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Against Oppositional Defiance Disorder in Politics

If you oppose something because Trump wants it, you’re not sticking it to him, you’re sticking it to yourself.

The Race Is on to Set the Narrative About the WHCD Shooting

There are some progressive activists who absolutely need to believe that other progressive activists...

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao: Building ships a priority in first statements since taking reins

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said Saturday that shipbuilding is a priority -- his first public remarks since the ouster of his predecessor and former boss, John C. Phelan, last week.

Family Research Council helping feds take on Southern Poverty Law Center

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said his organization is assisting the FBI's investigation of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has been indicted for funding hate groups it claimed to fight.

Live updates: Leavitt to brief reporters; WHCA shooting suspect expected in court

The suspected gunman involved in Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner is slated to appear in court Monday. Early indications are that likely he was targeting President Trump and other top officials. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt added a press briefing to the schedule; she'll appear in the briefing room...

Trump: I don’t owe Pope Leo an apology

President Trump said Monday that he will not apologize for his criticism of Pope Leo XIV after calling him “weak” because the pope spoke out against the Iran war. Trump told reporters outside the Oval Office when asked if he owes the first American pope in history an apology, “No, I don’t.” “Because Pope Leo...

Trump says 4,500-seat arena will be built for UFC fight at White House

President Trump detailed new plans for a UFC fight the league is planning on the White House grounds in June. "I've been involved in a lot of big events, I have never had an event that has had more interest than the UFC fight we have right at the front door," Trump told reporters gathered...

California Republicans snub Trump, don’t endorse in governor’s race

The California Republican Party did not endorse a candidate for governor on Sunday at its convention despite President Trump’s endorsement of former Fox News host Steve Hilton in the race. In a post on the social platform X on Sunday, the Golden State GOP said “neither candidate for Governor was able to reach the 60%...

Trump picks fight with the pope, then posts AI photo depicting himself as Jesus 

It’s Monday. You have two more days to file your taxes if you haven’t done so already! In today’s issue: ⛪ IN THE WHITE HOUSE President Trump goes after … *checks note* … the pope: President Trump fired off a lengthy post on Sunday night bashing Pope Leo XIV, accusing him of being “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.” From Trump’s attack...

Trump on AI Jesus image: ‘I thought it was me as a doctor’

President Trump told reporters Monday that the AI image appearing to depict him as Jesus Christ was actually an image of Trump as a doctor healing people.  "I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which...

Melania Trump to head to Capitol Hill to talk foster care improvements

First lady Melania Trump is expected to head to Capitol Hill this week to discuss ways to improve foster care efforts. The first lady will be speaking at a closed-door roundtable Wednesday with members of the House Ways and Means Committee and witnesses form the foster care system, Punchbowl News first reported and was confirmed...

Mehdi Hasan’s arguments against Israel’s right to exist fall flat

Why did an Oxford-educated journalist say something so transparently foolish?

These Democrats are calling on Swalwell to leave Congress

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who on Sunday suspended his campaign for California's governor amid sexual assault allegations he has denied, is now facing pressure from fellow congressional Democrats to leave his seat in Congress. In a post on the social platform X, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) said both Swalwell and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas),...

Does Trump have a right to expect ‘his’ judges to side with him?

So much for an independent judicial branch of government! 

Hundreds of Hollywood figures come out against Paramount, Warner Brothers merger

More than 1,000 professionals in the entertainment business are voicing their opposition to a planned mega merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers, which are eyeing a deal that would deliver a major shake-up to the TV and movie business. In an open letter, which was signed by Hollywood stars like Bryan Cranston, Ben Stiller and...

Trump’s budget puts war first, and Americans last 

President Donald Trump’s new budget proposal exposes the emptiness of his claims to put Americans first. 

Iran taunts Trump, threatens Gulf ports over blockade threat

Iran is taunting the Trump administration over gas prices in the U.S. and threatening ports on the Persian Gulf after President Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, told the U.S. in a post on the social platform X Sunday afternoon to...

Judge dismisses Trump’s Wall Street Journal defamation suit over Epstein story 

A federal judge tossed President Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal on Monday over a story it published detailing a letter Trump allegedly sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.  Trump denies writing the letter and claims it was faked. But U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles ruled the president failed to allege “actual malice,” the high bar public figures must clear to...

Development orgs should focus on poverty, not trendy causes

When a child could die tonight from a preventable disease, no family cares about shaving a fraction of a degree from global temperatures a century from now.

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