Supporters of President Donald Trump have long alleged, without evidence, widespread voter fraud. Two days after the 2020 presidential election, people vehemently argued the results outside the central counting board [...]
See below for a press release from Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner on Trump’s billion-dollar ballroom lunacy (and “Republicans…now trying to get $1 billion in taxpayer funding for President [...]
Here are some posts from Wednesday!Pssst I heard you like to How ‘bout these tabs?How ‘bout this quote-unquote ceasefire?How ‘bout this fucker?How ‘bout this fucker?How ‘bout this fucker?And finally! This [...]
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Several major companies have signed on to sponsor President Donald Trump’s plans to celebrate the United States’ founding, which will officially kick off with a Christian nationalist prayer event on [...]
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WASHINGTON — Following the Callais decision that empowers state Republicans to racially gerrymander maps with no guardrails, the stakes of building Democratic power in state legislatures have never been higher. Given state legislatures [...]
Millones de estadounidenses que luchan para llegar a fin de mes están abandonando su cobertura de seguro médico después de que los republicanos en el Congreso y Donald Trump se negaran a [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House took a crucial step Wednesday toward funding the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration warned that money to pay Transportation Security Administration and other [...]
President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One on his way to Mar-a-Lago for a luncheon with holders of his $TRUMP meme coin. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Get your news [...]
The Ballroom to Save America As reporters on Saturday night were waiting for President Donald Trump to give a press conference from the briefing room following the White House Correspondents’ [...]
In the ongoing struggle over the independence of the Fed, Trump finally blinked first. His toady prosecutor, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, abruptly announced this morning [...]
The Washington Post (4/8/26) asserts that “the Islamic Republic stands to lose more from the war resuming than Washington does”—though Trump’s plummeting approval ratings might suggest otherwise.In the wake of [...]
President Trump is inflicting tariffs on America in a vain attempt to revive traditional manufacturing. Private investment is gushing instead into data centers, where the AI economy is being hatched. [...]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada’s requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern [...]
Eric Trump speaks as World Liberty Financial Co-founder Zach Witkoff and Founder of TRON Justin Sun look on during Token 2049, a Crypto event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on [...]
This might not be the most important headline to break news today, but longtime readers of Where Things Stand may know that this author enjoys reveling in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ [...]
On Thursday and Friday, there seemed to be progress toward a war-ending deal. President Trump went along with an Iranian demand that Israel must cease bombing Lebanon as a precondition [...]
The Hollywood Reporter (2/27/26) reported Paramount‘s disclosure that funding for its WBD takeover “may include other strategic and financial partners” who go unnamed. The Reporter noted that “previous bids included [...]
Donald Trump traveled to Arizona today to spin his failing economic policies, which remain deeply unpopular with the American people. No matter how hard Trump tries to spin and gaslight [...]
Gas prices have surged 21.2% in the past month — the highest monthly gas price increase in recorded history. Ohioans are now paying $3.74 a gallon for gas, yet Donald Trump just said gas prices [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California attorney who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results has lost his license to practice in the state. The [...]
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, from left, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 21, 2025.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Get your [...]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to the one country in [...]
Federal employees involved in the massive operation that led to a surge of deportations and detentions around Minneapolis in recent months have received a souvenir from the controversial mission. A [...]
President Trump’s hapless efforts to extricate himself and the United States from his failed Iran war may have one salutary piece of collateral damage. There is now a wedge between [...]
Despite promising to make “housing much more affordable,” Trump has spiked costs and said that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing” Housing is unaffordable for everyday Americans in Donald [...]
For months, America’s war with Iran has been slowly suffocating the global economy.In March, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway that links the Persian Gulf’s oil [...]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump began [...]
You’ve certainly seen or heard about President Trump’s morning threat to destroy Iran’s civil energy and bridge infrastructure if the country doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday. To [...]
Published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy After President Trump went all in on crypto when he returned to office, Vivek Ramaswamy, the front-runner in the GOP [...]
Trump: We’re fighting wars […] It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You [...]
WATCH: Trump and his administration claimed tariffs would usher in a “golden age,” but one year in, prices are skyrocketing Today, the DNC hosted a press call with House Democratic [...]
As Donald Trump pushes his deeply unpopular effort to roll back the constitutional guarantee to birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court today, David Valadao owes Central Valley voters answers. After previously dodging the implications [...]
From the YES campaign:Top Trump Donor and Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Revealed as Funder of False, Racist “NO” Ads Malicious Text, Digital and Mail Campaign Misleads Black and Senior Voters, invoking [...]
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Whether they march to the MAGA drumbeat or roost on the progressive left, populists share a need for scapegoats. To inflame public passions and convert them into votes, each side [...]
March 2026 was a big month for anyone keeping tabs on the increasingly important intersection between the Trump administration and combat sports. On March 11, FBI Director Kash Patel announced [...]
Here’s what state legislative flips mean for the midterms: The DLCC is on offense and already working to deliver resources and infrastructure across the country after launching our most expansive target map to [...]
Americans are paying more at the pump as Trump doubles down on his war of choice with Iran According to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline [...]
See below for video and a press release from Sen. Mark Warner about his speech on the US Senate floor today about “high energy costs and broader economic impacts following [...]
Dok’s on One-A-Day duty today and has already aced the first requirement: Actually remembering to write a headline. Some days, just getting over lowest bar is a win.As Rebecca reminds [...]
President Donald Trump talks with, from left, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, associate justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, before the State of the Union address [...]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. The Senate is debating the Safeguard American Voter [...]
Trump Unable to Save Republicans from Self-Imposed Damage in Texas Senate Runoff President Donald Trump crows over the power of his endorsement — dangles it, sword of Damocles-like, over Republican [...]
When the history of the narrow survival of American democracy is written, the renewed independence of the judiciary will be a big part of the story. Trump himself gets a [...]
Democrats have flipped 28 seats since Trump’s election, and Florida’s HD-87 special election is the next race to watch this Tuesday WASHINGTON — Democrats are gearing up to carry our [...]