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In Orbán's Hungary, it's "respectable fascism." Here in the U.S., it's something else
Troops in LA are just the starting point. How much further will he go?
This is just the beginning. Anyone who lives in a blue American city should get ready
Under mounting pressure from Elon Musk, Republicans are now considering cuts to Medicare
Can the Musk myth hold up against the Trump cult?
The president stops the investments that made America wealthy in recent years
Why Trump is suddenly trying to shake off his Putin stupor
The celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Army happens to fall on Trump's 79th birthday
Republicans are raising the deficit so high that it may trigger sequestration and mandatory cuts to Medicare
He's still sickeningly rich — but the Musk bubble has floated down to Earth
The White House prepares to falsify data and cook the books in order to sell their schemes to the American people
Republican voters yearn to be subjects. Donald Trump understood that instinctively
The conservative legal community appears to be rejecting the Trump team's vision of "radical constitutionalism"
Donald Trump's most trusted adviser still wants to deport millions — and doesn't intend to let courts stop him
Donald Trump's most trusted adviser still wants to deport millions — and doesn't intend to let courts stop him
What's the difference between the Trump family and the US government? No one knows — you have to pay to find out
Ed Martin came out of old-school conservatism — and might be the very worst Trump appointee of 2025. So long!
The West was moving to the right — and then Donald Trump got elected again
The Trump administration's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is finally falling apart
100 days in, MAGA is reduced to making only one man's dreams come true
Most people don't yet know the scope of what's going on — and the Democrats should tell them
Trump sinks to bottom of the polls in 100 days, spoiling congressional Republicans' only political capital
The GOP has tried to take down the State Department for decades
Trump's secretary of defense shows the recklessness, lack of judgment his former Fox News co-hosts warned against
Donald Trump's golden boy looks to have lost his touch
Two new Justice Department investigations are meant as a shot across the bow
While the billionaires in Trump's orbit may have different visions, they all want the same thing
Self-preservation may start to look a little different to Republicans if the country is mired in a recession
Everyone knew that President Trump was going to pull the trigger on his big tariff policy on Wednesday, but he actually dropped a nuclear bomb. He put...
A victory in a tight Wisconsin race boosts Democrats in their quest to defeat the billionaire's DOGE plans
Trump's plans for the future grow more fantastical
We won't be able to ignore what Trump and his accomplices are doing once it starts to impact us personally
From what we can see on newly released text messages, Trump's people don't know what he's talking about
Trump's rationale for dredging up wartime powers to render foreigners to a foreign prison is rather familiar
The Trump administration wants to pretend that the world is a meritocracy where white men happen to be the best
After extending presidential immunity in Trump's Jan. 6 case, the court has no room to stop his judicial attack
Trump's invocation of the 1798 Aliens Enemies Act, explained
Autocracy? Oligarchy? Kakistocracy? No, Trump's Mad King behavior is a hallmark of patrimonialism
The pandemic has gone so far down the memory hole that it's like it never happened
"We can give ourselves far far more than Donald Trump can ever take away"
One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's DOGE project?
The address was an interminable litany of lies that featured a dull recitation of alleged fraud in Social Security
Trump believes Putin is entitled to take what he wants
Trump's global revenge crusade is in full swing
A mournful requiem for the great post-war alliance
Democrats have their first real chance to resist the Trump-Musk takeover. They just have to say "no"
The resistance is wide awake — and includes Republican voters this time
Flattering Vladimir Putin will not win the Nobel Peace Prize
A Republican rift is forming over the issue of judicial review — but don't expect Congress to defy Donald Trump
After winning by a bigger margin than in 2016, Donald Trump now sees himself as omnipotent and invincible