Donald Trump

John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives home, as the FBI searches his house August 22, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Even John Bolton Doesn’t Deserve This Even John Bolton Doesn’t Deserve This

Trump’s former national security adviser is a very hateable figure. But he still needs defending from the president’s lawlessness.

Aug 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump at the 9/11 Memorial on September 11, 2016.

Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist

The disgraced former governor is repeatedly proving just how similar he is to the disgraced current president.

Aug 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else

No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy.

Aug 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Military personnel chat on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2025.

The Dangers and Absurdities of Trump’s DC Occupation The Dangers and Absurdities of Trump’s DC Occupation

Trump compels his followers to endorse obvious lies. It’s accelerating the country’s descent into authoritarianism.

Aug 15, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Attendees during an election night event with Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, not pictured, in New York City on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. More than 930,000 New Yorkers cast their ballots in the city's Democratic primary, with more than half withstanding record temperatures to vote at polling stations on Tuesday.

Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote? Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote?

Young voters showed up for Zohran Mamdani. They could reshape American politics elsewhere, too.

Aug 11, 2025 / Tisya Mavuram

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in New Delhi on February 25, 2020.

Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker

The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness.

Aug 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Mainly exiles and German-Iranians protest against the Mullah regime in Iran at a rally in Frankfurt, Germany. One man holds a photo of Reza Pahlavi II, who is living in exile.

Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah

The United States and its allies are toying with liberating Iran with the help of some unsavory friends.

Aug 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (C) speaks with former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani (L) as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right looks on during the 15th Anniversary of September 11 at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, on September 11, 2016, in New York.

New Yorkers Aren’t About to Elect a Mayor Who Makes Common Cause With Donald Trump New Yorkers Aren’t About to Elect a Mayor Who Makes Common Cause With Donald Trump

Amid reports that Cuomo is consulting with Trump and telling business leaders he doesn’t want a fight with the president, Zohran Mamdani sees a “betrayal of the city.”

Aug 8, 2025 / John Nichols

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files. July 23, 2025, in New York City.

Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein

There’s no way for Republicans to tamp down the Epstein-Maxwell scandal if the president keeps telling on himself.

Aug 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike sits near Judiciary Square on August 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again

The president is making a big push to rewrite the past in favor of some of America's top historical traitors, racists, and scumbags.

Aug 6, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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