Running on ‘Prairie Populism,’ Turek Wins Primary as Iowa Dems Reach for US Senate Seat

State Rep. Josh Turek (D-IA), a gold medal Paralympian, won the Democratic primary Tuesday and will now set his sights on the ...

Dems to Warn Trump He Has Run Afoul of War Powers Act With Absurd Claim That Iran War Has Been ‘Terminated’

Last month, the Trump administration insisted that its war with Iran was over, a transparently preposterous claim aimed at ...

Tariff Refunds Are Going Well. Trump’s DOJ Wants to Make Them Harder.

President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to muck up its responsibility to refund businesses who paid the president’s ...

Long, Weird California Governor Primary Comes to a Close After Surprise Becerra Surge

In most recent polling, Becerra has a small lead. If he holds on to his momentum, the real drama could come in the second ...

Republican Who Has Mysteriously Gone Missing From Congress Gets a Dem Challenger

And Sen. Sullivan is frustrated, claiming that his new challenger is a plant by Democrats and former Rep. Mary Peltola’s ...
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Trump Makes Bill Pulte the Acting Director of National Intelligence

Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via ...
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Will We NEVER Learn the Lessons of Trump?

A confusing mishmash of reporting Monday afternoon inadvertently revealed that Donald Trump can still play Congress and the press like fools. Adding an absurdist twist to the afternoon, the Trump DOJ ...