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Trump Rushes Back to Texas as His Own Senate Candidate Blames Him for Political Troubles — article image
October 8, 2026

Trump Rushes Back to Texas as His Own Senate Candidate Blames Him for Political Troubles

Trump Meets With Convicted Election Official to Discuss “The Plans” as Republicans Face Midterm Bloodbath — article image
October 7, 2026

Trump Meets With Convicted Election Official to Discuss “The Plans” as Republicans Face Midterm Bloodbath

Trump's Approval Rating Hits Record Low as Voters Sour on His Presidency — article image
October 7, 2026

Trump's Approval Rating Hits Record Low as Voters Sour on His Presidency

Texas Wasn't Supposed to Be Competitive. Now Ken Paxton Is Trailing and Admits He Doesn't Control His Own Campaign. — article image
October 7, 2026

Texas Wasn't Supposed to Be Competitive. Now Ken Paxton Is Trailing and Admits He Doesn't Control His Own Campaign.

Trump Says $15 Billion Iowa Steel Plant Is Already Being Built. Local Officials Say Otherwise. — article image
October 7, 2026

Trump Says $15 Billion Iowa Steel Plant Is Already Being Built. Local Officials Say Otherwise.

Trump Puts Natalie Harp in the Spotlight as Questions Swirl Around Their Unusually Close Relationship — article image
October 7, 2026

Trump Puts Natalie Harp in the Spotlight as Questions Swirl Around Their Unusually Close Relationship

Trump Invokes Destruction of Los Angeles and San Diego While Defending Iran War — article image
October 6, 2026

Trump Invokes Destruction of Los Angeles and San Diego While Defending Iran War

Democrats Lead in Three Republican-Held Senate Seats as 2026 Map Expands Deep Into Trump Country — article image
October 6, 2026

Democrats Lead in Three Republican-Held Senate Seats as 2026 Map Expands Deep Into Trump Country

Trump Says He Knows ‘More About Everything’ Than Anyone in the World — article image
October 6, 2026

Trump Says He Knows ‘More About Everything’ Than Anyone in the World

Trump Backs Down on Taxpayer-Funded Ads After Bipartisan Backlash — article image
October 6, 2026

Trump Backs Down on Taxpayer-Funded Ads After Bipartisan Backlash

JD Vance Warns Democrats Will Make Energy Prices ‘Skyrocket.’ Has He Looked at a Gas Station Lately? — article image
October 5, 2026

JD Vance Warns Democrats Will Make Energy Prices ‘Skyrocket.’ Has He Looked at a Gas Station Lately?

Trump's Poll Numbers Collapse as Americans Blame Him for High Prices — article image
October 5, 2026

Trump's Poll Numbers Collapse as Americans Blame Him for High Prices

Taxpayers Are Paying Millions for Government Ads Praising Donald Trump — article image
October 5, 2026

Taxpayers Are Paying Millions for Government Ads Praising Donald Trump

Steve Hilton Is Losing Badly, So His Campaign Is Getting Weird — article image
October 5, 2026

Steve Hilton Is Losing Badly, So His Campaign Is Getting Weird

Trump Heads to Ohio Rally as 1,400 Truck Workers Lose Their Jobs — article image
October 4, 2026

Trump Heads to Ohio Rally as 1,400 Truck Workers Lose Their Jobs

Trump Underwater in 39 States as Midterm Elections Approach — article image
October 4, 2026

Trump Underwater in 39 States as Midterm Elections Approach

How Is That Possible?’ Fox Host Stunned as Democrat Leads Texas Senate Poll — article image
October 4, 2026

How Is That Possible?’ Fox Host Stunned as Democrat Leads Texas Senate Poll

Empty Seats Greet Trump at Alabama Rally as Crowd Problems Continue — article image
October 4, 2026

