1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1810+ words) The Pentagon received direct orders from President Trump to prepare for a military escalation in Cuba, according to multiple reports this week. USA Today and Zeteo, both citing anonymous sources, report that the Pentagon is ramping up planning for a…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1783+ words) Utah Senator Mike Lee got help from the Trump administration on his disastrous plot to execute a large-scale sell-off of public lands'only to be left behind weeks later. In June, Lee introduced a controversial measure to sell off 4. 2 million acres…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (487+ words) House Speaker Mike Johnson has come out on the side of the White House in its recent aggression toward the Vatican, suggesting that Pope Leo XIV had it coming. A pontiff or any religious leader can say anything they want,…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1792+ words) Donald Trump is going soft on China. The president posted a strange remark about America's strongest economic adversary on Truth Social early Wednesday, claiming that Chinese President Xi Jinping will give him a "big, fat hug" when they see each…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (15+ words) Transcript: Trump Fumes at Bad Iran News as Polls Hit Shocking New Low'The New Republic...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (342+ words) With the failure of negotiations in Islamabad, last week's "TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) Tuesday" has left less of an impression than the odor of a gas station restroom." The true line in Trump's decision-making is not, unfortunately, some essential…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (143+ words) The New Republic So the answer to long airport lines isn't, apparently, for Republicans to reach a deal with Democrats that funds DHS while also implementing ICE reforms. It's simply to hand over airport security to the private market. Monica…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (553+ words) Bolton, the perennial hawk, has transformed himself into a critic of Trump's latest misadventures. One recalls his candid admonition from 2022: "As somebody who has helped plan coups d'etat'not here but, you know, other places'it takes a lot of work." In…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1846+ words) Well. Guess what? Prices are up. And they're not just up, at least in some cases, because of random, impersonal market forces. They're up because Trump raised them, through his tariffs. But mostly, they're up because politicians, even presidents, don't…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1790+ words) The First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution explicitly protects freedom of religion, preventing the government from prohibiting the free exercise of one's own beliefs, and forbidding the government from establishing an official religion or from favoring one over another. Earlier this…...