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MAGA churches are flouting the law with impunity: report

MAGA churches are flouting the law with impunity: report

President Donald Trump and his supporters are engaging in “more overt” defiance of laws prohibiting nonprofits like churches from explicit partisan activity — and

Expert says Trump's big Iran claim is a 'hoax'

Expert says Trump's big Iran claim is a 'hoax'

President Donald Trump, like the previous Republican president George W. Bush, incorrectly claimed that the Middle Eastern country he wished to invade possessed

DC insider breaks down Trump's 'unpardonable' Iran blunder

DC insider breaks down Trump's 'unpardonable' Iran blunder

President Donald Trump’s actions in engaging America into a war with Iran are “unpardonable,” according to a Republican strategist who worked for President George

Top Trump aide skewered for begging world to help bail US out on Iran

Top Trump aide skewered for begging world to help bail US out on Iran

President Donald Trump’s UN Ambassador Mike Waltz is being roasted on social media for asking other nations to help America open the Strait of Hormuz after it was

How MAGA could 'wipe out' Democrats

How MAGA could 'wipe out' Democrats

An expert on law, politics and foreign policy explained in a Sunday editorial that the same logic used by President Trump and his supporters to invade Iran is also

'Americans need clarity': Trump energy secretary slammed for Iran war comments

'Americans need clarity': Trump energy secretary slammed for Iran war comments

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright made the rounds of US media on Sunday — and users on the social media platform X were not impressed with what he had to say.Speaking

'Biggest jerk of the week, month, year and decade': Tea partier tears into Trump

'Biggest jerk of the week, month, year and decade': Tea partier tears into Trump

President Donald Trump and his key supporters are “jerks,” according to a former Republican congressman who once supported Trump.“Of course, the biggest jerk of

Charlie Kirk's organization targets high school students with MAGA messaging

Charlie Kirk's organization targets high school students with MAGA messaging

During a late 2010s conversation on WURD-FM (a Black talk radio station in Philadelphia), one of the guests commented that if you think Millennials are liberal

The divide tearing America apart just hit a new extreme: conservative

The divide tearing America apart just hit a new extreme: conservative

The word "polarization" was being used to describe the United States' political environment long before Donald Trump launched the MAGA movement with his 2016 campaign

The Trump administration has the answers many academics are too afraid to seek

The Trump administration has the answers many academics are too afraid to seek

President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and other federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to UFOs and unidentified anomalous phenomena