Empty Seats Greet Trump at Alabama Rally as Crowd Problems Continue

# Leaked Recording Exposes Republican Anxiety Over Trump Ahead of Midterms **October 3, 2026** For years, Republican candidates have publicly embraced Donald Trump, sought his endorsement and competed to demonstrate their loyalty to the president. But a leaked recording from Texas offers a glimpse of a very different conversation taking place behind closed doors. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton—the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, a longtime Trump ally and a candidate whose primary victory was aided by Trump's endorsement—was secretly recorded telling donors that Republicans' polling numbers fell after Trump's highly publicized midterm convention in Dallas. The gathering was specifically designed to help Republican candidates. According to Paxton, it did the opposite. "So to be honest with you, the numbers—when we did that convention—it dropped our numbers," Paxton said on the recording. Then he added: **"Everybody's numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good."** For Republicans approaching a difficult midterm election, those may be some of the most revealing words spoken during the campaign. ## A Private Conversation Republicans Weren't Supposed to Hear The recording reportedly came from a private gathering of conservative donors and lobbyists. An unidentified person can be heard asking Paxton: "Do you feel like he's a little bit of a drag?" There is an important qualification. The audio does not clearly establish whom the questioner meant by "he." It would therefore go beyond the evidence to claim that Paxton explicitly called Trump himself a political drag. But Paxton's response immediately turned to Trump's Dallas convention and its effect on Republican polling. "When we did that convention," Paxton said, "it dropped our numbers." And not merely his own. "Everybody's numbers dropped." The New York Times reported that attendees corroborated Paxton's presence and comments. Reuters reported on the recording but said it had not independently authenticated the audio. Paxton's campaign has attacked the story. Senior adviser Nick Maddux called it "manipulated nonsense" and argued that the campaign's internal polling showed Paxton leading Democratic nominee James Talarico. The campaign has not publicly demonstrated that Paxton's quoted remarks themselves were digitally altered. ## The Convention Was Supposed to Help Republicans That makes Paxton's assessment particularly striking. Trump's two-night Republican midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas was created to energize Republican voters heading into November. It was centered overwhelmingly around Trump. His image appeared throughout the arena. Speakers repeatedly praised his presidency. Trump himself delivered a lengthy address and urged supporters to approach the midterms as though he personally were on the ballot. The president later described the event as an enormous success. But the visual picture was more complicated. Despite Trump's descriptions of a packed event, news organizations documented thousands of empty seats, including large portions of the arena's upper level. And now one of the Republican candidates the convention was intended to help has privately said that polling declined afterward. ## Paxton Isn't a Never-Trumper That distinction matters. This isn't criticism coming from a retiring Republican senator, a former Trump official promoting a book or a moderate Republican who broke with the MAGA movement years ago. This is Ken Paxton. Trump endorsed Paxton against longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn. Paxton defeated the four-term senator and became the Republican nominee. Trump's political operation has subsequently invested heavily in helping Paxton win the general election. Paxton has spent years closely aligned with Trump and the MAGA movement. That's precisely why his private comments are notable. Publicly, Trump remains enormously influential inside the Republican Party. Privately, one of his closest political allies appears concerned that a major Trump-centered campaign event hurt Republican candidates. ## Trump Says the Convention Was ‘Amazing’ Trump offered a completely different assessment when reporters asked him about Paxton's remarks. The president said he hadn't heard about the comments. "But I can tell you that the convention was amazing," Trump responded. Trump pointed to television viewership and argued that the event helped other Republican candidates. Vice President JD Vance similarly dismissed the controversy, saying he wasn't particularly concerned about something Paxton said during an off-the-record conversation with a donor. The White House's message was straightforward: The convention was successful. Paxton's private assessment was equally straightforward: Their numbers went down. Both statements cannot independently establish what actually caused any movement in polling. Changes in voter support can result from numerous events, and the leaked recording itself doesn't prove the Dallas convention caused Republican numbers to fall. But it does establish something politically significant: **Paxton believed it did.** ## Texas Wasn't Supposed to Be This Difficult The anxiety surrounding Paxton's campaign is understandable. Texas hasn't elected a Democrat statewide since 1994. Trump carried the state comfortably in 2024. Yet Paxton is now locked in a competitive Senate contest with Democrat James Talarico. Recent independent polls have shown Talarico competitive with or ahead of Paxton, although surveys differ and Paxton's campaign has released internal polling showing the Republican ahead. A recent Fox News poll found Talarico leading Paxton **51% to 49% among likely voters**, a two-point difference within that poll's margin of error. Among all registered voters, Talarico's advantage was larger. The result was surprising enough that Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt reacted on air by asking: **"How is that possible?"** Paxton's leaked remarks may provide at least part of his own answer. He believes the Republican convention hurt. ## Trump's Own Numbers Have Deteriorated The controversy also arrives amid broader evidence of weakening public approval for the president. Recent national surveys have consistently shown Trump underwater. A Reuters/Ipsos poll put Trump's approval at 32%. State-level polling has also shown substantial deterioration since the beginning of his second term, including in states he carried in 2024. That doesn't mean Trump is necessarily responsible for every Republican candidate struggling this year. Candidates have their own records, opponents and local political environments. Paxton himself is a polarizing political figure whose favorability numbers present challenges independent of Trump. But presidents inevitably shape the political environment surrounding midterm elections. Republican candidates have to decide how closely to attach themselves to a president who remains extremely popular with much of their party's base but significantly less popular with the electorate overall. That creates a difficult calculation. They need Trump's voters. They may also need voters who don't like Trump. ## Trump Calls Paxton ‘A Pain in the Ass’ The relationship became even more awkward after the recording emerged. Trump traveled to Texas to campaign for Paxton. During an appearance in Denton, Trump began talking about the Republican nominee. "He's a pain in the ass sometimes," Trump joked. Then Trump apparently realized Paxton was sitting in the audience. "Oh, he's here?" Trump quickly shifted back to praise, calling Paxton the country's greatest attorney general and reaffirming his support for the Republican nominee. The exchange was humorous. But the timing was extraordinary. Days earlier, Paxton had privately complained that Republican polling declined after Trump's convention. Now Trump was publicly campaigning for him while joking about his irritation with the candidate. ## Public Loyalty, Private Anxiety None of this demonstrates that Republicans have collectively abandoned Trump. They clearly haven't. Trump remains the dominant figure inside the Republican Party, Republican candidates continue seeking his support and party leaders continue publicly defending him. Nor does Paxton's leaked conversation prove that Trump will hurt Republicans in November. Election results will answer that question. But the recording exposes something considerably more subtle. There is a difference between the Republican Party's public presentation of Trump and the private calculations individual candidates must make about him. Publicly, Trump's convention was "amazing." Privately, Paxton said: **"It dropped our numbers."** Publicly, Republicans continue presenting Trump as their greatest political asset. Privately, a Republican Senate nominee is examining polling and worrying about what happened after the president came to help. That doesn't mean Republicans are "done with Trump." It does mean that, with the midterms approaching and Trump's approval ratings substantially underwater, at least some Republicans are confronting a question that was once almost unthinkable inside the MAGA-era GOP: **What happens when Donald Trump's ability to energize Republican voters collides with his ability to energize voters who oppose him?** — article image
October 4, 2026

Leaked Recording Exposes Republican Anxiety Over Trump Ahead of Midterms

Trump Is Using Taxpayer Money to Air Campaign-Style Ads About Himself — article image
October 3, 2026

