Politics

The Republican National Convention kicked off in Wisconsin on Monday, and while the week will be devoid of notable musicians — most of the artists on the RNC’s official playlist detest Donald Trump — there will be some off-brand entertainment on offer for the lobbyists, loyalists, sycophants, and party functionaries …

Late-night hosts addressed the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, and opened their Monday monologues with a somber message, condemning the shooting and calling on Americans to safeguard the country’s democracy. “The United States came close to a great tragedy on Saturday, when at a political rally …

As the world’s wealthiest people were lining up behind former President Donald Trump’s candidacy, the Republican Party served up hours of programming at its convention designed to woo the working class with (mostly) fake populism. During the first day of the Republican National Convention, the theme was “Make America Wealthy …

Just days after Donald Trump was shot at with an AR-15 in Pennsylvania, visitors to his 2024 nominating convention can enter to win a free, yes, AR-15. The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is a sprawling affair. Its fenced security zone encompasses not only Fiserv Forum, home to the NBA’s …

Children can be a blessing, bringing joy and wonder to the lives of their parents — they can also leak your private phone calls with the former president and cause you embarrassment on the national stage. It’s a mixed bag. While Robert Kennedy III might be too old for his …

Sandwiched in between an assassination attempt and a VP pick, District Judge Aileen Cannon issued one of the worst, most nakedly political judicial decisions in decades, dismissing the classified documents case against Donald Trump in a flat rejection of decades of precedent. Cannon’s decision is a sneak preview of what’s …

Longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has been found guilty of corruption and bribery by a New York jury. On Tuesday, the New Jersey Democrat was convicted on all charges related to a widespread bribery and improper foreign-aid scheme detailed by prosecutors over the course of three indictments. In September, Menendez …

Though authorities continue to investigate potential motives for the deadly shooting at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson is wasting no time in declaring a scapegoat: schools. Appearing on a panel for the far-right, Hitler-quoting activist group Moms for Liberty on Tuesday, the second …

During his presidency, Donald Trump slashed the corporate tax rate from 28 percent to 21 percent. If he’s elected again this year, Trump intends to further cut the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, according to new reporting in Bloomberg. The 2017 Trump tax law is already an epic financial …

It wasn’t that long ago that it seemed like Donald Trump would finally face consequences for his actions conducted both in and out of office. He paid a $92 million bond while appealing a guilty verdict in a defamation case in April, then the following month posted a $175 million …