Deals involving the president are so numerous and varied that it is hard to keep track. Almost nowhere is quid pro quo explicit. The point is to buy goodwill and trust Donald Trump to pay it back

Donald Trump's White House scrambled into action last night in a bid to deal with potentially damaging revelations in the Epstein files.

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

Trump and White House used footage from Florida to show ‘chaos’ in Chicago, report claims

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”

'You didn’t congratulate us!' World leaders burst into laughter mocking Trump at meeting. Read the full story at bit.ly/3IGtJNW #Trump #Politics #WorldNews #GlobalSummit #InternationalNews #politicalnews #news #rawstory #rawstorynews #unfilterednews

More Americans blame Republicans than Democrats in Congress for the government shutdown, according to a new poll.

Letter: Trevor Lee’s proposal to rename Harvey Milk Boulevard after Charlie Kirk is a deliberate act of hostile provocation and an affront to the dignity of LGBTQ+ people.

What a difference 12 years makes🤔

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

A CNN journalist issued a brutal blow to Donald Trump as he fact-checked all of the president's lies during his unusual speech to generals this week 🔥

In a blistering decision, a Reagan-appointed judge says the Trump administration has trampled First Amendment rights by targeting students protesting Israel's actions in Gaza.

CNN fact-checker spends four minutes debunking Trump’s ‘lies’ in speech to military

A federal judge delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university professors and students by targeting non-citizens on college campuses who have spoken out in support of Palestine.

NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections, @jesspish.bsky.social writes.

'Where do you even start?' Fact-checker demolishes Trump's barrage of falsehoods at UN

Commentary: Ohio politicians pressured by an openly corrupt president look to be doubling down on blatantly partisan gerrymandering to help them in the 2026 midterms by manipulating congressional district boundaries in 2025 to silence the voices of opposition.

Donald Trump made waves on Saturday with this bombshell letter criticizing Pam Bondi.

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testified before a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that she was fired after just 29 days because she refused to pre-approve vaccine recommendations or fire career officials for no reason.

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.

Commentary: What we heard from officials in the Trump administration this week were direct threats against free speech and, specifically, dissent.

Federal agents clashed with protesters and threw a congressional candidate to the ground Friday morning during a protest outside a Chicago-area ICE detention facility.

Good for the court for swiftly dismissing Trump's ludicrous complaint against the New York Times. Lawyers who file frivolous, harassing complaints -- especially in First Amendment cases while representing the president -- can and should face court sanctions.

Tucker Carlson says Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample First Amendment

WSJ editors tear into Trump's top FCC bureaucrat as US careens into 'dark corners'

After Trump’s FCC chair, demanded ABC take action against against Kimmel for his comments on Kirk, Nexstar, the largest operator of ABC affiliates announced it would pull Kimmel from its stations Then ABC said it was taking Kimmel off the air Nexstar is seeking FCC approval for a $6.2B merger

Listen carefully to what Jimmy Kimmel said...

Who stands with Jimmy Kimmel?

“Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t doing politics right.” —Ezra Klein

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

The UAE put $2B into a crypto firm largely owned by the Trumps and Witkoffs (as in Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East)—then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips. And let's not forget Trump's other gift from the Middle East, his private jet from Qatar. trib.al/IiVL63t

"Her disturbing vote to cover up the documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shows once again that Cindy Hyde-Smith is working for the rich and powerful, not Mississippians,” said Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor.

If you’re not familiar with the term “stochastic terrorism,” now is a good time to bone up, for the president is a stochastic terrorist. From 2024:

The federally funded Local Food for Schools (LFS) program helped the state purchase locally grown produce, bison meat, and salmon. Kamal Sidhu, co-owner of Sidhu Farms in Puyallup, said it’s a venture he had always wanted to do but it was beyond reach.

The non Roommate and non trans young man being mislabeled as a roommate needs to sue now. youtube.com/shorts/TCa8B...

Can we bring back privacy and not posting every single thing on social media? My god. The man’s murder was blasted across the internet, now she’s showing him in his casket? What is this time we’re living in!!!

You can't share a nationality with someone who thinks you don't deserve the same nationality. You can't share humanity with someone who doesn't recognize yours. These relationships require reciprocity. Don't ask us to give Kirk what he would never have given us.

But by not mentioning the political affiliation of the victims or perpetrators you mask the fact that the vast majority of political violence is perpetrated by the right, and most of that is aimed at the left. It's well-meaning, maybe, but dishonest and ultimately destructive.

Overall, perceptions of the economy remain deeply negative, with 71 percent rating it poorly versus 29 percent positively.

Read David's full report right here:

Are you 'shocked and outraged' about Charlie Kirk's death? If you are or are not, you need to watch this video: youtu.be/pcSGCs983-E

Charlie Kirk did push hate speech.

...remembering Charlie Kirk... www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Conservative advocacy like this: “Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. -Charlie Kirk

bsky.app/profile/noth... Charlie Kirk fantasizes about children watching televised executions: “At a certain age, it's an initiation” www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

Trump has ordered the flags at the White House lowered to 1/2 staff for this Neo Nazi propaganda POS. Not even a sorry for the assassinated and attempted assassination of Minnesotas House Speaker her husband (murdered) and the state Senator and his wife (survived).

Also, shoutout to the Boston Globe for just straight up listing all the ways RFK, Jr. is decimating public health. I don't love "at odds" with science, but we need more of this detail in every story.

[email protected] spent time in Israel, Gaza and apartheid South Africa and found “the parallels were too pointed to ignore”. 🔗: To read more, click here: www.prospectmagazine...