Judge Mark L. Wolf warned of an "existential threat to democracy" in a first-person Atlantic essay after stepping down from the Massachusetts bench to speak openly against President Trump. Wolf, 78, accused Trump of wielding the law to punish adversaries and protect allies, and said he hopes to voice concerns...
President Trump erupted on Truth Social after Supreme Court justices, including his own appointees, questioned the legality of his sweeping tariffs, demanding, “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?” As the Court hears arguments over his invocation of the IEEPA, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett voiced skepticism; a loss...
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey told Face the Nation his state is aiding residents during the shutdown, citing $13 million for food banks and National Guard support, while blaming Democrats for blocking a clean CR. He said he’s working closely with the Trump administration and noted more than 270,000 West...
An interview between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on This Week spiraled into crosstalk as Bessent dodged whether ending the Senate filibuster is the way to end the shutdown. He instead attacked Stephanopoulos’s 1990s White House role and book, citing the Clinton-era shutdown to argue Democrats are...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom escalated his online mockery of President Donald Trump, posting a Godfather-style “The Nodfather” meme on X that shows the 79-year-old with eyes shut. It follows his recurring “Dozy Don” taunt, including a post of Trump appearing drowsy in the Oval Office as CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet...
A columnist argues that, after Proposition 50’s passage dims Gavin Newsom’s spotlight, he should seize the moment by channeling Franklin D. Roosevelt’s big‑tent New Deal ethos. Citing historians and economists, the piece urges conspicuous, values‑driven policies that deliver tangible benefits—jobs, healthcare, housing, and automatic stabilizers—while using California initiatives like universal...
Defying a climate of fear from Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, Zohran Mamdani, described as New York’s first Muslim mayor and a Ugandan-born immigrant, celebrated victory in Brooklyn by embracing his identity: "I am Muslim... and I refuse to apologize." His campaign weathered a surge of Islamophobic smears, including a Super...
An Arizona high school was engulfed in threats after a Halloween photo of Cienega High math teachers in blood-blotched Problem Solved T-shirts spread online and was falsely tied to the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Despite the district’s explanation that it was a math joke, right-wing influencers and...
Three days after his win, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani arrived at New York’s post-election retreat in Puerto Rico to a sudden embrace from rivals who once vilified him. In packed ballrooms and poolside receptions, union leaders, lobbyists and lawmakers sought meetings as he preached a “united front,” even as chants of...
Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to counter Republican gerrymandering, passed, redrawing California’s congressional map to favor Democrats and rattling Republicans in the Coachella Valley. Joy Miedecke, who led a “No on 50” push, called the party “at the bottom” as Indian Wells prepares to lose Rep. Ken Calvert and...
