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Donald Trump recently admitted on Truth Social that there’s currently a problem affecting American farmers. His new tariffs — taxes on goods coming into the U.S. — were meant to strengthen the economy, but they’re now causing trouble for many of the very people who supported him.When Trump returned to...

Trump and the Republican Party won the 2024 election — taking the presidency, the House, and the Senate — not by convincing more people to vote for them, but by preventing millions from voting at all. According to official government numbers, at least 4.2 million Americans were denied their right...

In 2013, Donald Trump was not yet president, but he was already very vocal about how the government should be run. When Barack Obama faced a government shutdown that year, Trump jumped at the chance to criticize him harshly. He said that the shutdown was a “disaster” and made it...

Michelle Obama, as the wife of former president Barack Obama, lived under the protection of the Secret Service during the eight years they spent in the White House, an d that protection continues for life. When she left public office life in 2017, some of the agents who had once...

The future of the MAGA movement is starting to take a new shape and it's becoming deeply tied to Christian nationalism. And that kind of movement, it seems, needs a religious figure at the top. We got a preview of this shift on Sunday at the memorial service for conservative...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court made a major decision that could help Donald Trump gain more direct control over the federal government. In a 6–3 vote, the conservative justices gave Trump the green light to fire a top official from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—even though doing so likely...

Donald Trump was recently found guilty on all 34 charges in a New York trial. The case involved falsifying business records connected to payments he made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign.Not long after, Trump made headlines again when he wrote a fiery public letter...

In March 2016, a photographer captured an image of a member of Congress holding the Constitution at Capitol Hill in Washington, a reminder of the nation’s core legal foundation. Years later, President Donald Trump made headlines by declaring that he wanted to end the right to automatic citizenship for children...

Donald Trump’s ongoing clash with the media has escalated sharply, with critics accusing his administration of waging the most aggressive attack on free speech in modern U.S. history. The flashpoint came with the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — led by Trump appointee...

Donald Trump (Photo via Reuters)Several experts agree that Donald Trump is trying to gain more and more control by following tactics used by authoritarian leaders. One professor who studies dictators said it’s possible Trump may not live long enough to fully carry out his plans. Writing for The Bulwark, Lee Morgenbesser,...