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Recent embarrassing developments in the conservative legal sphere have generated a new wave of mockery and criticism. At the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, a motion was recently filed in the 6th District Court of Appeals. Normally the subject of the appeal would attract the most attention, but Bondi’s DOJ instead showed off a staggering level of incompetence at the most…

President Donald Trump hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday, where the two took questions from reporters in the Oval Office. Trump seemed to have far less enthusiasm discussing the ramifications of launching a full-scale military operation against Iran than he had been to announce it. It was almost as if he embroiled the United States in a new, potentially protrac…

President Donald Trump’s haphazard attack on Iran is creating chaos all across the Middle East, and Americans are stuck there. According to Trump, the administration didn’t evacuate U.S. nationals from the Middle East because everything just happened too fast : "It happened all very quickly. … I thought we were going to have a situation where we were going to be attacked. They were getting ready …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, and patience seemed to have worn thin for the serial cosplayer as lawmakers from both parties grilled Noem on her public conduct and suspicious spending decisions. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island questioned Noem about her luxury jet spending , which she has claimed is connected to d…

Watching the Middle East be drawn deeper and deeper into a conflict that the United States seems to have started based on vibes is terrible, but what if we made it terrible and dystopian by letting people bet on it? Prediction markets are going gangbusters over the Iran war, with over $500 million sloshing around on Polymarket over the weekend as the bombs began to fall. “Bombing” by Nick Anderso…

The House Oversight Committee released nearly nine hours of video depositions of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday. If the GOP hoped that the marathon sessions would create explosive Jeffrey Epstein-related fodder, the release instead just underlined how unfocused Republicans are. “You're asking her about whether she's reviewed emails in the Eps…

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The Trump administration is circulating talking points to Republican members of Congress, instructing them to praise military operations in Iran and avoid calling the conflict there a war. The spin operation coincides with President Donald Trump reaching out to reporters, even as opinion polls show the public opposed to the bombing campaign. The White House’s talking points, obtained by independe…

Prior to President Donald Trump's deadly , economically damaging , and unpopular war in Iran, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama was squarely in the lead for the title of dumbest member of the United States Senate . But he now has some stiff competition. Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma has been making the rounds on cable TV to defend his Dear Leader's war , making a number o…

It’s really hard to keep track of all the horrors these days. Thanks to President Donald Trump’s secret surprise dead-of-night attack on Iran , which unsurprisingly has fueled a widening conflict across the Middle East, it was easy to miss the news that the United States suffered yet another mass shooting. But you have to hand it to Texas Republicans for their impressive ability to multitask. Not…

At 12:45 AM on March 3, 1991, a bystander captured a video of motorist Rodney King being beaten by a swarm of police officers in Los Angeles. King, a Black man, had pulled over after a police chase through the city. King, who had been tasered twice already before the video even began, was filmed beset by four white officers using batons and their feet to beat the unarmed King mercilessly, leaving…