The 2024 GOP Field Is Basically Donald Trump and His Mini-Mes

vanityfair.com Trumpism is about destruction, about burning it all down, about a kind of partisanship in which Republicans are unwilling or unable to make any kind of bipartisan…

Moderates win on debt-ceiling

nypost.com That wasn’t so hard: The Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed legislation with bipartisan support, 63-36, to raise the debt ceiling along with the first major rollback of…

Biden, DNC hit the airwaves following latest bipartisan deal

msnbc.com As the bipartisan budget deal on the debt ceiling cleared the House and Senate last week, leaders from both parties made the case that they ended up with the better end of…

Steve Bannon calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to be primaried

newsweek.com Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has called on all 149 House Republicans who voted to increase the debt ceiling to be primaried while appearing to take particular…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appeal will also be his ruin

msnbc.com Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey laid his 2024 cards on the table Monday when he endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president and predicted…

Casey DeSantis' 'Walmart Melania' Nickname Sparks MAGA Debate

newsweek.com A new nickname given to Casey DeSantis, wife of Ron DeSantis, by an online news site has caused online debate online about whether it should be used by critics of the…

Bannon Goes to War With House Republicans, Wants Primary Opponents for MTG, Jim Jordan, and Others Over Debt Vote

mediaite.com Former Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon declared Monday that he wants to see all of the 149 House GOP members who voted to increase the debt ceiling last week primaried…

Biden campaign launches ad blitz capitalizing on debt ceiling deal

politico.com The lifting of the debt ceiling might not seem like bumper sticker material for a campaign. But President Joe Biden’s aides believe voters will reward him for working across…

Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams Steve Bannon: ‘I’m Done’

mediaite.com (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) fired off a text to fellow Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), saying that her rift with former…

MAGA, Gaga and a Better Way Forward

wsj.com Democrats from President Biden on down talk reflexively about “MAGA Republicans” (“Biden, Trump and MAGA” by Daniel Henninger, Wonder Land, May 25). Every time I hear that,…

Nikki Haley’s new strategy to take down Trump and DeSantis

vox.com Republican presidential candidate, former South Carolina governor and former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers a speech against abortion on April 25,…

Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Steve Bannon after he calls for primary challenge, saying she's 'done' with him in fiery texts to Matt Gaetz

businessinsider.com Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Capitol Hill on November 10, 2022. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the…

Biden supporters use Fox News to fight Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling win

newsweek.com In the lead-up to his bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did everything he could to control the narrative. Long known as press averse,…

The Republican Presidential Field Keeps Getting Better For Donald Trump

vanityfair.com The GOP field is set to expand again this week, with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, and some guy from North Dakota expected to…

Fox News Reeling After Tucker Carlson's Exit

zerohedge.com Fox News Reeling After Tucker Carlson's Exit Fox News has experienced a massive decline in ratings year-over-year following Tucker Carlson's sudden departure from the…

Five things the debt-ceiling deal suggests about the future

theguardian.com 1. House MAGA Republicans will be less of a force. It was supposed to be their ace in the hole, their single biggest bargaining leverage. But in the end, House MAGA…

Marjorie Taylor Greene goes against Republicans on mail-in ballots

newsweek.com Marjorie Taylor Greene has tweeted about the need to increase voter turnout for the Republican Party "by every means possible", including by mail-in ballots, after claiming…

I needed food stamps to feed my family. My House colleagues ignore stories like mine

msnbc.com Last week, I stood alongside my Congressional Progressive Caucus colleagues at a news conference on the debt limit deal that, at the time, was still being negotiated by…

Constituent Confronts Marjorie Taylor Greene on Bowman Comments: ‘The Same Thing…That Got Emmett Till Killed!’

mediaite.com Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) got a dressing down by a voter who didn’t appreciate the congresswoman’s recent comments regarding Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY). “Do you know…

A ‘Roast and Ride’ diary: DeSantis gladhands, Pence rides and longshots scramble to make the first debate

politico.com 10:42 a.m. — No act of ingratiation is too small in Iowa. The pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down is passing out ice cream, and while walking through the parking lot,…

YouTube Reverses Ban On 2020 Election Denial As 2024 Race Ramps Up

vanityfair.com YouTube announced Friday that it would no longer remove election lies from its platform as former President Donald Trump and the MAGA-faithful continue to deny the results…