Trump Is Using Taxpayer Money to Air Campaign-Style Ads About Himself

Something Is Happening in Texas: Trump’s Coalition Is Showing Serious Cracks — article image
October 3, 2026

Something Is Happening in Texas: Trump’s Coalition Is Showing Serious Cracks

Jack Smith Probe Swept Up Financial Records of Thousands of Trump Donors and Journalists’ Communications — article image
October 3, 2026

Jack Smith Probe Swept Up Financial Records of Thousands of Trump Donors and Journalists’ Communications

Republicans Have a Midterm Problem: Majority of Voters Now Want Democrats to Control the House — article image
October 3, 2026

Republicans Have a Midterm Problem: Majority of Voters Now Want Democrats to Control the House

Seven Months Into the Iran War, the Strait of Hormuz Is Sending an Ominous Message — article image
October 2, 2026

Seven Months Into the Iran War, the Strait of Hormuz Is Sending an Ominous Message

Pentagon Sends Thousands More Troops Toward Middle East as Iran War Enters Eighth Month — article image
October 2, 2026

Pentagon Sends Thousands More Troops Toward Middle East as Iran War Enters Eighth Month

Trump’s Iran War Has Cost $45 Billion — But Congress Won’t Settle the Bill Until After the Election — article image
October 1, 2026

Trump’s Iran War Has Cost $45 Billion — But Congress Won’t Settle the Bill Until After the Election

Donald Trump Is Putting Himself in TV Ads — And You're Paying for Them — article image
October 1, 2026

Donald Trump Is Putting Himself in TV Ads — And You're Paying for Them

Trump Tried to Gerrymander His Way Through the Midterms. It May Be Backfiring. — article image
October 1, 2026

Trump Tried to Gerrymander His Way Through the Midterms. It May Be Backfiring.

Even Fox News Can't Hide How Bad Things Have Gotten for Donald Trump — article image
October 1, 2026

Even Fox News Can't Hide How Bad Things Have Gotten for Donald Trump

Jack Smith to Congress: “President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation” — article image
September 30, 2026

Jack Smith to Congress: “President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation”

Polls Point to a Massive Blue Wave as Republicans Lose Ground Nationwide — article image
September 29, 2026

Polls Point to a Massive Blue Wave as Republicans Lose Ground Nationwide

Ten Years of Fact-Checking Trump: Daniel Dale Says the Lies Never Stopped — article image
September 29, 2026

Ten Years of Fact-Checking Trump: Daniel Dale Says the Lies Never Stopped

Christian Nationalist Pastor Says Women Voting Is ‘Radical’ — And Men Should Control Their Social Media — article image
September 29, 2026

Christian Nationalist Pastor Says Women Voting Is ‘Radical’ — And Men Should Control Their Social Media

# Election-Integrity Candidate Convicted of Election Fraud — and She's Far From the First Republican Caught Doing It — article image
September 28, 2026

Election-Integrity Candidate Convicted of Election Fraud — and She's Far From the First Republican Caught Doing It

Taxpayers Are Paying for Pro-Trump TV Ads — Now Questions of Legality Are Growing — article image
September 28, 2026

Taxpayers Are Paying for Pro-Trump TV Ads — Now Questions of Legality Are Growing

Trump Hits 37% Approval as Republicans Confront a Midterm Warning Sign — article image
September 28, 2026

Trump Hits 37% Approval as Republicans Confront a Midterm Warning Sign

Trump’s Voter-Fraud Crackdown Finds Cases — Just Not the Epidemic He Claimed — article image
September 28, 2026

Trump’s Voter-Fraud Crackdown Finds Cases — Just Not the Epidemic He Claimed

Texas Republican Breaks With His Party: ‘I’ll Never Vote for Ken Paxton’ — article image
September 28, 2026

Texas Republican Breaks With His Party: ‘I’ll Never Vote for Ken Paxton’

Trump's Support Is Cracking in the Places That Put Him Back in the White House — article image
September 27, 2026

Trump's Support Is Cracking in the Places That Put Him Back in the White House

Trump Gets a Hostile—Reception at Tennessee Football Game — article image
September 27, 2026

Trump Gets a Hostile—Reception at Tennessee Football Game

Lauren Boebert Faces Explosive Ethics Allegations — Including Affairs With Staff and a $200,000 Payment — article image
September 27, 2026

Lauren Boebert Faces Explosive Ethics Allegations — Including Affairs With Staff and a $200,000 Payment

Trump's Poll Numbers Are Collapsing — And Voters Now See Republicans as the Party of the Elite — article image
September 27, 2026

Trump's Poll Numbers Are Collapsing — And Voters Now See Republicans as the Party of the Elite

Trump's War on Obamacare Is Driving Americans Off Their Health Insurance — article image
September 27, 2026

Trump's War on Obamacare Is Driving Americans Off Their Health Insurance

Trump Turns on Republican Congresswoman After She Challenges His Immigration Crackdown — article image
September 27, 2026

Trump Turns on Republican Congresswoman After She Challenges His Immigration Crackdown

Trump Rejects Iran’s Seven-Day Proposal After Leading U.S. Into War — article image
September 27, 2026

Trump Rejects Iran’s Seven-Day Proposal After Leading U.S. Into War

26 Articles of Impeachment: Democrat Lays Out a Sweeping Case Against Trump — article image
September 26, 2026

26 Articles of Impeachment: Democrat Lays Out a Sweeping Case Against Trump

The Iran War Is Becoming a Midterm Problem Republicans Can’t Ignore — article image
September 26, 2026

The Iran War Is Becoming a Midterm Problem Republicans Can’t Ignore

Trump’s Support Is Shrinking—Even Among Republicans — article image
September 26, 2026

Trump’s Support Is Shrinking—Even Among Republicans

Trump-Aligned Congressman Bars Reporter From Campaign Event After Critical Coverage — article image
September 26, 2026

Trump-Aligned Congressman Bars Reporter From Campaign Event After Critical Coverage

Trump’s Sons Invested in Defense Companies. Those Companies Have Landed Billions in Government Business. — article image
September 26, 2026

Trump’s Sons Invested in Defense Companies. Those Companies Have Landed Billions in Government Business.

