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May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
The GOP Is Fuming After the Pentagon Abruptly Pulls Back from Europe
The Trump administration called off the deployment of thousands of troops to Poland without explaining its decision to Congress.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
JD Vance Humiliates Himself as Crowd Stays Silent During His Speech
The vice president used a memorial service to try to score political points.
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Says He Has No Clue Trump Is Ready to Betray Taiwan
Donald Trump is suddenly caging on whether he’ll go through with a planned arms sale to Taiwan.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
ICE Charges Ahead With Building Megaprisons
The Department of Homeland Security is converting warehouses into detention centers.
May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Jim Jordan Can’t Keep His Lies About Inflation Straight
The Ohio representative dismissed concerns about high gas prices—and then tried to claim he didn’t.
May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
The DOJ Thinks Anyone Opposed to Trump’s Ballroom Is “Deranged”
According to a filing from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the ballroom is a “gift to the American people.”
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrat Announces Resignation After State GOP Destroys His District
State Republicans aggressively redrew voting districts to eliminate the lone Democratic seat.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Has Made Bank Off of Government Contractors’ Stock
Donald Trump has bought and sold millions of dollars in stock from tech companies and government contractors.
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Hantavirus Official Is a Penis Implant Specialist
Dr. Brian Christine has very little actual experience in public health.
May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Sets Crazy Condition for Settling $10 Billion IRS Lawsuit
The president will drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion “weaponization” fund that will give taxpayer money to his supporters—including January 6th insurrectionists.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Gives Cringe, Drawn-Out Explanation of New Insult for Democrats
Don’t worry, it got way funnier after he explained it in detail.
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Watch Sean Hannity Get Pissed at Trump Over Iran Talks in China
The Fox News host got visibly frustrated when Donald Trump wouldn’t say what Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to regarding Iran.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Report: Kash Patel Was Desperate to Snorkel in a Graveyard
The FBI director went on a VIP snorkeling trip at Pearl Harbor last summer.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
DHS Is Stepping Up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge
A lawyer for ICE instructed a DOJ attorney to withhold information from U.S. District Judge Melissa Dubose.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Border Patrol Chief Quits After Report He Hired Foreign Sex Workers
Mike Banks reportedly traveled abroad to solicit sex workers multiple times over the course of a decade.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s Who Funded Trump Secretary’s Family Reality TV Show
Sean Duffy went on an all-expenses-paid vacation over the course of seven months—and kept collecting a taxpayer-funded paycheck too.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Lawsuit Against
The Wall Street Journal
Isn’t Going Well
A U.S. district judge ruled that the president can’t use the discovery process in his ridiculous lawsuit against the newspaper.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MTG Locks Horns With MAGA Influencer as Trump’s Base Fractures
Marjorie Taylor Green tore into her former friend Benny Johnson.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Federal Judge Blasts “Untrustworthy” DOJ Over Gender-Affirming Care
The Department of Justice, “under oath, misrepresented salient facts,” according to Rhode Island Judge Mary McElroy.
May 14, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Secretary Keeps Bringing Up Biden When Asked What He’s Achieved
HUD Secretary Scott Turner couldn’t provide a single example of what he has done in the year-plus since he took office.
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