Joe Biden Uses First Oval Office Address To Take Swipe At Trump. Debt Ceiling Deal Victory Lap, & Set Up Reelection Campaign Themes

deadline.com Joe Biden may have stumbled yesterday at the US Air Force Academy graduation, but the President had some swagger tonight. “There were extreme voices threatening to take…

‘Kevin McCarthy is His B*tch’: Bannon Praises Hakeem Jeffries as ‘The Man’ Over Debt Ceiling Tactics

mediaite.com Former Trump 2016 campaign manager and White House adviser Steve Bannon offered high praise from the top Democrat in the House, Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), on his War Room…

What Trump's claim that he's over the term 'woke' reveals

msnbc.com In a curious turn of events, former President Donald Trump said Thursday he doesn’t like the term “woke” anymore. His remarks may have been a swipe at Florida Gov. Ron…

Navy Removes Pride Month Posts Amid Right-Wing Backlash

forbes.com Companies declaring support for Pride Month—including those that simply adopt a rainbow-colored logo for June—are facing online attacks from right-wing social media users,…

CNN Boss Chris Licht Wanted the Trump Town Hall Audience to Be “Extra Trumpy”: Report

vanityfair.com If you caught last month’s disastrous CNN town hall with Donald Trump, there were a few things that likely stood out to you. The ex-president’s continued insistence that the…

Disney Gave This Microbudget Horror Director 300 Times His Usual Budget to Helm a Stephen King Movie

variety.com While Hollywood was on pause during the worst of the pandemic, Rob Savage’s quick thinking and creativity inspired him to make two movies on the fly. The British…

CNN's CEO reportedly looked like 'a man who had just survived a car wreck' after Trump town hall last month

businessinsider.com Chris Licht. Warner Bros. Discovery CNN CEO Chris Licht reportedly looked like he'd "just survived a car wreck" after last month's Trump town hall. Licht has been hit with a…

‘Disgusting’: Autism Advocates Decry Insinuations About DeSantis

politico.com But she recently found herself in the somewhat surprising position of pushing back against an emerging line of attack against DeSantis, something that’s been trotted out by…

All the Republicans running for president in 2024, explained

vox.com Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Federalist Society’s Executive Branch Review Conference at the Mayflower Hotel April 25, 2023, in Washington, DC. |…

The Senate is racing to meet the looming debt ceiling deadline before a catastrophic default as they vow to 'keep working until the job is done'

fortune.com Days away from a default crisis, the U.S. Senate dashed on Thursday to wrap up work on a debt ceiling and budget cuts package that overwhelmingly cleared a House vote,…

WATCH LIVE: Senate convenes after House approves bipartisan debt ceiling bill

pbs.org Veering away from a default crisis, the House overwhelmingly approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, sending the deal that President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin…

Marjorie Taylor Greene faces insurrection from "real MAGA"

newsweek.com Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's decision to vote in support of the debt ceiling deal on Wednesday has been harshly criticized by her former ally Steve Bannon, who called on…

US House passes bipartisan bill to raise debt ceiling, avoid default

france24.com Lawmakers agreed on a bill that looks to avoid a catastrophic default of the United States. The text will now go to the Senate for approval. US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy…

The Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal that no one liked sails through the House

fortune.com Veering away from a default crisis, the House overwhelmingly approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, sending the deal that President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin…

After sailing though House on bipartisan vote, Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal now goes to Senate

apnews.com Veering away from a default crisis, the House overwhelmingly approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, sending the deal that President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin…

House approves debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends deal to Senate

pbs.org Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a…

WATCH LIVE: McCarthy holds news conference on Fiscal Responsibility Act

pbs.org To avert a dangerous U.S. default, the House was heading toward approval of a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin…

Republican Virginia governor sends 100 National Guard soldiers to U.S.-Mexico border

pbs.org Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin is joining the list of Republican governors sending soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico. Youngkin…

Why Ron DeSantis has been reluctant to attack Donald Trump

vox.com Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a presidential campaign event in Iowa on May 30, 2023. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Trailing in by wide margins in the polls,…

Ron DeSantis to Iowa: Actually, It's Good That I Have No Personality

vanityfair.com Ron DeSantis is a petty tyrant whose political program mostly revolves around the execution of cruel, frequently absurd culture wars. But somehow, that isn’t his biggest…

