President Donald Trump appeared convinced he had found the perfect clapback — a slick, two-minute montage he believed would silence critics once and for all. After refusing to apologize for sharing and later deleting a racist video that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, he pivoted to what...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was not in the mood to play nice this week — not with President Donald Trump, not with anyone trying to defend him, and certainly not with people attempting to twist his own words into some kind of “gotcha.” With Trump fanning outrage over a racist video targeting former President Barack...
For months, there have been quiet signs that not everyone in President Donald Trump’s orbit is as loyal as they claim. Private rooms, donor circles, and off-camera conversations have become places where the tone subtly shifts — where confidence replaces deference and calculations start to surface. Secret audio recordings obtained by Axios of Sen. Ted...
Power inside the White House has increasingly become a personal instrument for President Donald Trump, wielded less to govern than to test loyalty and settle scores. The consequences are most visible when those impulses spill into spaces once governed by tradition rather than grievance. Later this month, a long-standing governors’ dinner that once signaled bipartisan...
President Donald Trump stood onstage in full view of the cameras, eyes unfocused and posture slack. Seemingly unable to stay present long enough to register what was unfolding — a detail viewers seized on almost immediately once the shot came into focus. The moment came during remarks by Rep. Jonathan Jackson, the son of civil...