September 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM EDT
Trump ignoring huge 'time bomb' after he raged about it a decade ago

Trump ignoring huge 'time bomb' after he raged about it a decade ago President Donald Trump once warned against a huge "time bomb" facing the country while he raged on the 2016 campaign trail, but according to a new piece from The Hill, he now seems content to completely ignore it. Writing for the outlet on Sunday, legal scholar David Wippman and historian Glenn C. Altschuler noted that Republicans have been fussing about the national debt for decades, harkening back to warnings from Ronald Reagan in 1981 when it surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. They also noted that Trump himself said that the U.S. was "sitting on a time bomb" of debt when he first ran for president, pledging that he would eliminate it within eight years.

September 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM EDT
Body language expert exposes why declining Trump failing to 'project power'

Body language expert exposes why declining Trump failing to 'project power' President Donald Trump's evident decline has had numerous visible impacts on his abilities, with one body language expert exposing the new ways in which it is causing him to struggle to "project power." Dr. John Paul Garrison is a clinical and forensic psychologist, as well as an expert in interpreting body language. He also produces numerous videos using his professional expertise to shed light on the behaviors of public figures and what they reveal. This has included many videos about Trump and his signs of failing health, with Garrison theorizing that the president is experiencing accelerated decline, often consistent with the symptoms of a recent stroke.

September 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM EDT
D.C. insiders expose sure sign the GOP has completely given up

D.C. insiders expose sure sign the GOP has completely given up The Republican Party has given a sure sign that they have given up on a major midterm fight, according to the D.C. insiders at Pod Save America, and are now scrambling to mitigate the potential damage. In the latest edition of the Pod Save America podcast, the hosts, composed of former Obama administration officials and staffers, discussed the latest signs that the GOP is about to get wiped out by a blue wave in November. In particular, host and former White House speechwriter director Jon Favreau highlighted a new update from The Cook Political Report, which declared, "GOP on track to lose House majority as 15 race ratings shift toward Dems."

September 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM EDT
Fact-checker hailed for a decade of fighting Trump's 'unmatched' lies

Fact-checker hailed for a decade of fighting Trump's 'unmatched' lies At a time when his network remains under assault by the administration, CNN's top fact-checker Daniel Dale received acclaim as he revealed his top takeaways after a full decade of covering and correcting President Donald Trump. On Sunday morning, Dale published a new piece marking the notable anniversary, digging into the things he has learned over the years of sifting through Trump's "remarkable number of lies" during his time at the forefront of American political life.

September 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM EDT
Trump torn apart for 'incredibly illegal' and 'shameless' new ad

Trump torn apart for 'incredibly illegal' and 'shameless' new ad The Trump administration this weekend released a confounding new ad hyping up President Donald Trump, which was promptly torn to shreds online as "shameless," "maximally corrupt" and "incredibly illegal." On Sunday, a new ad began airing, first on Fox on Saturday during a college football game featuring Illinois and Ohio State, and then again the following day during Fox News Sunday. The 30-second clip is composed of black-and-white footage of Trump walking down a hallway towards the camera, while excerpts from a speech play in which he says, "This is the final battle," promises to drive out "warmongers," "globalists" and "communists," and pledges to "liberate" the country from "villains."

September 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM EDT
Trump's crisis turned his own backyard from MAGA stronghold to battleground

Trump's crisis turned his own backyard from MAGA stronghold to battleground Almost no one expected President Donald Trump's own backyard to be anything but safe for Republicans in this year's midterms, but according to a new breakdown from The i Paper, his disastrous leadership and ongoing "crisis" have put the MAGA stronghold state more and more in play. Writing for the outlet on Sunday, veteran Washington correspondent Simon Marks dug into why even Florida, home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence and increasingly seen as a resilient jewel in the GOP crown, is starting to make Republicans sweat heading into November.

September 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM EDT
Expert warns Supreme Court's new ruling to be more harmful than they let on

Expert warns Supreme Court's new ruling to be more harmful than they let on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is so consistently scathing in her rebukes against President Donald Trump that the administration has tried to go around her whenever possible. Yet despite Jackson's well-known antipathy toward the president's policies, a legal expert is concerned that her dissent in a recent Supreme Court case favoring the president still underestimated the full scope of what he might try to do to steal the 2026 midterm elections.

September 27, 2026 at 1:12 PM EDT
Trump's favorite 'trick' to fool the world is running into its expiration date

Trump's favorite 'trick' to fool the world is running into its expiration date President Donald Trump has gotten fond of using one particular "trick" to fool the global markets into acting like the economy is trending in the right direction, but according to a new analysis from The i Paper, that trick is now running headlong into its expiration date. With the midterms set to arrive in mere weeks, Trump and the GOP are facing a voter backlash crisis as gas and diesel prices remain stubbornly high as a direct result of the president's Iran war, making longstanding concerns about affordability even worse as the cost of travel and transportation ripple out to the costs of everything else.

September 26, 2026 at 4:55 PM EDT
CNN host tears Sean Spicer apart with fact-check over Trump conspiracy

CNN host tears Sean Spicer apart with fact-check over Trump conspiracy Supporters of President Donald Trump have spent the past week attempting to justify his expulsion of three press outlets from the White House. But one CNN host isn't having it. According to Sean Spicer, Trump's former press secretary, Joe "Biden stripped the press passes of 440 independent journalists. @CNN said nothing. Had zero concern for the 1st Amendment."

September 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM EDT
Trump scheme to militarize arch just backfired big time: report

Trump scheme to militarize arch just backfired big time: report President Donald Trump's latest tactic to build some of his decoration projects has been to claim that they're actually for the military. One report thinks that the strategy will backfire. Writing for The Atlantic on Saturday, Janay Kingsberry noted that since announcing the project last year, the administration has been trying to bypass all of the regulations in place to get it built quickly before it can be stopped either by the judiciary, the legislature or a new president.

September 26, 2026 at 3:21 PM EDT
Trump family member mocks Melania for utterly failing to defend her husband

Trump family member mocks Melania for utterly failing to defend her husband It's a difficult time for the Republican Party as GOP candidates up for reelection back away slowly from their MAGA loyalty to President Donald Trump. It even appears the first lady is struggling to defend him, said the president's niece, Dr. Mary Trump. On her weekly cast where she trolls the president by walking through his biggest failures, the psychologist and author keyed in on the reemergence of Mrs. Trump, who held a big event with female CEOs and other C-suite executives as well as the wives of world leaders.

September 26, 2026 at 2:34 PM EDT
'Tough luck': DOJ accused of brushing off judge's court orders

'Tough luck': DOJ accused of brushing off judge's court orders One of the investigations likely to follow if Democrats take over the House concerns the extent to which President Donald Trump's administration ignored court orders at the direction of those at the highest level of government. One ACLU lawyer is still fighting a case that dates back to the first few months of the Trump administration. ACLU deputy director of the Immigrant Rights Project, Lee Gelernt, revealed that since U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg's February 2025 order, he's been fighting the federal government to return people who were wrongfully deported to the brutal El Salvadorian prison for being alleged "gang members."