During a Judiciary hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin moved to subpoena individuals involved in the Trump slush fund: Todd Blanche Associate AG Stanley Woodward Scott Bessent IRS Chief Frank Bisignano Treasury General Counsel Brian Morrissey Jim Jordan said a vote would be held at the end of the hearing.

The DOJ's settlement bars the IRS from pursuing pending tax audits of Pres. Trump, his family and businesses, potentially opening the door to violations of the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause. Congress must act to ensure it is fully enforced.

An American leader who believes in science.

NEW: Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.

ADNOC CEO: IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST 4 MONTHS TO GET BACK TO 80% OF PRE CONFLICT FLOWS

⚡️Russia arming missile warheads with depleted uranium, Ukraine's SBU says. The SBU findings indicated that the warhead of the R-60 missile contained depleted uranium projectiles, specifically Uranium-235 and Uranium-238.

🇭🇺🇺🇦 Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: Ukraine is a victim of invasion and has every right to defend its territorial sovereignty and integrity by all means available to it.

Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, said Viktor Orbán and his former ministers will not receive their severance pay, which will instead be donated to an orphanage in Ukraine. 🇭🇺♥️🇺🇦 >>>

EU COMMISSION SPOKESPERSON: EU REMAINS COMMITTED TO SANCTIONS ON IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS, AND REITERATES DESIRE THAT RUSSIA DOES NOT BENEFIT FROM THE WAR

WHO RESEARCH HEAD: VACCINES FOR BUNDIBUGYO EBOLA STRAIN ARE SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY AT EARLIEST AND LACKING DATA

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Iran has warned that the Middle East war would spread far beyond the region if the United States and Israel resumed their attacks, after President Donald Trump threatened to strike again unless a deal is reached. ➡️ u.afp.com/SRaK

🔥🔥 The Moscow region is really on fire today — courtesy of some Ukrainian drones. #SlavaUkraini

This part of Hill culture never sat right with me. I've worked with plenty of Republicans and conservatives over the years, but if someone is spreading conspiracy theories about climate science or refusing to accept election results, I don't want to grab a beer with them or do a sportsmanship.

Manager at Trump’s Club Advised Reflecting Pool Repairs https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/20/manager-at-trumps-club-helped-plan-reflecting-pool-repairs/

Imagine, in your head what "guy who writes book about truth in AI but uses AI for it and so the quotes are made up" looks like, times it by 3,000x, and you get roughly what the guy actually looks like www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

Lithuania tells people to shelter due to drone incursion reut.rs/4umORLP

After Trump’s latest visit to China to meet with President Xi Chinese Citizens were asked what they thought of Trump and they said that they didn’t care for him and thought he cared more about himself than anything.

they're going to the boil the frog over this entire term

Sources say USAID cuts damaged epidemic preparedness and hampered the DRC's Ebola response, a perfect storm fueling third-largest outbreak in history. www.statnews.com/2026/05/19/u...

@paulwaldman.bsky.social: "He keeps looking for someone else to swoop in and end the disaster he caused — first Europe, now China, and who knows whose help he might plead for next. Unfortunately, no one can end this but him." And he wants a W w/o having to give up anything. 🧾 shorturl.at/Lnlpj

Z-propagandists are complaining that Ukrainian drones are reaching the Russian Urals: "It is our weakness. We often simply don't see these drones. We have encountered a moment where the means of attack surpass the means of defense."

Susan Collins doesn’t understand how Trump could endorse someone who is unethical.

and now, your moment of zen. 🎥 (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYhEwUvv67q/)

This is peak mid 20th century CIA-style work www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Paul Noth, The New Yorker

that taxpayer funded gladiator fight birthday party on the white house lawn hes about to throw himself is really going to hit like bath salts

y'all remember when ken burns did the vietnam war and we all learned that nixon decided to betray his country vis-a-vis the peace talks. apropos of nothing it'll be fun to learn what trump was hiding in the year 2032.

Prime Minister Mark Carney showed no signs on Tuesday of flinching over a decision by the United States to abruptly pause a long-standing bilateral defence board and put its future under review. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

If you're a Democrat and you confirm someone who refuses to unequivocally say "Joe Biden won the 2020 election," you should lose your job.

I mean the guy already has a huge secret bunker/command center under the north lawn that we’re not supposed to talk about (and I’m not talking about the old PEOC used on 9/11). This one was built in secret in 2010.🧵

"battleships" that by your own plan aren't gonna hit the water for another decade lmao

Greenland is taking the Canadian Rangers as an example of how the semi-autonomous Arctic island could increase its military activities, with civilians actively involved. nordicreporter.com/2026/04/gree...

Iraq war speedrun confirmed

US Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Iran war powers: “The result was a victory for lawmakers who have been arguing that Congress, not the president, should have ​the power to send troops to war, as spelled out in the Constitution.” Via Reuters

Someone back in the day (can't remember who) said that the way to temember how to pronouce his name is to say "I'm a dinner jacket"

we are in this bizarre situation where donald trump has never been more unpopular with the country as a whole but also retains an ironclad grip on the GOP primary electorate so every last one of them can either go down with the ship or lose a primary

"The US began admitting white South Africans as refugees in May 2025, while suspending the refugee settlement program for people fleeing war or persecution in countries including Afghanistan, [DR Congo] & Sudan. In the year ending in September 2024..., the US admitted more than 100,000 refugees."

US to admit 10,000 more white South African ‘refugees’ at cost of $100 million. “...it will increase the number of white South Africans it admits as refugees [in 2026]... from about 7,500 to 17,500, claiming... 'an emergency refugee situation’." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

YouTube Will Let Creators 𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝑨𝑰 𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔 (my emphasis)

Let's be clear: Massie was far more conservative—both in ideology, principle and how he voted—than Trump or any of his sycophants. This wasn't about policy. It was about Trump. And his anger that Massie pushed to release the Epstein files.

Rep. Thomas Massie has conceded. Republican voters have rejected the member of their own party most responsible for forcing the vote to release the Epstein files. All because Trump, a man named in the Epstein files thousands of times, didn't want them released. That says a lot. None of it good.

YOU DONT SAY

I’m not up on my Christo-fascist terms, but isn’t being “called home” a reference to death and entering the kingdom of heaven with Jesus?

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

Ukraine isn't subjugated. Its government still stands. Its military is stronger than before. NATO expanded with Finland & Sweden joining. And Russia has paid an enormous price in casualties & economic strain. After four years, Putin is further from his goals—not closer.

Trump and sons to be ‘forever’ exempt from tax audits ft.trib.al/ePJ9DiF

why would anyone ever pay taxes again if they're immune from audits?

But 15 months ago Trump and Vance tried to intimidate Zelensky into signing a surrender deal by yelling at him that Ukraine didn’t have any cards. Despite Trump’s repeated efforts to help Putin, Russia is losing while Trump can’t figure out how to get out of his own war.

My wife and I own a local newspaper, and we’ve seen a substantial uptick in local businesses buying ads. We think Meta’s enshittification is having a real effect. As they squeeze their services for ad dollars and fill their feeds with slop, they drive small businesses back to local news.

Betting odds on Kalshi two weeks ago showed Massie with as high as a 78% chance of winning his primary.