Donald Trump
Lots Of Insane Ideas Flying Around At Alligator Alcatraz
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07.01.25 | 6:49 pm
Obscure But Painful Reconciliation Package Cuts You May Have Missed
The Senate GOP has tucked some less prominent policies into the legislation that stand to harm vulnerable people.
07.01.25 | 4:52 pm
How Donald Trump’s Media Business Could Influence Domestic Policy
The president’s corporate footprint – and the room it’s created for potential conflicts of interest – is growing. 
06.30.25 | 11:36 am
Trump Says He Gave Iran Permission to Bomb U.S. Base in Qatar and…Well, Mostly Crickets?
INSIDE: Republican lawmakers vs. the Senate Parliamentarian ... Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine ... the GOP’s New Red Scare
06.27.25 | 9:27 am
The Trump Administration’s Assault on Federal Courts Gets More Shockingly Authoritarian
INSIDE: Mike Johnson, phone home ... RFK Jr's vaccine crisis ... Trump's Bible profits
06.26.25 | 9:00 am
Polling Shows Americans Are Souring on Trump’s Big Initiatives
INSIDE: Secret police alert ... A mayoral upset in NYC ... Remembering Melissa Hortman
06.25.25 | 10:06 am
Understanding the Tricks Republicans Could Use to Try to Make Trump’s Tax Cuts Permanent
Republicans may not allow the Senate Parliamentarian to get rid of one of the biggest and most procedurally invalid provisions of the bill.
06.24.25 | 2:48 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: United States Supreme Court (front row L-R) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, (back row L-R) Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pose for their official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court has begun a new term after Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially added to the bench in September. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: United States Supreme Court (front row L-R) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, (back row L-R) Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pose for their official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court has begun a new term after Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially added to the bench in September. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Supreme Court Abets Trump’s Defiance of Court Orders 
INSIDE: What's next for DOGE … the Dobbs anniversary … the misadventures of Kash Patel
06.24.25 | 9:39 am
A MAGA Schism on Iran? Not So Fast.
INSIDE: The Senate Parliamentarian … Mahmoud Khalil released … the destruction of USAID
06.23.25 | 9:56 am