‘This is Pathetic’: Conservatives Condemn Trump’s ‘Unhinged’ Rant Against Kayleigh McEnany

mediaite.com AP Photo/Alex Brandon Former President Donald Trump received backlash from conservatives and former campaign staffers on Tuesday after he tore into his former White House…

Ken Paxton's impeachment revealed how divided far-right and moderate Republicans in Texas have become, political scientist says

businessinsider.com Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Outside Supreme Court The Washington Post / Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached from office Saturday. Many of the…

'Puzzle Pieces' Show Who May Have Blocked Trump Office Search: Kirschner

newsweek.com "Puzzle pieces" may reveal who allegedly blocked a classified-documents search of former President Donald Trump's office, according to legal analyst Glenn Kirschner.…

Sarah Silverman shows us that being funny sometimes means saying you're sorry

msnbc.com In her newest comedy special, “Someone You Love,” on Max, Sarah Silverman mentions that she learned a surprising new fact about Adolph Hitler on Wikipedia. The mass…

AOC Warns of Fake But Verified Twitter Account Impersonating Her And Exchanging Flirty Messages With Elon Musk

mediaite.com Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images//Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) isn’t the only one confused over the inundation of…

Donald Trump's Pride merchandise resurfaces amid Target, Bud Light backlash

newsweek.com Conservatives calling for boycotts of brands that express support for the LGBTQ+ community have been accused of hypocrisy after Donald Trump's Pride range of merchandise…

Morning Rundown: Iowa apartment demolition, Memorial Day weekend shootings and debt ceiling bill

nbcnews.com The bipartisan debt ceiling bill faces criticism from hard-line Republicans. The quickly-announced demolition of a partially collapsed Iowa apartment building is "under…

The political dynasty America needs

unherd.com In an era when social media dictates political decision-making and open contests are vulnerable to capture by fervent ideologues, the call for “boring politics” might seem…

Jen Psaki Warns of Ron DeSantis' Masked Extremism on MSNBC

thewrap.com Though Ron DeSantis has spent most of the past week being mocked by both his critics and media outlets, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki warned viewers that these memes shouldn’t…

Disney Rejects Ron DeSantis’ Desire To Toss Judge For “Woke” Bias; Trump Rips Both GOP Rival & “Disgusting” Mouse House

deadline.com Having seen his 2024 White House bid embarrassingly misfire on the launch pad last week, Ron DeSantis is once again being mocked by both the Walt Disney Company and Donald…

Liz Cheney booed during commencement speech at alma mater

newsweek.com Former Representative Liz Cheney didn't have the warmest welcome when she traveled to Colorado College to give a commencement address to her alma mater on Sunday. Cheney,…

Vulnerable House Republicans Worried About ‘Trump Drag’ on Ticket Repeating 2022 Midterm Losses: Report

mediaite.com Vulnerable House Republicans are worried that former President Donald Trump will be a “drag” on the GOP down-ballot races in 2024, writes Cook Political Report…

Scoop: Dems told to say debt ceiling bill rejects GOP's "extreme demands"

axios.com House Democrats' messaging guidance on the newly released debt ceiling bill instructs them to say the legislation rejects "extreme demands" from Republicans, Axios has…

Biden world takes on latest GOP contenders, while still prepping for Trump rematch

politico.com Their efforts moved into higher gear this week with the entry of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis into the race. His glitch-filled launch on Twitter Spaces drew widespread mockery…

Trump’s lawyers can't stop getting in trouble

msnbc.com The attorney-client relationship is historically one of the most sacred, cloaked with the (usually) impenetrable privilege of complete confidentiality and one that is imbued…

Lauren Boebert praises man who screamed profanities at AOC

newsweek.com Representative Lauren Boebert on Sunday offered praise for a man who heckled her congressional colleague, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with profanity at a recent town hall…

Hakeem Jeffries Denies Kevin McCarthy’s Claim He Groused About GOP Getting the Better of Debt Deal: ‘No Idea What He’s Talking About’

mediaite.com House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) denied complaining to Kevin McCarthy about the framework for the new debt ceiling deal despite the House Speaker’s claims that…

Hakeem Jeffries says he has 'no idea' what Kevin McCarthy's talking about

politico.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told him there is “not one thing in the bill for Democrats.” But Jeffries denied making…

Republicans fear ‘repeat of 2016’ as GOP field expands

politico.com “If those people are all still in the race when January comes around, it’s going to be 2016 all over again, and Trump will win,” said Jason Osborne, the New Hampshire House…