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The congressional attempt to expose any direct role that Donald Trump and his top associates played in the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol is intensifying. This week, the House select committee investigating the attack issued subpoenas to sixteen former senior Trump Administration and campaign officials, including the former…

Republicans — reshaped, controlled and defined by Donald Trump since 2015 — are slowly but surely charting a post-Trump ideology and platform. Why it matters: Other than conservative courts, toughness on immigration and hostility toward modern liberalism, it's been impossible to specify the core and connective ideology of Republicans under Trump.   Now, Republicans are…

Donald Trump and senior members of his administration turned the federal government into a sprawling, taxpayer-funded political machine in violation of U.S. law, a top watchdog says. Why it matters: The Trump administration's flagrant disregard for checks on government-backed politicking dealt significant damage to federal ethics safeguards, the Office of…

Omar El Akkad won the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel What Strange Paradise, at a gala in Toronto, on Nov. 8.Chris Young/The Canadian Press Former Globe and Mail journalist Omar El Akkad has won the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize for What Strange Paradise, his second novel. “I was…

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack sent subpoenas on Monday to six allies and advisers of former President Donald Trump who sought to overturn the election results and promote false election fraud claims, including John Eastman and Michael Flynn. Eastman reportedly advised Trump that then-Vice President Mike…

For most of Virginia’s gubernatorial race this year, Democrat Terry McAuliffe had a simple strategy for dealing with his Republican opponent, private equity baron Glenn Youngkin: Make the election a referendum on Donald Trump. With polls tightening in the lead-up to last Tuesday’s election, McAuliffe turned up the heat, calling…

He’s nowhere near as rich as he boasts, nor as poor as his critics claim. Donald Trump’s real net worth? $2.5 billion, according to our most recent tally, conducted in September 2021. Below, Forbes offers an asset-by-asset breakdown of the former president’s fortune. By Dan Alexander 💰📊 How Rich Is…

Former President Donald Trump warned that China could take over Bagram Air Base after the US military abandoned it during the Biden administration’s “surrender” of Afghanistan this summer.  ​​The 45th president blamed the Biden White House of attempting to sweep the chaotic withdrawal from the war-torn country under the rug. ​…

Saturday Night Live debuted a new Donald Trump Saturday night, with show newcomer James Austin Johnson filling in the role previously played by Alec Baldwin. During the show's cold open—the fifth of the season—Johnson's Trump quickly ran through a variety of pop culture topics, including Eternals and its current status…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Launching what he considers his most difficult reelection fight to date, U.S. Rep. Tom Rice says that voters may disagree with his vote this year to impeach President Donald Trump, but he hopes that it won’t be enough to overshadow his other accomplishments for South Carolina’s…