Month: November 2025

No one ever said Donald Trump lacked creativity.   The president is clearly concerned that the Supreme Court could rule against his widespread use of tariffs to engage in diplomacy with countries the world over, and has come up with an idea to make them more popular with Americans: Trump is promising to pay every American, except those who are already very…
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The president has sent a letter to the British broadcaster threatening legal action.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Trump on Monday for hosting Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, rather than focusing on domestic issues like health care. In a post on social platform X, the outspoken congresswoman called on the president to prioritize crafting a GOP plan to address rising health care…
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The president welcomed controllers to resign even though his transportation secretary says the department is short-staffed due to people quitting.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) thanked President Trump on Monday for issuing pardons to dozens of individuals connected to the effort to overturn the 2020 election, but urged the president to consider extending his broad authority to one more person: former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters. “Thank you @POTUS for pardoning the 2020 alternate electors!…
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President Trump’s attorneys are threatening to sue the BBC over how it edited a video of him speaking to a crowd of his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. In a letter sent to the BBC and given to Fox News Digital, Trump’s attorneys demanded the broadcaster retract a documentary that was highlighted in reporting by…
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While municipalities across the country struggle to cope with the invasion of armed immigration agents, who disregard due process to detain migrants, citizens and even lawful workers, one small Illinois city — where I happen to live— has developed what Rachel Maddow calls the “Evanston Handbook” for community responsiveness. Evanston, Illinois, is an exceptionally blue dot in a…
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“Be mad all you want, but it’s the truth,” the critic said.

President Trump on Monday criticized air traffic controllers who did not work without pay during the government shutdown and threatened that those who did not return to work immediately would be “docked.” “All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially ‘docked,’” Trump posted on Truth Social. Trump…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Senate Democrats for striking a deal to begin the process of reopening the government, warning of the consequences of not extending health care subsidies. “Tonight was a very bad night,” Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, wrote in a post Sunday night on the social platform X, attaching a…
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the disqualification of an attorney accused of improperly accessing voting machines after the 2020 election as counsel in a defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems.  Michigan attorney Stefanie Lambert represented Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne in the defamation suit brought by Dominion, a voting technology company that conspiracists homed in on in the wake of President Trump’s 2020 election loss.   She was removed…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday morning that the U.S. military conducted strikes against two alleged drug trafficking boats in the Eastern Pacific, killing six “narco-terrorists.” Hegseth said both strikes, which took place Sunday, were conducted in international waters against vessels operated by a designated terrorist organization. He did not specify which organization the boats…
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A possible end to the shutdown, Trump exercises pardon power and Trump gets booed — again, just some of the stories HuffPost is following

It is time once again for this column’s coveted Politician of the Year award.  For the last 15 years, I have crowned the politician who — for better or worse — made the biggest impact on American politics that year. I normally announce my selection after Thanksgiving, to stay a step ahead of Time magazine’s Person…
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The death penalty is a travesty when it is used against anyone. It is called the ultimate penalty for a reason. In the American legal tradition, it is only to be imposed after a careful weighing of evidence and consideration of the appropriateness of taking someone’s life as a punishment for crime. That is why news of the Trump administration’s campaign…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Trump’s proposed dividend of $2,000 a person could come in the form of tax decreases, rather than direct payments. In an interview Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, the Treasury secretary said he has not yet talked to the president about his proposal, but he suggested…
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As we witness President Trump’s daily attacks on the rule of law, constitutional rights and democracy, I recall an incident from 1964, the year I graduated high school.  In the early morning hours of Mar. 13, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was raped and stabbed to death outside her apartment building in Queens.  The New York Times reported later that nearly 40 people saw or heard the attack but did nothing…
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President Trump pardoned his former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and a slate of other key figures charged in connection with their efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a U.S. pardon attorney. Ed Martin, the government’s pardon attorney, posted a proclamation late Sunday night that listed dozens of individuals granted pardons “for certain offenses…
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After nearly seven weeks of impasse, the Senate voted Sunday night to advance a proposal that could reopen the government. Monday is Day 41 of the shutdown. Eight centrist and retiring Democrats joined Republicans in approving a plan to fund the government through January because it included a promise from Senate Majority Leader John Thune…
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Was it any surprise that the president’s falsehoods spiraled at the Washington Commanders’ football game?

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) alleged that Maxwell is getting special treatment — and raised questions about why this is happening.

The ruling will have no immediate impact because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Friday.

“A personality like his, a malignant narcissist, they don’t go away,” said the conservative attorney.

The newspaper’s conservative editorial board said it had “advised Mr. Trump from the beginning” that a policy would “do economic harm, and so they are.”

“We need to deal with that now,” said New Jersey Republican Jeff Van Drew.