President Donald Trump welcomed El Salvador’s president and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator,” Nayib Bukele to the White House on Monday amid a backdrop of controversy and court battles over his administration’s shipment of hundreds of migrants to El Salvador’s notorious prison system without due process. While taking questions from the …
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When TikTok creator Franchesca Ramsey pops onto people’s for-you-pages, ukulele in hand, most people expect to hear a short but gospel tinged song about a fictitious political party themed on vicious and face-eating leopards. But this satirical song has a real-life story behind its rise on TikTok — and it …
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President Donald Trump and his administration are acting like they don’t need to listen to the Supreme Court — even going so far as to publicly pretend the high court told them they have no obligation to send back a man they illegally shipped to El Salvador’s infamous torture prison. …
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In the 2004 series premiere of The Apprentice, the reality competition show that laundered Donald Trump’s reputation as a tacky sleazebag and launched his presidential aspirations, the billionaire real estate mogul reintroduces himself to America with a glossy, vague little anecdote about overcoming financial adversity. In a preamble to the …
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The House’s passage of the SAVE Act last week is the culmination of Donald Trump’s election-denial movement, which has pushed hundreds of laws around the country targeting non-existent voter fraud based on Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The SAVE Act — which requires documentary proof …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Donald Trump, ahead of next week’s Easter holiday, compared his handling of the economy to the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Barging into a scene from the Bible, Trump (James Austin Johnson) began with the self-aware acknowledgment that he–once again–is comparing himself to Jesus. “You know, …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took on Donald Trump‘s whiplash actions on tariffs, Elon Musk‘s attempt to get the president to back down, and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s crusade against fluoride in public drinking water, among his other anti-science actions. Co-anchor Colin Jost …
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In a health summary worthy of North Korean propaganda, Donald Trump‘s doctor cited his “frequent victories in golf” when discussing the president’s “well-being.” It has been widely reported that Trump is notorious for cheating at golf and claiming victory in tournaments he never won or that he never even played …
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The Trump administration had announced tariffs on products from China only to walk back that decision on Friday, issuing an exemption from astronomical 145 percent reciprocal tariffs for smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and other electronic devices — although other tariffs would still apply. But on Sunday, the administration had senior White …
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So many of the events and policies of the past three months of Donald Trump’s second presidency can be understood as downstream from one simple, Republican Party-wide organizing principle. That is, Trump aims to severely punish and brutalize his enemies, big and small, even if they didn’t do anything illegal …
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