Author: Mabinty Quarshie

Fissures within the Trump administration have started to form as rivalries over trade and even Defense Department operations bring the infighting of the president’s first term roaring back to life. The White House was praised in the first few months of President Donald Trump’s second term for chief of staff Susie Wiles’s discipline over infighting,…

Vice President JD Vance voiced confidence that the United States would be able to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia, even as others in the Trump administration express doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin is serious about negotiations. “We think we have some interesting things to report on, of course, in private. So the negotiations,…

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), once a rising star in the Republican Party, is staring down a pair of decisions in 2026 and 2028 regarding his family’s political future that could both run afoul of fellow Floridian President Donald Trump.   Despite a disastrous 2024 presidential campaign, DeSantis, a popular governor, is a rumored candidate for a 2028…

President Donald Trump will undergo his first physical examination of his second administration on Friday, and questions about cognitive testing hang in the balance. “I am pleased to report that my long scheduled Annual Physical Examination will be done at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday of this week,” the president wrote on Truth…

President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has fallen significantly, according to a new Economist-YouGov poll tracking voters’ frustration with the president on the economy and inflation. Just 43% of participants in the survey had a favorable rating of the president, while 54% had an unfavorable approval rating. CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT: TRUMP’S ‘LIBERATION DAY’ TARIFFS TAKE EFFECT…

President Donald Trump‘s administration swatted down suggestions that his proposed “Liberation Day,” when sweeping tariffs will be unveiled on Wednesday, would lead to a depressed stock market and increased prices for the public. “They’re not going to be wrong. It is going to work,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a Tuesday press…

During a recent late-night TV appearance, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) bluntly responded to President Donald Trump‘s frequent attacks on his physical appearance. “I’m a good Democrat. So my view, of course, is when they go low, we go high, he can go f*** himself,” Schiff told Jimmy Kimmel Thursday evening, making a sharp twist on…

President Donald Trump‘s executive order to begin shutting down the Department of Education is all but guaranteed to face several challenges in court after multiple critics decried the action as unconstitutional. Legally, only Congress can shut down the Education Department. It is unclear if the president has the necessary votes. Still, Trump’s order calls for…

The Democratic Party’s premier fundraising machine is facing an uncertain future amid investigations, staff departures, and political headwinds. ActBlue stands accused by Republicans of illegally collecting money for Democrats during the 2024 election by using deceptive methods. But its brushes with controversy go back further than the last cycle. And its next chapter could be…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied allegations that President Donald Trump‘s administration willfully ignored a federal judge’s orders to return two flights full of alleged Venezuelan gang members. “The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order,” Leavitt wrote Monday morning on X, pushing back against a news report. “The order, which…