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When Elon Musk swept in to wreck our democracy last year, he brought with him his own private security detail. Rather than tell Musk’s rent-a-cop randos to get gone or assign Musk security from actual trained federal personnel, this administration took a more novel approach: Just have the U.S. Marshals deputize Musk’s security team as federal agents. Problem solved! Sure, Musk’s security personne…

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins appeared on Fox Business Monday to defend the Trump administration’s track record of bankrupting farms with bad policies, blaming rising costs on former President Joe Biden. “We are acutely aware and very, very, very focused on the cost of inputs, and it isn't just in the last 30 days since the conflict began,” Rollins said. “But really since we inherited a ye…

Every Monday is Groundhog Day since President Donald Trump launched the ill-planned boondoggle in Iran. On Sunday night, before stock and commodities futures markets open, Trump or other unnamed White House officials speak to gullible reporters, telling them that the war is nearly over , or Iran is negotiating a ceasefire deal . When those reporters transmit those assertions to the public, stock …

The New York Times has once again been caught red-handed editing commentary from President Donald Trump that makes his commentary seem less unhinged than it truly is. On Easter Sunday, Trump sent out a Truth Social post reading, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll …

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A Reuters report on Saturday claimed President Donald Trump was weighing a “reset” in his administration to arrest what he considered “unfair” media coverage over his Iran fiasco. That one sentence undersells just how unhinged this is. ​​U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's removal this week, as he grows increasingly fru…

President Donald Trump wants $10 billion to renovate Washington’s parks and infrastructure. That sounds like a good thing, but the catch is—as it always is—this is Donald Trump we’re talking about. This is not a man who thinks the nation’s capital belongs to the nation’s people. It’s a man who has made it extremely clear that the White House , the Kennedy Center , the district’s public golf cours…

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Declining flows and the warming climate imperil farms, green energy projects and the economy of one of California’s poorest counties. By Jeremy Lindenfeld for Capital & Main In the southeast corner of California, 300-foot-tall sand dunes rise from a sunbaked landscape dotted with ocotillo and creosote bushes. Summer temperatures here regularly exceed 110 degrees, and annual rainfall is comparable…

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Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. He is risen! But the “he” is certainly not President Donald Trump, whose poll numbers have fallen lately, even when it comes to one of his most supportive groups: white evangelicals. In March 2025, 82% of white evangel…