Democrats Sue to Keep Armed Federal Agents Away From Polling Places — article image
September 26, 2026

Democrats Sue to Keep Armed Federal Agents Away From Polling Places

Trump Won Over Latino Voters. Now Some Say They Feel Betrayed. — article image
September 26, 2026

Trump Won Over Latino Voters. Now Some Say They Feel Betrayed.

Trump’s Immigration Detention Push Wasted Millions Before ICE Even Had a Plan — article image
September 26, 2026

Trump’s Immigration Detention Push Wasted Millions Before ICE Even Had a Plan

Trump Administration’s Nevada Noncitizen Voter Claim Collapses Under Scrutiny — article image
September 26, 2026

Trump Administration’s Nevada Noncitizen Voter Claim Collapses Under Scrutiny

ox News Poll: 63% of Voters Say Trump Has Made the Economy Worse — article image
September 25, 2026

Fox News Poll: 63% of Voters Say Trump Has Made the Economy Worse

Congress Is Coming Back for the Epstein Files—Again — article image
September 25, 2026

Congress Is Coming Back for the Epstein Files—Again

Tucker Carlson Calls for Trump’s Cabinet to Remove Him Under the 25th Amendment — article image
September 25, 2026

Tucker Carlson Calls for Trump’s Cabinet to Remove Him Under the 25th Amendment

DHS Claimed Thousands of Noncitizens Were on Nevada’s Voter Rolls. Its Evidence Fell Apart. — article image
September 25, 2026

DHS Claimed Thousands of Noncitizens Were on Nevada’s Voter Rolls. Its Evidence Fell Apart.

California's Supreme Court Just Drew a Line Around the Ballot Box — article image
September 25, 2026

California's Supreme Court Just Drew a Line Around the Ballot Box

Kevin Kiley Wants a TV Station to Pull an Ad Linking Him to Trump — article image
September 25, 2026

Kevin Kiley Wants a TV Station to Pull an Ad Linking Him to Trump

The Senate Had Another Chance to Rein In Trump's Iran War. It Failed by One Vote. — article image
September 25, 2026

The Senate Had Another Chance to Rein In Trump's Iran War. It Failed by One Vote.

Trump Won Over Young Men. Now Some of His Biggest 2024 Gains Are Unraveling — article image
September 24, 2026

Trump Won Over Young Men. Now Some of His Biggest 2024 Gains Are Unraveling

Judge Tosses Trump’s ‘Election Interference’ Lawsuit Over Iowa Poll — article image
September 24, 2026

Judge Tosses Trump’s ‘Election Interference’ Lawsuit Over Iowa Poll

Joe Rogan Helped Trump Win. Now He Says What Voters Were Sold Hasn't Worked Out — article image
September 24, 2026

Joe Rogan Helped Trump Win. Now He Says What Voters Were Sold Hasn't Worked Out

96% of people we polled believe Donald Trump is the 'dumbest President ever' — article image
September 24, 2026

96% of people we polled believe Donald Trump is the 'dumbest President ever'

Republican Candidates Put Distance Between Themselves and Trump as Midterm Pressure Builds — article image
September 24, 2026

Republican Candidates Put Distance Between Themselves and Trump as Midterm Pressure Builds

National Guard at the Polls? Election Officials Prepare for a Scenario the Military Says It Isn't Planning — article image
September 24, 2026

National Guard at the Polls? Election Officials Prepare for a Scenario the Military Says It Isn't Planning

The Voters Who Put Trump Back in the White House Are Starting to Walk Away — article image
September 23, 2026

The Voters Who Put Trump Back in the White House Are Starting to Walk Away

Republican Ashley Hinson Suddenly Wants the Iran War to End — After Repeatedly Voting Against Efforts to End U.S. Involvement — article image
September 23, 2026

Republican Ashley Hinson Suddenly Wants the Iran War to End — After Repeatedly Voting Against Efforts to End U.S. Involvement

JD Vance Blames Iran as Gas Prices Explode — and Americans Aren’t Buying the Excuse — article image
September 23, 2026

JD Vance Blames Iran as Gas Prices Explode — and Americans Aren’t Buying the Excuse

Trump’s U.N. Speech Draws Silence and Walkouts as He Threatens Iran and Cuba — article image
September 22, 2026

Trump’s U.N. Speech Draws Silence and Walkouts as He Threatens Iran and Cuba

Trump Turns to Russia-Aligned Belarus for Fertilizer as His Fight With Canada Continues — article image
September 22, 2026

Trump Turns to Russia-Aligned Belarus for Fertilizer as His Fight With Canada Continues

Trump Approval Falls to 32% — the Lowest of His Political Career — article image
September 22, 2026

Trump Approval Falls to 32% — the Lowest of His Political Career

Election Season Is Here — So Where Is Melania Trump? — article image
September 22, 2026

Election Season Is Here — So Where Is Melania Trump?

