Vance amplifies false claims about Haitian migrants in Ohio
A week after his unsubstantiated comments on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, sparked a national firestorm and spurred violent threats in the small town, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) doubled down on his baseless claims that Haitians are eating their neighbors’
Trump posts ‘I hate Taylor Swift,’ days after the star’s Harris endorsement
Former president Donald Trump took his bitterness over mega-pop star Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to his social network, declaring in an all-caps tweet on Truth Social on Sunday, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT.” The post did not mention
Trump’s historic Abraham Accords would be bolstered with military ‘exchange program’ under bipartisan bill
A bipartisan pair of senators is introducing a new bill on the fourth anniversary of the Abraham Accords to deepen cooperation between U.S. and Middle East partners. The LINK Act, brought forth by Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Jacky Rosen,
Authentic presidential leadership: Americans know it when they see it
Toward the end of his presidency, Ronald Reagan was doing the standard round of exit interviews, one with Tom Brokaw of NBC. During the taping, Brokaw asked Reagan a rather brilliant question, namely, was there anything from Reagan’s Hollywood days
Senate Republican candidates are trailing Donald Trump
The Republican Party has largely refashioned itself in former president Donald Trump’s image in the past five years, with downballot candidates jockeying for his endorsement, hugging him tightly on the campaign trail and embracing his policy initiatives. But many of these
‘Crush liberal dominance’: Conservative funder urges leaner, meaner posture for activist groups
Leonard Leo, who operates a vast network of conservative nonprofits, called on his groups to start ‘weaponizing’ their ideas, something he said the left has been championing over the years. A letter sent to groups supported by Leo’s 85 Fund on
Trump made a bold move to bring Mideast peace. Harris will only bring chaos
Due to weakness in the White House, we are experiencing chaos in the Middle East, strikes on our servicemembers, the bloodiest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and Americans still held hostage by Iran-backed Hamas. It doesn’t have to be this
Trump, GOP fuel conspiracy theories: Eating pets, a rigged debate and QAnon
Donald Trump latched onto a new false claim before a prime-time debate audience of 67 million people: Haitian immigrants in Ohio are eating people’s pets. He defended his inaccurate assertions that he won the 2020 election and that Kamala Harris
Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC ramps up swing state operations
A super PAC that Elon Musk helped create has ramped up spending on behalf of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in recent weeks, splashing out millions of dollars primarily in swing states. The burst of activity adds to the evidence of
How grieving military families became a pro-Trump force with GOP operative’s help
After months of disagreements, a group of military families who lost loved ones in a bombing during the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan gathered on a Zoom call last December. On the line with them was a 35-year-old Republican operative and