May 4, 2026 at 5:31 AM EDT
Republicans got a wake-up call from an unlikely source: restrain Trump

Donald Trump isn't just breaking norms, he's running a live experiment on the limits of American power. Each move is a test: How far can a president go? What laws and how much of the Constitution can be ignored? And, most importantly, will anyone actually stop him? It took the King of England to remind Congress that their job is to restrain a president, not cheer him on no matter what. Charles III said:

May 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM EDT
WSJ: Trump's new FDA pick is a disaster

President Donald Trump's choice to lead America's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon who gained international attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for his opposition to vaccine mandates. On paper, Makary seems like a great choice for the job, but a conservative newspaper is reporting "soap opera"-level drama associated with his tenure. "Has any Trump administration official caused more political headaches for the president than Marty Makary?" wrote Allysia Finley of The Wall Street Journal on Sunday. "His Food and Drug Administration has turned into a soap opera, with real lives hanging in the balance."

May 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM EDT
Trump gloats over golf tournament as his popularity continues to plummet

President Donald Trump may be stuck in the mid-30s when it comes to his national approval rating, but he is gloating about a different type of public relations victory -- namely, his success in bringing America's premiere professional golf league to his private club. "While his popularity lags -- recent polls have put Trump's approval ratings in the mid-30s -- this weekend offers the kind of validation that Trump craves," wrote The Washington Post's Dan Diamond and Rick Maese, listing Trump's presumed pleasures as including "watching the world's greatest golfers navigate a course he commissioned, as fans consume Trump-branded drinks at the Trump Vodka Bar and marvel at a new golden statue memorializing Trump's defiant salute after his 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania."

May 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM EDT
Trump's former lawyer says he's become a 'madman' -- and must be removed from office

President Donald Trump's former lawyer is convinced his ex-boss has quite literally become a "madman" -- and that he must be removed from office. "We're in a real crisis here in the US," attorney Ty Cobb told The i Paper in an interview that ran on Sunday. He added that the president is a "dictator," "a madman" and is "destroying our democracy."

May 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM EDT
Ranting at midnight: Trump's late-night posts raise concern about his health

President Donald Trump makes late-night social media posts so frequently, a recent report indicates that he may literally not be getting enough sleep. "Donald Trump's late-night and early-morning posting habit is now so prolific there were only five days in April when he could have had a full night's sleep," The Daily Beast's Josh Fiallo posted on Sunday. The publication analyzed Trump's use of his Truth Social platform and concluded that there is a "breathtaking scale" to his late-night posting.

May 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM EDT
'This is not right': Inside a Kansas megachurch pastor's plan to derail Trump

President Donald Trump and his supporters frequently cite Christianity as a basis for their policies -- but the leader of America's largest Methodist church is running for the Senate in Kansas as a Democrat and against Trump's agenda. "In a world that feels more and more divided, I've had the privilege of being a pastor for 36 years of a church that's roughly equally divided between Republicans, Democrats and independents," the Rev. Adam Hamilton, who leads America's largest Methodist charge after starting it with just a few members at a funeral home chapel, recently told a press conference. "Our people love each other precisely because of their differences."

May 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM EDT
Liberal bros 'punch back' at Trump's grip on young white men --and it's working

President Donald Trump is widely believed to have the unwavering support of a majority of white men -- yet some so-called liberal "bros" are fighting to change that. In a profile of liberal influencers Jared Shult and Harry Sisson, USA Today's Jay Stahl recently observed that the New Yorker and Texan (respectively) aim to build the Democratic Party's support among Generation Z -- and especially with other young white men like themselves.

May 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM EDT
GOP in disarray over Trump's puppet parliament

Two experts have raised concerns about the relationship between President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. According to The Hill's David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler , Congress has shifted its approach to governing under unified party control. "Past presidents have treated unified government -- that is, one-party control of the White House and Congress -- as an opportunity to enact bold legislative agendas," the experts wrote. "Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal reshaped banking protections and labor law and started Social Security. Lyndon Johnson's Great Society featured Medicare, Medicaid, civil rights and voting rights bills, as well as education reform. Barack Obama induced Congress to pass the Affordable Care Act, financial reform, and an $800 billion economic stimulus package."

May 3, 2026 at 8:58 AM EDT
John Roberts says the court isn't radical -- but the facts say otherwise

Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare public appearance last year to defend his Supreme Court colleagues from criticism that they were overturning decades-old precedent, according to CNN reporter John Fritze . Roberts has sought to rebut accusations that the court is partisan, pointing to its record since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. However, Fritze examined Roberts' claims against the court's actions.

May 3, 2026 at 8:51 AM EDT
Stakes couldn't be higher as Trumps use the assassination attempt to launch a new assault

The Trump administration has called on TV network ABC to "take a stand" after a joke from its late night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel offended the US president and first lady. Two days before the White House Correpondents' dinner on April 25, Kimmel broadcast what he said was a "roast" of the Trump administration. Roasts are typically quite savage comedic attacks which have become a traditional part of the dinner.

May 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM EDT
Defense official reveals alarming way US military learned about Trump's troop withdrawal

An anonymous U.S. defense official revealed the branches of the U.S. military learned of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany "in real time," without prior knowledge of the intended move, the AP reported Saturday. Trump on Wednesday announced via a Truth Social post that his administration was "studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany." The announcement followed an assessment by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week that insisted the U.S. is "being humiliated" by the war in Iran. A Pentagon spokesman on Friday confirmed to Breaking Defense that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth "has ordered the withdrawal of roughly 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next year." Two Republicans who chair the congressional Armed Services Committees, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), on Saturday questioned the Pentagon's decision, telling Punchbowl news"any significant change to the U.S. force posture in Europe warrants a deliberate review process and close coordination with Congress and our allies." But the AP's report suggests the Trump administration isn't even in close coordination with its own military branches. According to the AP, "A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said the branches of the U.S. military didn't have prior knowledge of the decision to draw down the 5,000 troops and learned about it 'in real time.'" Responding to the official's claim, acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez insisted the move followed "a comprehensive, multilayered process that incorporates perspectives from key leaders in EUCOM [U.S. European Command] and across the chain of command." According to Tom Malinowski, who served as assistant secretary of state under former President Barack Obama, Trump can't actually withdraw troops from Europe without EUCOM commander Gen. Alexus Grynkewich independently certifying to Congress that such a move "won't hurt deterrence against Russia or U.S. [operations] in the Middle East [and] that allies have been consulted." "General officers also have a unique legal obligation to answer questions from Congress honestly," Malinowski wrote on X. "So this will be interesting if Congress does its oversight."

May 2, 2026 at 1:59 PM EDT
Trump's Cuban base is clamoring for regime change - and Republicans are nervous

President Donald Trump is in a rock and hard place with a valuable Florida constituency, reports Politico. Miami's Cuban American community is keeping the heat on Trump to oust the regime in Cuba, but Republicans appear terrified of another war on the heels of a hotly unpopular attack on Iran, which has ballooned inflation and gas prices in time for the midterms.