In Washington, students returned to school, the papers changed color, and Congress debated whether to investigate why the president’s name was allegedly repeated in documents related to the investigation of a notorious teenage sex offender. In my opinion: yes, this is a question the U.S. House should attempt to answer. I don’t care if it’s … Read more
Gavin Newsom called Trump a “bumbling idiot” and indicated that the president might be suffering from dementia after Trump spoke about him today in the Oval Office Gavin Newsom has dealt Donald Trump another blow in their ongoing feud. The California governor turned to X to respond after Trump attacked him by name during his … Read more
The Democratic governors of Oregon, Washington, and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at ensuring vaccine access. This partnership, called the Western Health Alliance, will develop its vaccination guidelines “with input from recognized national medical organizations,” according to a press release issued Wednesday by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, … Read more
The emotional press conference for victims of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was briefly overshadowed by a noisy flyover organized by Donald Trump. While Epstein’s victims told their horrific stories on Capitol Hill, the president was at the White House to greet Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, whom Trump had endorsed in the country’s election earlier … Read more
One of the most formidable obstacles to overcoming the emergency is the lack of a clear legal strategy to stop Trump’s excessive use of emergency powers. “I’m not aware of any legal challenges to the excessive use of emergency powers,” Goitein told me, and if she isn’t aware of any, I doubt anyone else is. … Read more
When the president claims everything is a national emergency, so that he can do whatever he wants, the courts need to regard that as the real emergency.Illegal border crossings are an emergency. Mexican cartels are an emergency. The failure to accelerate mining and drilling on federal lands is an emergency. Illegal drugs from Canada, China, … Read more
In an article titled “The Saddest Little Dictator,” Bulwark editor Jonathan Last speculated that President Donald Trump was having a hard time coping with his exclusion from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s lavish military parade. “When the world’s most powerful dictators gathered to push their agenda, they wouldn’t let Trump sit at their table, even though … Read more
Several women who were victims of convicted serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein say they are prepared to file lawsuits of their own if Congress and the Trump administration fail to provide the necessary transparency regarding unpublished evidence about Epstein. This is according to a report published Tuesday by NBC News, which reports that several Epstein accusers … Read more
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump made his first official appearance in the Oval Office after a brief absence over the weekend, his appearance being described as “withered.” Arriving about 45 minutes late for his 2 p.m. Oval Office press conference to announce the deployment of U.S. Space Command to Alabama, reversing Biden’s decision to … Read more
California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly mocked President Donald Trump after the latter suggested he might deploy troops to the Golden State again. Why It Matters Trump faced harsh criticism from Newsom and other California Democrats in June when he mobilized 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to widespread protests … Read more