Politics

Donald Trump has already refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, and that he’s prepared to “fight” an outcome he doesn’t feel is “honest.” For his Republican allies, those are their marching orders, and on Wednesday night Ted Cruz struggled to avoid making his own commitment …

A “pro-White” candidate — who was photographed in 2019 giving a “Nazi salute” next to a man in Klan robes in front of a burning cross — will appear as a GOP candidate for governor on Missouri’s primary ballot this year. A state judge has ruled that Missouri’s Republican Party …

I n 2016, Ash Williams became pregnant for the first time. Williams wants to be a parent eventually — but he wasn’t ready for a child then. He didn’t know much about what an abortion entailed, and he needed a ride, so he called up a friend who drove him. …

Picture two protests involving the American flag. In one of them, a star NFL quarterback kneels during the singing of the national anthem. The reason? To call attention to the true, real plight of Black Americans whose lives seem not to matter as much as white ones — part of …

Donald Trump’s attorneys recently argued in court that the former president should be shielded from all criminal prosecution — even if they order the assassination of a political opponent. While no president has yet to test that bold legal theory, Trump and his MAGA allies are now baselessly attempting to …

Republican lawmakers in the House have recently been skirting their legislative duties to make unholy pilgrimages to Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. They’re now using whatever time they do spend legislating to silence references to the former president’s many ongoing legal issues on the House floor. On Tuesday, …

Nikki Haley spent the 2024 primary season railing against Donald Trump, but now she’s pledging her vote to him, tail between her legs. Haley made the admission during her first speaking event since suspending her campaign Wednesday afternoon at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank where she wasrecently appointed …

Sam Alito — the arch conservative Supreme Court justice — now has two flag controversies to explain, and another striking reason to doubt his impartiality in cases involving Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 defendants. Alito has already been in the news for an upside-down American flag that flew at …

Michael Cohen may have directly transferred the funds, but he says it was at the behest and benefit of Donald Trump that he made the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. After four days on the witness stand, the prosecution’s key witness stepped down on Monday following a barrage of …

Donald Trump’s defense rested on Tuesday, which means the former president will not be testifying in his criminal hush-money trial. Few would have begrudged Trump for declining to testify, but he promised he would take the stand while suggesting the only thing that prevented him from doing so was his …