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May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Sets Crazy Condition for Settling $10 Billion IRS Lawsuit
The president will drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion “weaponization” fund that will give taxpayer money to his supporters—including January 6th insurrectionists.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Gives Cringe, Drawn-Out Explanation of New Insult for Democrats
Don’t worry, it got way funnier after he explained it in detail.
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Watch Sean Hannity Get Pissed at Trump Over Iran Talks in China
The Fox News host got visibly frustrated when Donald Trump wouldn’t say what Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to regarding Iran.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Report: Kash Patel Was Desperate to Snorkel in a Graveyard
The FBI director went on a VIP snorkeling trip at Pearl Harbor last summer.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
DHS Is Stepping Up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge
A lawyer for ICE instructed a DOJ attorney to withhold information from U.S. District Judge Melissa Dubose.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Border Patrol Chief Quits After Report He Hired Foreign Sex Workers
Mike Banks reportedly traveled abroad to solicit sex workers multiple times over the course of a decade.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s Who Funded Trump Secretary’s Family Reality TV Show
Sean Duffy went on an all-expenses-paid vacation over the course of seven months—and kept collecting a taxpayer-funded paycheck too.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Lawsuit Against
The Wall Street Journal
Isn’t Going Well
A U.S. district judge ruled that the president can’t use the discovery process in his ridiculous lawsuit against the newspaper.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MTG Locks Horns With MAGA Influencer as Trump’s Base Fractures
Marjorie Taylor Green tore into her former friend Benny Johnson.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Federal Judge Blasts “Untrustworthy” DOJ Over Gender-Affirming Care
The Department of Justice, “under oath, misrepresented salient facts,” according to Rhode Island Judge Mary McElroy.
May 14, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Secretary Keeps Bringing Up Biden When Asked What He’s Achieved
HUD Secretary Scott Turner couldn’t provide a single example of what he has done in the year-plus since he took office.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Team Is Panicking About Plan to Issue Pardons on His Birthday
Even some of Donald Trump’s advisers think he’s going too far.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
The One Issue Trump Is Desperate to Avoid in China
Xi Jinping has repeatedly raised Taiwan during Trump’s visit to China. Thus far, the president and his aides have avoided it entirely.
May 14, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Ex-Prison Employee Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Luxurious Lifestyle
Maxwell is getting perks behind bars that don’t even go to other high-profile inmates, the former employee said.
May 14, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Lindsey Graham Is Already Begging Trump to Derail China Talks
Graham threatened the Asian superpower before Donald Trump’s summit had concluded.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democratic Lawmaker, 83, Has Been Missing for a Month
Representative Frederica Wilson is running for reelection.
May 13, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Republicans Aren’t Done Stealing Democratic Seats
The GOP is hoping to redraw maps in at least two more states before the midterm elections.
May 13, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Miami Residents Sue to Block Trump’s Scammy Presidential Library
A lawsuit alleges that the land for the construction of his presidential library was given to him in an effort to gain favor with the president.
May 13, 2026
Edith Olmsted
JD Vance Insists Trump Never Said He Doesn’t Care About Americans
Unfortunately for the vice president, there’s video.
May 13, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Report: Rand Paul’s Son Hurled Antisemitic Insults at GOP Congressman
“Oh wow, I’m so sorry for calling you a Jew,” the younger Paul reportedly said.
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