The Midterm Map Is Turning Blue — And Republicans Are Running Out of Places to Hide — article image
September 21, 2026

The Midterm Map Is Turning Blue — And Republicans Are Running Out of Places to Hide

Maddest I’ve Seen Farmers in a Long Time’: Trump’s Beef Policy Sparks Revolt in Farm Country — article image
September 21, 2026

Maddest I’ve Seen Farmers in a Long Time’: Trump’s Beef Policy Sparks Revolt in Farm Country

The Clock Is Ticking on Trump’s Power — And Washington Knows It — article image
September 21, 2026

The Clock Is Ticking on Trump’s Power — And Washington Knows It

Trump Announces an ‘AI Force’ — Apparently Before His Own Advisers Knew What It Was — article image
December 31, 1969

Trump Announces an ‘AI Force’ — Apparently Before His Own Advisers Knew What It Was

Trump Approval Crashes Into the 20s in New National Poll — article image
September 21, 2026

Trump Approval Crashes Into the 20s in New National Poll

Dark-Money Networks Paid Millions to Law Firm Packed With Clarence Thomas’ Former Clerks — article image
September 21, 2026

Dark-Money Networks Paid Millions to Law Firm Packed With Clarence Thomas’ Former Clerks

Greg Abbott Is Losing to a Democrat in Texas — New Poll Puts Hinojosa Ahead by 4 — article image
September 21, 2026

Greg Abbott Is Losing to a Democrat in Texas — New Poll Puts Hinojosa Ahead by 4

Trump’s Very Bad Week: Courts, Congress, the Fed and the Economy All Delivered Setbacks — article image
September 20, 2026

Trump’s Very Bad Week: Courts, Congress, the Fed and the Economy All Delivered Setbacks

House Goes Home Early as One of the Least Productive Congresses in Modern History Leaves Work Unfinished — article image
September 20, 2026

House Goes Home Early as One of the Least Productive Congresses in Modern History Leaves Work Unfinished

Republican María Salazar Warns Trump: Hispanic Voters Who Put You in the White House ‘Feel Betrayed’ — article image
September 20, 2026

Republican María Salazar Warns Trump: Hispanic Voters Who Put You in the White House ‘Feel Betrayed’

Judge Blocks Another Attempt to Put Trump’s Name on the Kennedy Center — article image
September 20, 2026

Judge Blocks Another Attempt to Put Trump’s Name on the Kennedy Center

Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration’s New Mail-Voting Restrictions — article image
September 20, 2026

Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration’s New Mail-Voting Restrictions

Trump Demands Lower Interest Rates. His Own Fed Chair Just Voted to Raise Them. — article image
September 20, 2026

Trump Demands Lower Interest Rates. His Own Fed Chair Just Voted to Raise Them.

Trump Pardoned the 'QAnon Shaman.' Now He Doesn't Even Support Trump. — article image
September 20, 2026

Trump Pardoned the 'QAnon Shaman.' Now He Doesn't Even Support Trump.

Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Says He’s Campaigning in “Cyprus.” He Meant Texas. — article image
September 19, 2026

Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Says He’s Campaigning in “Cyprus.” He Meant Texas.

Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Mail-Voting Restrictions Before the Midterms — article image
September 19, 2026

Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Mail-Voting Restrictions Before the Midterms

Trump Lashes Out at His Own Supreme Court Appointees After Mail-Ballot Defeat — article image
September 19, 2026

Trump Lashes Out at His Own Supreme Court Appointees After Mail-Ballot Defeat

Trump’s Policies Are Creating a Dangerous Midterm Environment for Republicans — article image
September 19, 2026

Trump’s Policies Are Creating a Dangerous Midterm Environment for Republicans

Trump Keeps Telling Americans the Economy Is Great. Voters Aren’t Buying It. — article image
September 18, 2026

Trump Keeps Telling Americans the Economy Is Great. Voters Aren’t Buying It.

America Nearly Lost Its Vote at the United Nations — Then Had to Pay $725 Million — article image
September 17, 2026

America Nearly Lost Its Vote at the United Nations — Then Had to Pay $725 Million

Americans Are Paying at the Pump as the Iran War Drives Fuel Prices Higher — article image
September 17, 2026

Americans Are Paying at the Pump as the Iran War Drives Fuel Prices Higher

Republican Congressman Files Eight Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth — article image
September 17, 2026

Republican Congressman Files Eight Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth

House Votes for Third Time to End Trump’s Iran War — article image
September 17, 2026

House Votes for Third Time to End Trump’s Iran War

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says MAGA Is Dead — And Blames Donald Trump — article image
February 27, 2026

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says MAGA Is Dead — And Blames Donald Trump

Trump Comes to California and Paints the State as a Dystopian Disaster — article image
October 12, 2024

Trump Comes to California and Paints the State as a Dystopian Disaster

Trump Floods Pennsylvania Rallies With False and Misleading Claims — article image
October 9, 2024

Trump Floods Pennsylvania Rallies With False and Misleading Claims

Trump Turns October 7 Memorial Into Political Attack on Democrats — article image
October 7, 2024

Trump Turns October 7 Memorial Into Political Attack on Democrats

Trump Returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, After Assassination Attempt — article image
October 5, 2024

Trump Returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, After Assassination Attempt

Trump Stops Taking Questions at Pennsylvania Town Hall — Then Stands on Stage Listening to Music for 39 Minutes — article image
October 4, 2024

Trump Stops Taking Questions at Pennsylvania Town Hall — Then Stands on Stage Listening to Music for 39 Minutes

Jack Smith's 165-Page Filing Reveals the Election Case Against Trump — article image
October 3, 2024

Jack Smith's 165-Page Filing Reveals the Election Case Against Trump

Jack Smith’s 165-Page Filing Reveals New Evidence in Trump Election Case — article image
October 2, 2024

Jack Smith’s 165-Page Filing Reveals New Evidence in Trump Election Case

Trump Fights Release of Jack Smith’s Evidence in January 6 Case — article image
October 1, 2024

