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The Nine Worst Trump Scandals of 2025
2+ hour, 15+ min ago Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They've had their necks kneeled on. They've been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One…...
The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification
1+ day, 4+ hour ago There was no shortage of bad news to cover in 2025. But I want to end the year by looking to the future and focusing on something more joyous: detrumpification. I spent most of this year'indeed, most of this last decade'thinking…...
Is This What Got Ghislaine Maxwell Her Cushy Prison Transfer?
1+ day, 15+ hour ago Newly released transcripts of Ghislaine Maxwell's July interview with the Justice Department depict a surprisingly chilly relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, despite varied reports that the glitterati socialites were each other's closest friends. In transcripts made available Friday…...
Trump Is in Epstein’s Contact Book. So Is His Entire Family.
1+ day, 16+ hour ago Surprise, surprise: President Donald Trump was in Jeffrey Epstein's contact list. Buried in the massive trove of documents released by the Department of Justice Friday was Epstein's 90-page contact book filled with names of high-profile celebrities'including Donald Trump and his…...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of New York Governor Race After Trump Snubs
1+ day, 16+ hour ago Republican Representative and MAGA hard-liner Elise Stefanik announced Friday that she will be dropping out of the New York gubernatorial race. While the move is surprising given that Stefanik was once one of the GOP's rising stars, it comes after…...
Justice Department Releases Epstein Files—With Broken Search Tool
1+ day, 16+ hour ago The Department of Justice finally released its first trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein Friday afternoon'with a broken search tool. The government was legally required to release all the files Friday, but took their time, and ultimately only released a…...
Sarah McBride Convinced Four Republicans to Defect on Trans Bill
1+ day, 17+ hour ago Representative Sarah McBride'the first out transgender member of Congress'had to lobby Republicans to strike down an anti-trans bill because she knew her Democratic colleagues abandoned her. "We're most interested in the caucus, right? But we also suspected we might lose…...
Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
1+ day, 17+ hour ago Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's proud of shuttering the U.S. Agency of International Development'but he really shouldn't be. During a press conference Friday, Rubio was asked whether he stood by his false claim earlier this year that the Trump…...
Dems Threaten Lawsuit After DOJ Says It Won’t Meet Epstein Deadline
1+ day, 18+ hour ago Top Democrats in Congress are threatening to sue after the Justice Department announced that it would not meet the Friday deadline to release all Epstein files. Representatives Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin, the ranking members of the House Judiciary and…...
Trump Has Delivered on No Promises—But Already Renamed Kennedy Center
1+ day, 19+ hour ago The president genuinely could not wait to plaster his name on the Kennedy Center. The newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center received some new signage Friday, hours after the national cultural center's board voted to add "Donald Trump" to the institute's title....