Donald Trump

During the Covid-19 pandemic, one in four Americans has struggled to pay their bills, and as of mid-January, unemployment claims surpassed those of the Great Recession for the forty-third straight week. As of February, more than 24 million people reported that their households sometimes didn’t have enough to eat. Many…

Suicide rates dropped in 2020 despite former President Donald Trump warning that COVID-19 lockdowns would lead to an increasing number of people taking their own lives. Total U.S. suicides for 2020 numbered 44,834, over 2,600 fewer deaths than 2019's total of 47,511, according to National Center for Health Statistics figures…

The Pentagon on Wednesday issued new guidelines to protect transgender members of the United States military, effectively reversing former president Donald Trump’s rules that had banned transgender persons from serving in the military.  The Department of Defense said that the new policy that comes into effect on April 30, 2021,…

The lawsuit is the first to be brought against the former president by Capitol Police officers Capitol Hill police officers featured in "Soul of a Nation" (ABC News) As a result of the Jan.6 insurrection, two U.S. Capitol Police officers say they suffered serious physical and emotional injuries and are now…

Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby say they suffered "physical and emotional injuries" in riot they said was fomented by Trump.The African-American James Blassingame officer says he was subjected to racist attacks during the assault on Congress from the Trump supporters.The lawsuit compiles numerous instances in which it says Trump…

With Democrats in control of both Congress and the White House, it’s perhaps a little unsurprising that there’s a contingent of lawmakers who are already pressing President Joe Biden to get moving on yet another round of coronavirus relief payments to the American people. Yes, that would be stimulus check…

New York state's highest court on Tuesday cleared the way for a former contestant on "The Apprentice" to sue Donald Trump for defamation, after the former US president called her a liar for accusing him of sexual assault. Trump had argued before leaving the White House on 20 January that…

Donald Trump hijacked a newly married couple’s wedding by turning a celebratory speech into a rant about China, Iran and the US southern border. The former President of the United States let rip after being asked to speak at the nuptials being held at his Mar-a-Lago club in West Palm…

ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT Even though the 2020 election is over, many Republicans are still holding onto the “Big Lie,” or the baseless claim that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump the presidential election. Trump has managed to not only persuade his base that the election was “stolen,” but now…

President Joe Biden dismissed the news that former President Donald Trump is considering a visit to the southern border. A reporter questioned Biden about the border crisis, and reports about Trump’s possible visit, as he returned to Washington from a weekend at his home in Delaware. “We are putting in…