Trump Fights Release of Jack Smith’s Evidence in January 6 Case

Trump Appears for Day Three of His New York Civil-Fraud Trial — article image
October 4, 2023

Trump Appears for Day Three of His New York Civil-Fraud Trial

Trump Walks Into Court as His New York Civil Fraud Trial Begins — article image
October 2, 2023

Trump Walks Into Court as His New York Civil Fraud Trial Begins

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Mar-a-Lago Documents Fight — article image
October 5, 2022

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Mar-a-Lago Documents Fight

Trump Returns to Iowa Still Claiming the 2020 Election Was Stolen — article image
October 10, 2021

Trump Returns to Iowa Still Claiming the 2020 Election Was Stolen

January 6 Committee Subpoenas “Stop the Steal” Organizers — article image
October 7, 2021

January 6 Committee Subpoenas “Stop the Steal” Organizers

Senate Report Details Trump's Pressure Campaign Against the Justice Department — article image
October 7, 2021

Senate Report Details Trump's Pressure Campaign Against the Justice Department

Trump Tells Former Aides Not to Cooperate With January 6 Investigation — article image
October 7, 2021

Trump Tells Former Aides Not to Cooperate With January 6 Investigation

Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey as Russia Investigation Intensifies — article image
August 5, 2021

Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey as Russia Investigation Intensifies

COVID-Infected Trump Refuses Virtual Debate With Biden, Saying He Won't “Waste My Time” — article image
October 8, 2020

COVID-Infected Trump Refuses Virtual Debate With Biden, Saying He Won't “Waste My Time”

With Americans Struggling, Trump Halts COVID Relief Talks — Then Reverses Course Hours Later — article image
October 7, 2020

With Americans Struggling, Trump Halts COVID Relief Talks — Then Reverses Course Hours Later

After Months of Downplaying COVID, Trump Is Now the Patient — article image
October 6, 2020

After Months of Downplaying COVID, Trump Is Now the Patient

COVID Spreads Through Trump's White House as Press Secretary Tests Positive — article image
October 5, 2020

COVID Spreads Through Trump's White House as Press Secretary Tests Positive

COVID-Positive Trump Leaves Walter Reed for Motorcade Photo Op — article image
October 4, 2020

COVID-Positive Trump Leaves Walter Reed for Motorcade Photo Op

Chris Christie Hospitalized With COVID as Virus Tears Through Trump's Inner Circle — article image
October 3, 2020

Chris Christie Hospitalized With COVID as Virus Tears Through Trump's Inner Circle

Trump Hospitalized With COVID as Conflicting Reports Raise Questions About His Condition — article image
October 3, 2020

Trump Hospitalized With COVID as Conflicting Reports Raise Questions About His Condition

Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Virus Reaches the President — article image
October 2, 2020

Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Virus Reaches the President

COVID Reaches the White House as Trump Campaign Continues Traveling — article image
October 1, 2020

COVID Reaches the White House as Trump Campaign Continues Traveling

Impeachment Investigators Subpoena Pentagon and White House Budget Office — article image
October 7, 2019

Impeachment Investigators Subpoena Pentagon and White House Budget Office

Second Ukraine Whistleblower Emerges as Trump Impeachment Inquiry Deepens — article image
October 6, 2019

Second Ukraine Whistleblower Emerges as Trump Impeachment Inquiry Deepens

Trump Defends Calls for Foreign Governments to Investigate Biden as Impeachment Inquiry Intensifies — article image
October 5, 2019

Trump Defends Calls for Foreign Governments to Investigate Biden as Impeachment Inquiry Intensifies

Mike Pence Drawn Deeper Into Ukraine Impeachment Investigation — article image
October 4, 2019

Mike Pence Drawn Deeper Into Ukraine Impeachment Investigation

House Impeachment Investigators Subpoena the Trump White House — article image
October 4, 2019

House Impeachment Investigators Subpoena the Trump White House

Explosive Ukraine Text Messages Become Public — article image
October 4, 2019

Explosive Ukraine Text Messages Become Public

Ukraine Text Messages Reveal Alarm Over Withholding Aid for Political Campaign — article image
October 3, 2019

Ukraine Text Messages Reveal Alarm Over Withholding Aid for Political Campaign

Trump Publicly Calls on China to Investigate the Bidens — article image
October 3, 2019

Trump Publicly Calls on China to Investigate the Bidens

White House Faces Subpoena as Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Deepens — article image
October 2, 2019

White House Faces Subpoena as Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Deepens

Trump Administration Pushes Back as Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Intensifies — article image
October 1, 2019

Trump Administration Pushes Back as Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Intensifies

Michael Cohen Turns on Trump Before Congress — article image
February 27, 2019

Michael Cohen Turns on Trump Before Congress

Roger Stone Posts Judge’s Photo With Apparent Crosshairs — and Gets Gagged — article image
February 21, 2019

Roger Stone Posts Judge’s Photo With Apparent Crosshairs — and Gets Gagged

The FBI Investigated Whether Trump Was Acting on Russia’s Behalf — and McCabe Never Said the Question Had Been Cleared — article image
February 17, 2019

The FBI Investigated Whether Trump Was Acting on Russia’s Behalf — and McCabe Never Said the Question Had Been Cleared

Trump Uses Venezuela’s Crisis to Launch a Broader Attack on Socialism — article image
January 18, 2019

Trump Uses Venezuela’s Crisis to Launch a Broader Attack on Socialism

Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle Reaches Its Final Stage — article image
October 5, 2018

Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle Reaches Its Final Stage

Stormy Daniels Breaks Her Silence in Explosive “60 Minutes” Interview — article image
March 25, 2018

