Politics

The most anticipated showdown of Donald Trump’s hush money trial began Monday as Michael Cohen — the former president’s ex-fixer and lawyer —- took the stand to detail his close relationship with Trump, and how he craved his validation by consistently updating Trump on his efforts to stifle Karen McDougal’s …

Much like the college administrators who called the police on student protesters, Donald Trump‘s solution to quash any political uprising appears to be using the force of the state. While speaking about Israel’s war in Gaza during a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, Trump criticized the pro-Palestine …

Seeds of Peace is a long-running nonprofit that brings together youth from conflict zones to engage in dialogue and learn leadership skills. Eva Armour is its Chief Impact Officer, and Vishnu Swaminathan is its Chief Operating Officer. In this timeofintense polarization, so manyofus are seeking but struggling to find healthy …

Sen. J.D. Vance defended former president Donald Trump‘s claim that “If any Jewish person voted for Joe Biden, they should be ashamed of themselves.” “What [President Joe] Biden is doing with respect to Israel is disgraceful,” Trump said outside a Manhattan courtroom this past week where he is on trial …

According to some in his inner circle, Donald Trump’s most effective and not-so-secret weapon in his 2024 effort to reclaim the White House is a federal judge he appointed in Florida. Judge Aileen Cannon is presiding over one of Trump’s two federal criminal cases — the classified documents case in …

Sen. Lindsey Graham doesn’t want Israel to hold back on its assault in Gaza, comparing the Israeli military’s efforts against Hamas to when the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, killing more than 100,000 civilians. Right now, one million Palestinians — including many women …

If he becomes president again, a recently run wargame determined NATO could collapse under another Trump administration. Donald Trump loves to complain about NATO and what he perceives as member nations not contributing enough financially to shared defense. He has threatened to put the U.S. on a “standby” position in …

Today, Asna Tabassum, a first-generation Muslim student and USC‘s valedictorian, would have delivered her speech before thousands of her peers at this year’s graduation ceremony. Instead, amid pressure from pro-Israeli groups citing her social media support for Palestinians, university leaders chose to cancel her commencement speech, citing safety concerns. In …

JusticeClarence Thomas took the opportunity during a judicial conference in Alabama on Friday to criticize the “nastiness” and “lies” he’s faced following bombshell reports that conservative megadonor Harlan Crow had funded the justice’s lavish lifestyle for decades. According to Politico, while addressing a room of judges, attorneys and other court …

Holly Thompson Rehder was a sophomore when she dropped out of high school and married her 21-year-old boyfriend. Today, she’s a GOP state senator and the sponsor of a bill that would ban child marriage in Missouri —a bill that she has been surprised to see blocked by her Republican …