Politics

The MAGA cryptocurrency $FJB, (officially Freedom Jobs Business, unofficially shorthand for “Fuck Joe Biden”) has fallen 95 percent in value in the past 13 months despite a relentless push by owners Steve Bannon and Boris Epshteyn to keep it afloat, according to an investigation by ABC News. The devalued digital …

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio —Donald Trump traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday to try to make political hay out of the Feb. 3 train derailment that released hazardous toxins into the town on the state’s border with Pennsylvania. The former president spoke for around 10 minutes to a hand-selected group …

Ivanka Trump, the former President’s daughter, and her husband, Jared Kushner, have been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating her father’s role in theJan. 6 insurrection after losing his bid for re-election, the New York Times reports. The decision comes from special counsel, Jack Smith, who has swiftly moved to …

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Residents suffering ailments in the aftermath of the recent train derailment here came to a makeshift clinic Tuesday with their symptoms, stories, and, perhaps more pointedly, their frustrations. It’s been three weeks since the derailment resulted in a massive toxic spill and a faint chemical smell …

The Biden administration announced Tuesday a new proposal that could block tens of thousands of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border from claiming asylum. The 153-page proposed regulation is the most restrictive policy yet by the president’s administration to bar unauthorized crossings and echoes Trump-era immigration policies. Although there are …

Republicans excoriated President Biden for suggesting during his State of the Union address earlier this month that some party members want to cut Medicare and Social Security. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy may have said doing so is off the table, but the GOP is clearly thirsting to cut entitlements, and …

Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich failed to report evidence disproving claims of election fraud in the state, instead releasing a letter in April 2022 alleging “serious vulnerabilities” in the states voting systems, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Brnovich, then a Republican candidate in the Arizona Republican Senate primary, …

Donald Trump on Monday night touted his great relationship with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and defended his past assertion that he trusted the foreign leader over his own intelligence community. “Putin never, ever would have gone into Ukraine if I were president,” Trump told supporters at a Florida rally. “I …

Donald Trump is calling for all presidential candidates to take mental competency and physical health tests to demonstrate their fitness for office. “ANYBODY running for the Office of President of the United States should agree to take a full & complete Mental Competency Test simultaneously (or before!) with the announcement …

Donald Trump on Monday released his “Plan to End Crime and Restore Law and Order,” as he continues his quest to retake the White House in 2024. The supposedly “new plan” is largely a rehash of past policy goals — from his 2016 campaign, from his administration — including expanding …