Stormy Daniels Breaks Her Silence in Explosive “60 Minutes” Interview

Andrew McCabe Fired Days Before Retirement as Trump's Fight With the FBI Intensifies — article image
March 16, 2018

Andrew McCabe Fired Days Before Retirement as Trump's Fight With the FBI Intensifies

Mueller Indicts 13 Russians in Sweeping Operation to Interfere in the 2016 Election — article image
February 16, 2018

Mueller Indicts 13 Russians in Sweeping Operation to Interfere in the 2016 Election

Trump Releases Controversial Nunes Memo as Battle Over Russia Investigation Intensifies — article image
February 2, 2018

Trump Releases Controversial Nunes Memo as Battle Over Russia Investigation Intensifies

Very Stable Genius”: Trump Erupts as *Fire and Fury* Rocks the White House — article image
January 20, 2018

Very Stable Genius”: Trump Erupts as *Fire and Fury* Rocks the White House

“Very Stable Genius”: Trump Erupts as *Fire and Fury* Rocks the White House — article image
January 5, 2018

“Very Stable Genius”: Trump Erupts as *Fire and Fury* Rocks the White House

Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Cooperate With Mueller — article image
December 1, 2017

Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Cooperate With Mueller

Trump Again Questions U.S. Intelligence While Discussing Putin's Russia Denials — article image
November 11, 2017

Trump Again Questions U.S. Intelligence While Discussing Putin's Russia Denials

Mueller Investigation Produces Its First Charges as Manafort Is Indicted — article image
October 30, 2017

Mueller Investigation Produces Its First Charges as Manafort Is Indicted

Trump Moves Toward Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal — article image
October 5, 2017

Trump Moves Toward Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal

Republican Effort to Repeal Obamacare Fails Again in the Senate — article image
July 26, 2017

Republican Effort to Repeal Obamacare Fails Again in the Senate

Trump Turns a Boy Scout Jamboree Speech Into a Nightmare Political Rally — article image
July 24, 2017

Trump Turns a Boy Scout Jamboree Speech Into a Nightmare Political Rally

Donald Trump Jr.’s Trump Tower Meeting With Russians Is Exposed — article image
July 10, 2017

Donald Trump Jr.’s Trump Tower Meeting With Russians Is Exposed

Trump Meets Putin Face-to-Face for the First Time — article image
July 7, 2017

Trump Meets Putin Face-to-Face for the First Time

Trump Told Russian Officials Firing Comey Relieved ‘Great Pressure’ Over Russia — article image
May 19, 2017

Trump Told Russian Officials Firing Comey Relieved ‘Great Pressure’ Over Russia

Robert Mueller Appointed Special Counsel to Take Over Russia Investigation — article image
May 17, 2017

Robert Mueller Appointed Special Counsel to Take Over Russia Investigation

Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to Back Off Flynn Investigation — article image
May 16, 2017

Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to Back Off Flynn Investigation

Reports Say Trump Shared Highly Sensitive Intelligence With Russian Officials — article image
May 15, 2017

Reports Say Trump Shared Highly Sensitive Intelligence With Russian Officials

Trump Raises the Possibility of Secret Comey Tapes — Then Keeps Washington Guessing — article image
May 12, 2017

Trump Raises the Possibility of Secret Comey Tapes — Then Keeps Washington Guessing

One Day After Firing Comey, Trump Welcomes Russian Officials Into the Oval Office — article image
May 10, 2017

One Day After Firing Comey, Trump Welcomes Russian Officials Into the Oval Office

Trump's First Attempt to Repeal Obamacare Collapses Without a Vote — article image
March 24, 2017

Trump's First Attempt to Repeal Obamacare Collapses Without a Vote

FBI Director Confirms Investigation Into Trump Campaign's Russia Connections — article image
March 20, 2017

FBI Director Confirms Investigation Into Trump Campaign's Russia Connections

Senate Republicans Cheat to Put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court — article image
March 6, 2017

Senate Republicans Cheat to Put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court

Trump Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower — Without Evidence — article image
March 4, 2017

Trump Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower — Without Evidence

Trump’s 77-Minute Press Conference Turns Into an Extraordinary Attack on the Press — article image
February 16, 2017

Trump’s 77-Minute Press Conference Turns Into an Extraordinary Attack on the Press

Trump Claims Millions Voted Illegally — Without Any Evidence — article image
January 25, 2017

Trump Claims Millions Voted Illegally — Without Any Evidence

Trump's Presidency Begins With a Fight Over the Size of His Inauguration Crowd — article image
January 21, 2017

Trump's Presidency Begins With a Fight Over the Size of His Inauguration Crowd

Trump’s National Security Adviser Resigns Just Weeks Into the Administration — article image
January 13, 2017

Trump’s National Security Adviser Resigns Just Weeks Into the Administration

.S. Intelligence Concludes Putin Ordered Campaign to Influence the 2016 Election — article image
January 6, 2017

.S. Intelligence Concludes Putin Ordered Campaign to Influence the 2016 Election

President-Elect Trump Faces an Unprecedented Business Conflict Problem — article image
December 15, 2016

President-Elect Trump Faces an Unprecedented Business Conflict Problem

Women Come Forward Accusing Trump of Unwanted Sexual Contact — Trump Calls Them Liars — article image
December 12, 2016

Women Come Forward Accusing Trump of Unwanted Sexual Contact — Trump Calls Them Liars

Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Russia Interfered in the Election — article image
December 7, 2016

Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Russia Interfered in the Election

Trump Begins Governing by Tweet — And Corporate America Gets the Message — article image
December 6, 2016

Trump Begins Governing by Tweet — And Corporate America Gets the Message

Trump Takes an Unprecedented Call From Taiwan — And Immediately Raises Questions About U.S. China Policy — article image
December 2, 2016

