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Sargent: You wrote in your piece that Trump is uniquely vulnerable here for other reasons as well. First, he campaigned as a populist. And second, his right-wing populist policies are what…
President Donald Trump keeps ranting furiously that “affordability” is a Democratic scam. But suddenly he’s now promoting video of himself talking about how devoted he is—really, truly—to…
Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday the Trump administration isn't treating abortion drug safety as a priority. Source link
Sen. Rand Paul is sounding the alarm over President Trump's nationwide redistricting push -- and the Democrats' counterattacks. Source link
House Republicans finalized a bill on Friday that Speaker Mike Johnson said will provide "clear, responsible alternatives" to Obamacare. Source link
The downward trend in the president’s numbers is consistent and alarming. Source link
This is over the last couple of weeks. Trump said about Somalia there: “If you look at Somalia, they’re taking over Minnesota. We are not taking their people anymore.” Okay, that’s...…
President Trump erupted Thursday in a wild rage on Truth Social in which he appeared to blame pollsters for failing to register his world-historical success. “When will Polls reflect the…
President Trump took a swipe Thursday evening at an Indiana state lawmaker who led a group of Republican senators to reject the redrawn congressional maps that would have produced a 9-0…
House Republicans have voted to punish Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for not releasing footage of the Pentagon’s extrajudicial executions of alleged drug traffickers. The GOP-led House on…
Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants…
Republicans are taking credit for Representative Jasmine Crockett’s last-minute decision to run for the United States Senate, as part of their efforts to recruit “very vulnerable…
Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah on Sunday offered a mealymouthed excuse for President Donald Trump’s xenophobic attacks on the Somali community. “We don’t want ’em in our country,”…
Republicans never could unite around a health care plan to replace Obamacare, and now they're struggling to coalesce around short- and long-term fixes as Congress faces a year-end cliff.…
Sargent: Well, we had the Washington Post also reporting that Republicans privately fear that the pool of vulnerable GOP incumbents is larger than they thought. We discussed that earlier.…
Democrats are running in the 2026 midterms on “affordability.” This week, Trump unleashed several angry, wild-eyed rants about their “affordability” message. In one, he raged that it’s a…
Even in defeat, the top brass at the Democratic National Committee claimed victory coming out of a special election this week that their candidate lost in a reliably red Tennessee…
“Larger companies are still hiring,” wrote Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, on X. “Smaller firms (under 50 workers) are doing the layoffs. It’s been a very tough…
Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. The GOP-led…
House Speaker Mike Johnson is convinced he has a grip on his caucus, even as reports circulate that his control is slipping. The chief House Republican rebuked comments made by…
Republican Representative Elise Stefanik is feuding with House Speaker Mike Johnson after legislation she has been pushing for years related to Russia and the 2016 election was left out of…
President Trump on Tuesday hailed Dallas County, Texas, for moving to paper ballots, as he ramps up his push to get rid of mail-in ballots and voting machines across the country. Source link
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. Is President Trump a lame duck? Maybe. The…
Bacon: Right. They don’t care about high prices. They care about helping their elite friends. Donegan: For you means he’s going to lower your grocery bill—he’s not going to do this…
