Rapist Who Wanted Vice President Dead Compares Self to Navalny

Donald Trump thinks he has a lot in common with Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, likening his own legal comeuppance for fraud and rape to the plight of the Russian opposition leader, who died in one of Russia’s harshest penal Continue reading Rapist Who Wanted Vice President Dead Compares Self to Navalny

Joe Manchin Announces He Was Totally Kidding About That President Thing

The claim in the documents went like this: Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, which at the time employed Hunter, paid both him and his father $5 million in bribes. It would appear that a tall tale Continue reading Joe Manchin Announces He Was Totally Kidding About That President Thing

Trump Pretends He’s Still President. Biden Should Treat Him That Way.

But now that Trump, all but officially the GOP’s nominee for president (sorry, Nikki), is explicitly dictating what elected Republicans do, Biden can update that 2020 message. The chaos of the Trump years, which voters roundly rejected, is in danger Continue reading Trump Pretends He’s Still President. Biden Should Treat Him That Way.

Some Backbone! GOP Congressman Torches President Trump on Border

A Republican lawmaker has gone off on Donald Trump for tanking the Senate bipartisan border deal while failing to actually address immigration issues himself. After demanding more restrictive immigration policies for years, Republican lawmakers have acted fast to kill the Continue reading Some Backbone! GOP Congressman Torches President Trump on Border

“He Can’t Be President”: Noah Bookbinder on Trump and the Fourteenth Amendment

For this month’s edition of The Inside Story, TNR editor Michael Tomasky spoke with Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, the nonprofit group behind the effort to use Section 3 of the Fourteenth Continue reading “He Can’t Be President”: Noah Bookbinder on Trump and the Fourteenth Amendment

Trump’s Two-Year Take From Foreign Governments While He Was President Is Staggering

South Africa asked the International Court of Justice in late December for an urgent order declaring that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its nearly three-month assault on the Gaza Strip. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby Continue reading Trump’s Two-Year Take From Foreign Governments While He Was President Is Staggering

Harvard President Resigns Thanks to Far-Right Attacks the Media Gleefully Elevated

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid a conservative-stoked firestorm over her response to questions about antisemitism on campus and allegations of plagiarism. Gay served a total of just six months as university president, the shortest tenure in the Continue reading Harvard President Resigns Thanks to Far-Right Attacks the Media Gleefully Elevated