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Tiny Trump just got smaller — and weaker

Xi scolded Trump on Taiwan, while Trump got no help on Iran or anything else after gushing over the Chinese president repeatedly.You know Donald Trump is feeling

2026/05/16

A leading Republican just delivered a searing indictment of GOP’s election scheme

Bloomberg Government reports Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) is getting anxious about a mid-decade redistricting war degenerating into “a race to the bottom” that will

2026/05/16

Trump’s new gaffe 'worst thing he’s said by far' — because it's true: DC insiders

President Donald Trump's latest headline-dominating gaffe about affordability is, from a political perspective, "the worst thing he's said by far" as president,

2026/05/16

Georgia GOP governor 'juicing Dem turnout' with latest map move: constitutional law expert

Conservative GOP Gov. Brian Kemp called for a special session in the Georgia State Assembly to redraw electoral maps. And a constitutional law expert is baffled

2026/05/16

Army specialist warns Pentagon basic safeguards 'are being ignored': memo

Editor's Note: This headline was updated for clarity.The U.S. military is racing to catch up with other nations that have realized the importance of cheap, expendable

2026/05/16

Court-appointed lawyer asks judge to evaluate DOJ’s 'atypical' handling of Trump IRS deal

In February, President Donald Trump launched a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but now, settlement talks are underway. And a court

2026/05/16

Republicans rage as Trump move 'blindsides' key US allies

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull thousands of troops out of Europe and cancel the European deployment of thousands more, Representative

2026/05/16

Cognitive therapists see meteoric rise in patients seeking treatment for political anxiety

During George W. Bush's presidency, Brian Tierney — the Philadelphia-based conservative insider who headed Bush's Catholic outreach in 2000 and formerly published

2026/05/16

Alito refuses to recuse from Supreme Court case despite owning stock in industry

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is refusing to recuse himself from a major climate case despite owning stock in several energy companies, although none in the

2026/05/16

Trump censorship chief: 'I think everything the president posts is appropriate'

Typically, the FCC chairs who regulate broadcasting don’t spend very much time in front of the camera, but as current-chair Brendan Carr has waged a battle to censor

2026/05/16