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Recent Articles (8)
Psychiatrists: Trump's escalating rage poses nuclear threat
President Donald Trump once again displayed evidence of cognitive decline, at least according to one political expert. Speaking for The Daily Beast, analyst David Rothkopf cited Trump’s Sunday remarks
The margins are razor-thin —but one party will likely Congress: experts
According to polling experts, either President Donald Trump’s Republican Party or the opposition Democratic Party will sweep both houses of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections. Yet even as Trum
Trump's economy hasn't sunk the GOP because the Dems blew it: analysis
President Donald Trump’s Republican Party should be performing worse than it currently is against their Democratic counterparts, according to an anti-Trump conservative. The economy continues to suffe
Showdown brewing between Trump and Mamdani over Netanyahu arrest
US President Donald Trump declared Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza—wi
Iowa is acting 'differently': Expert issues stark warning on GOP's future in red state
Political expert Charlie Cook, the founder of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said Monday he thinks Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand will win Iowa’s gubernatorial election, but the U.S. Senate
Behind closed doors: Expert predictions on what Trump will do next in escalating war
Trump’s war with Iran has resumed (it never really stopped). The U.S. is sending more warplanes to the Middle East. Two American service members were killed in an Iranian missile attack on Jordan, and
Fox News would call for impeachment if economy was this bad under Obama: ex-Trump aide
President Donald Trump’s economy is so bad, it is reminiscent of the economy under the doomed Republican presidency of Herbert Hoover — at least, according to one of Trump’s former advisers. “We have
A Trump-endorsed Senate candidate seems poised to lose a key swing state
In June President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), a far right Republican and backer of Trump’s debunked Big Lie about the 2020 election, to oppose incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA). Now