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Donald Trump has been publicly insistent for months about his supposed position on the social safety net programs Medicare and Social Security: he will not cut a dollar from their budgets. But that ...

It is that time again. As the year draws to a close, TPM takes a moment to reflect on those in political life who most excelled in behaving poorly, grifting boldly, and pushing the frontiers of ...

As the clock winds down on the Biden presidency, Democrats and the Democrat-adjacent are hashing out, often awkwardly and painedly, what stance to take toward the second Trump presidency.

In his first sit-down interview since the election, President-elect Trump reiterated on Meet the Press his desire for the Jan. 6 committee members to be jailed.

When I look at the video of Trump, Macron and Zelensky today I see something I hadn't expected - not just in this quick footage but more generally. (Google it.) The first thing is that Trump looks ...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a major abortion case Tuesday, the next chapter in a case that the Supreme Court punted last term. In U.S. v. Idaho, Idaho wants its draconian abortion ban ...

Very interesting update from MAGA-whisperer Marc Caputo at The Bulwark. Following on Trump's tweet of support, the idea is that Pete Hegseth has bought himself at least time to continue his nomination ...

One of the central features of Trumpism is that Trump never wants to deal in pain. Not for people who might vote for him. Or at least, no pain to anyone who might vote for him that they would blame ...

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Kate and Josh discuss the Hunter pardon, Pete Hegseth and his mom and the ascendancy of some star House Democrats. You can listen to the ...

Children born on U.S. soil automatically have U.S. citizenship, regardless of who their parents are.