decided to stay so he could make “a valuable contribution”; Trump plans to send $90 to 20.8 million Medicare beneficiaries to...

September 28-October 1

The U.S., Mexico, and Canada reached a deal to revise NAFTA; Trump said he supports a “comprehensive” but “quick” FBI investigation into the allegations against Kavanaugh; 48% of American voters say K

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new, four-star “AUTOWARCOM” to develop and deploy drones and other autonomous weapons; Trump’s taxpayer-funded TV ads were paid for with $20 million in...

Trump refused to condemn white supremacists during the first presidential debate and instead directed the nation’s biggest domestic terrorist groups to “stand back and stand by”; Biden called Trump’s

Senate Democrats blocked a House-passed bill aimed at making AI data centers pay for the necessary grid upgrades instead of passing them on to consumers; the FTC opened an investigation into OpenAI, A

More than 1 million people have died from the coronavirus worldwide in less than nine months; top White House officials pressured the CDC this summer to play down the risk of the coronavirus to childr

The Supreme Court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to “third countries” where they have no connections; former special counsel Jack Smith told the Senate Judic

Instead of negotiating a deal to fund the government, Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy got into a heated exchange during a closed-doors meeting with House Republicans; instead of negotiating a deal to fu

A second woman publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault; Kavanaugh and the White House denied the allegation; Christine Blasey Ford agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee; T

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The Senate rejected a resolution directing Trump to end the Iran war and seek congressional authorization; the 30-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level since 2004, while the average 30-year

In a combative 56-minute address to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump told world leaders their countries are “going to hell,” accused the U.N. of “not even coming close to living up” to its p

Iran vowed to fight “until our last breath” and “never bow our head or bend at the knee” to Trump’s demands; the Justice Department urged a federal judge to uphold Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW,...

Trump lied and claimed that the coronavirus “affects virtually nobody” as the U.S. death toll crossed 200,000; the Pentagon spent money meant for medical equipment on defense contracts for military eq

The Trump administration removed about 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act coverage, claiming they were improperly enrolled or didn’t exist; Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran; Trump told...

Trump urged Senate Republicans to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “without delay”; by the time you read this, 200,000 people will be dead from the coronavirus in the United States; Trump’s politic