May 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM EDT
Expert explains why Trump makes an terrible 'Manchurian candidate'

Christopher R. Browning, author of 'The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942', asked what if "the president of the United States was a 'Manchurian candidate.'" By 'Manchurian candidate' Browning means an embedded foreign agent driven to deliver maximum damage to a nation, but "limited " by the need not to act so outrageously and preposterously as to blow his cover."

May 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM EDT
'Would lead to chaos': Trump ripped for attack on core Constitutional right

As President Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship got a "frosty" reception at the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, opponents of the Republican's executive order renewed criticism of both that and his broader anti-migrant agenda. "The Constitution is crystal clear: All persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States. As was reaffirmed in court this morning, birthright citizenship is a foundational American principle that has strengthened our communities, our families, and our whole country for generations," FWD.us president Todd Schulte said in a statement after oral arguments.

May 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM EDT
Revealed: Pharmacists are stockpiling the most common drugs -- in fear of Trump

In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man's defensive wall in a tariff war. Independent pharmacist Benjamin Jolley and his colleagues worry that the tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could instead drive companies out of business while raising prices and creating more of the drug shortages that have plagued American patients for several years.

May 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM EDT
This Trump trick should have doomed the GOP long ago

Trump is an illegitimate president, but he's not the first. The last Republican who was elected president without fraud or naked treason was Dwight D. Eisenhower. And it's damn well past time that Democrats started telling the story. But let's start with Trump, and then go to Nixon, Reagan, and Bush.

May 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM EDT
Trump offers 'VIP experience' to big donors to his 79th birthday military parade

President Donald Trump is promising a "dedicated VIP experience" to his donors at multiple events he is organizing with the military in June, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Donors who contribute to America250 -- a group formed to back Trump's vision for an expansive celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary next year -- are being promised exclusive entry to three major events.

May 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM EDT
Ex-RNC chair reveals true 'intention' behind Trump's push to end birthright citizenship

Attorneys for President Donald Trump's administration were in the Supreme Court's chambers on Thursday as litigation continues over his executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. Solicitor General John Sauer -- who was one of Trump's personal lawyers last year arguing for his successful bid to have absolute immunity for official presidential acts - maintained that the government should have the right to deny citizenship to new babies born on U.S. soil if their parents are undocumented. But Trump-appointed Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh seemed skeptical that an administration would have the right to do so, given longstanding Constitutional precedent.

May 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM EDT
'I'm ready to go': Serial killer uses his last words to praise Trump before execution

A convicted serial killer in Raiford, Florida, used his final moments before being executed on Thursday to express support for President Donald Trump, USA TODAY reported Thursday. "President Trump, keep making America great. I'm ready to go," Glen Rogers said just before the lethal injection was administered to him at Florida State Prison. Journalists from The Tampa Bay Times and the Associated Press were present to witness the execution and confirmed the man's final words, per the report.

May 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM EDT
Kristi Noem working on reality show pitting immigrants against each other for citizenship

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has reportedly lent her support to a reality show in which immigrants compete for the prize of U.S. citizenship. That's according to a Daily Mail report from Thursday, which the Daily Beast also corroborated. Noem has apparently been working with "Duck Dynasty" producer Rob Worsoff on the show, which would be called "The American," which would pit immigrants from different countries against each other in various challenges across the United States.

May 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM EDT
'Cannot accept it': Senate Republicans give ultimatum to Mike Johnson

As House Republicans rush to gather enough support to approve President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," which aims to make Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent, Senate Republicans are unwilling to accept the legislation, NBC News reported Thursday. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) has said that "the product coming out of various House committees cannot pass the Senate as it currently stands."