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The Nine Worst Trump Scandals of 2025
Bombs over Latin America: It’s giving Wag the Dog, if you ask me. The administration, seemingly hot to bring back neoconservative military conquest, soft-launched its latest regime change war...
The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification
There was no shortage of bad news to cover in 2025. But I want to end the year by looking to the future and focusing on something more joyous:...
Is This What Got Ghislaine Maxwell Her Cushy Prison Transfer?
Newly released transcripts of Ghislaine Maxwell’s July interview with the Justice Department depict a surprisingly chilly relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, despite varied reports that the glitterati...
Trump Is in Epstein’s Contact Book. So Is His Entire Family.
Surprise, surprise: President Donald Trump was in Jeffrey Epstein’s contact list. Buried in the massive trove of documents released by the Department of Justice Friday was Epstein’s 90-page contact...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of New York Governor Race After Trump Snubs
“ICE held them, day after day, without access to bunks, bedding, soap, showers, toothbrushes or clean clothes,” Brown stated in his ruling. “The space is unheated or poorly heated...
Justice Department Releases Epstein Files—With Broken Search Tool
The Department of Justice finally released its first trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein Friday afternoon—with a broken search tool. The files have been divided into court records, DOJ...
Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he’s proud of shuttering the U.S. Agency of International Development—but he really shouldn’t be. During a press conference Friday, Rubio was asked whether...
Sarah McBride Convinced Four Republicans to Defect on Trans Bill
Representative Sarah McBride—the first out transgender member of Congress—had to lobby Republicans to strike down an anti-trans bill because she knew her Democratic colleagues would abandon her. On Wednesday,...
Trump Has Delivered on No Promises—But Already Renamed Kennedy Center
The president genuinely could not wait to plaster his name on the Kennedy Center.The newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center received some new signage Friday, hours after the national cultural center’s...
Dems Threaten Lawsuit After DOJ Says It Won’t Meet Epstein Deadline
“ICE held them, day after day, without access to bunks, bedding, soap, showers, toothbrushes or clean clothes,” Brown stated in his ruling. “The space is unheated or poorly heated...
