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  The idea that the Trump administration might be committing war crimes or murder by blowing up boats in the Caribbean that they believe are carrying drugs is not going away. Republicans are being frequently asked about it, and to say that their answers have been less than satisfying, or even credible, would be an […]

The lighting of the White House Christmas tree is one of those feel-good ceremonial duties that it is almost impossible for a president to screw up. That is, until Donald Trump lit the White House Christmas tree in 2025. PoliticusUSA pulls no punches. Our news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a

There is one clear message being sent by House Republicans. The GOP really doesn’t want former Special Counsel Jack Smith to ever have an opportunity to tell the American people about his evidence against Donald Trump in the 1/6 and classified documents cases. House Judiciary Committee Republicans, led by Chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), have

It was never realistic to think that Democrats could flip the special US House election in deep-red central Tennessee. Republicans had built themselves too many structural advantages to lose, but the fact that the district that Trump won by 22 points over Kamala Harris in 2024 moved 13 points to the left in about a

To say that Republicans are feeling gloomy about the House special election in Tennessee would be a big understatement. Republicans went straight past gloomy and into meltdown mode. The realization is starting to hit House Republicans that only the very reddest of the red districts might be safe for them in 2026. Donald Trump is

Donald Trump keeps trying to prove that his brain has not melted into cottage cheese, and every time he tries, he only raises more doubts and makes the questions grow about his cognitive state. Trump didn’t do himself any favors by calling in to a Mike Johnson rally for the Republican candidate in the Tennessee

Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump made a big mistake when they decided to make an enemy out of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Kelly is known as a common-sense mainstream Democrat. Kelly doesn’t have a reputation as an extreme partisan or political bomb thrower, which is perhaps why Trump and Hegseth thought that they could make

Republicans have been spending millions of dollars on a special election in a gerrymandered Tennessee district that Donald Trump won by 22 points in 2024. Republicans are so worried about the election that Speaker Mike Johnson went there for a rally to try to boost the Republican candidate Matt Van Epps against Democratic candidate Aftyn

Donald Trump was able to win two presidential elections by keeping his support nearly universal among Republican voters and cobbling together enough swing voters to be victorious. Trump’s governing has always been based on having a unified Republican Party with him. It has been nearly a decade of pundits and attention seekers everywhere proclaiming that

The Trump administration currently has multiple situations brewing where they are attempting to either dodge responsibility for their actions or deny reports about their activities. The White House is trying to blame Joe Biden for the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members who Trump deployed by a person from Afghanistan whom Trump granted