Trump Takes an Unprecedented Call From Taiwan — And Immediately Raises Questions About U.S. China Policy

The World Wakes Up to President Trump — article image
November 9, 2016

The World Wakes Up to President Trump

Eleven Days Before the Election: Comey Drops a Bombshell Into the 2016 Campaign — article image
October 28, 2016

Eleven Days Before the Election: Comey Drops a Bombshell Into the 2016 Campaign

At Gettysburg, Trump Promises to Sue the Women Accusing Him of Sexual Misconduct — article image
October 22, 2016

At Gettysburg, Trump Promises to Sue the Women Accusing Him of Sexual Misconduct

Trump Gets Booed at the Al Smith Dinner as a Night of Political Humor Turns Bitter — article image
October 20, 2016

Trump Gets Booed at the Al Smith Dinner as a Night of Political Humor Turns Bitter

“I’ll Keep You in Suspense”: Trump Refuses to Promise He’ll Accept the Election Results — article image
October 19, 2016

“I’ll Keep You in Suspense”: Trump Refuses to Promise He’ll Accept the Election Results

Before a Single Vote Was Counted, Trump Was Already Calling the Election “Rigged” — article image
October 14, 2016

Before a Single Vote Was Counted, Trump Was Already Calling the Election “Rigged”

Trump Intensifies Claims That the System Is “Rigged” Against Him — article image
October 11, 2016

Trump Intensifies Claims That the System Is “Rigged” Against Him

Trump Escalates Attacks on Clinton After Threatening to Jail His Opponent — article image
October 10, 2016

Trump Escalates Attacks on Clinton After Threatening to Jail His Opponent

Republican Leaders Abandon Trump—But His Supporters Don't — article image
October 9, 2016

Republican Leaders Abandon Trump—But His Supporters Don't

Trump Turns Presidential Debate Into a Spectacle After Access Hollywood Tape — article image
October 9, 2016

Trump Turns Presidential Debate Into a Spectacle After Access Hollywood Tape

U.S. Government Publicly Blames Russia for Election Hacking — article image
October 7, 2016

U.S. Government Publicly Blames Russia for Election Hacking

Access Hollywood Tape Explodes Into the Presidential Campaign — article image
October 7, 2016

Access Hollywood Tape Explodes Into the Presidential Campaign

Trump Live-Tweets the Pence–Kaine Vice Presidential Debate — article image
October 4, 2016

Trump Live-Tweets the Pence–Kaine Vice Presidential Debate

Trump, Alicia Machado and the Four-Day Feud That Followed the First Presidential Debate — article image
September 26, 2016

Trump, Alicia Machado and the Four-Day Feud That Followed the First Presidential Debate

After Years of Birther Claims, Trump Finally Admits Obama Was Born in the United States — article image
September 16, 2016

After Years of Birther Claims, Trump Finally Admits Obama Was Born in the United States

Trump Attacks the U.S. Intelligence Community Over Russia — article image
September 11, 2016

Trump Attacks the U.S. Intelligence Community Over Russia

Second Amendment People, Maybe There Is”: Trump Remark Sparks Furor Over Hillary Clinton — article image
August 9, 2016

Second Amendment People, Maybe There Is”: Trump Remark Sparks Furor Over Hillary Clinton

“Russia, If You’re Listening”: Trump Publicly Calls for Moscow to Find Clinton’s Emails — article image
July 27, 2016

“Russia, If You’re Listening”: Trump Publicly Calls for Moscow to Find Clinton’s Emails

Trump Goes After Heidi Cruz: The Republican Primary Turns Personal — article image
July 22, 2016

Trump Goes After Heidi Cruz: The Republican Primary Turns Personal

Melania Trump’s Convention Speech Echoes Michelle Obama — and Creates an Opening-Night Distraction — article image
June 18, 2016

Melania Trump’s Convention Speech Echoes Michelle Obama — and Creates an Opening-Night Distraction

Trump Attacks Judge Gonzalo Curiel Over His Mexican Heritage — article image
June 3, 2016

Trump Attacks Judge Gonzalo Curiel Over His Mexican Heritage

This Is Really Happening: America Realizes Donald Trump Could Actually Win — article image
February 26, 2016

This Is Really Happening: America Realizes Donald Trump Could Actually Win

Trump Wins New Hampshire — And the Political Establishment Realizes This Is No Joke — article image
February 9, 2016

Trump Wins New Hampshire — And the Political Establishment Realizes This Is No Joke

Trump University: The Business Scandal Following Donald Trump Into the 2016 Campaign — article image
February 2, 2016

Trump University: The Business Scandal Following Donald Trump Into the 2016 Campaign

Trump Loses Iowa: The First Votes of 2016 Deliver an Upset — article image
February 1, 2016

Trump Loses Iowa: The First Votes of 2016 Deliver an Upset

The Serge Kovaleski Controversy: Trump’s Gestures Toward a Reporter With a Disability — article image
November 24, 2015

The Serge Kovaleski Controversy: Trump’s Gestures Toward a Reporter With a Disability

The Rally That Showed Trump’s Campaign Was Becoming Something Much Bigger — article image
August 26, 2015

The Rally That Showed Trump’s Campaign Was Becoming Something Much Bigger

I Like People That Weren’t Captured”: Trump Attacks John McCain’s War Record — article image
July 18, 2015

I Like People That Weren’t Captured”: Trump Attacks John McCain’s War Record

Mexicans Are Rapists”: The Words That Ignited Outrage on the First Day of Trump’s Campaign — article image
June 16, 2015

Mexicans Are Rapists: The Words That Ignited Outrage on the First Day of Trump’s Campaign