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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

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 Russia Peace Talks Are Now Entangled With a Multibillion-Dollar Oil Deal — article image

October 5, 2026

Trump's Russia Peace Talks Are Now Entangled With a Multibillion-Dollar Oil Deal

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

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

Judge Orders DOJ to Fast-Track Epstein Records Mentioning Trump and Mar-a-Lago — article image

October 3, 2026

Judge Orders DOJ to Fast-Track Epstein Records Mentioning Trump and Mar-a-Lago

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

Trump Said He Would Save the Kennedy Center. Nineteen Months Later, It Is in Financial Crisis. — article image

October 3, 2026

Trump Said He Would Save the Kennedy Center. Nineteen Months Later, It Is in Financial Crisis.

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

Trump’s Ambassador to Greece Faces Scrutiny Over Lobbyist, Private Jets and Energy Deals — article image

October 3, 2026

Trump’s Ambassador to Greece Faces Scrutiny Over Lobbyist, Private Jets and Energy Deals

Kushner’s Billion-Dollar Israel Investment Raises Questions as He Helps Shape Trump’s Middle East Policy — article image

October 3, 2026

Kushner’s Billion-Dollar Israel Investment Raises Questions as He Helps Shape Trump’s Middle East Policy

Trump Tried to Fix America’s Beef Crisis. His Own Policies May Be Making It Worse — article image

October 2, 2026

Trump Tried to Fix America’s Beef Crisis. His Own Policies May Be Making It Worse

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

Appeals Court Leaves Sanctions in Place After Judge Found Trump’s $1.8 Billion IRS Deal Was Collusive — article image

October 1, 2026

Appeals Court Leaves Sanctions in Place After Judge Found Trump’s $1.8 Billion IRS Deal Was Collusive

Five Trump-Era Deals Congress May Put May Use Against Trump — article image

October 1, 2026

Five Trump-Era Deals Congress May Put May Use Against 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”

Hegseth Faces Deadline to Explain Billions in Iran War Spending — Including $1.2 Billion for Unspecified “Administration Priorities” — article image

September 30, 2026

Hegseth Faces Deadline to Explain Billions in Iran War Spending — Including $1.2 Billion for Unspecified “Administration Priorities”

Pentagon Quietly Raises Iran War Wounded Count to 861 — With No Explanation for 37 New Cases — article image

September 28, 2026

Pentagon Quietly Raises Iran War Wounded Count to 861 — With No Explanation for 37 New Cases

Trump Calls Venezuela Agreement the “Biggest Oil Deal in World History.” The Reality Is Far More Complicated — article image

September 27, 2026

Trump Calls Venezuela Agreement the “Biggest Oil Deal in World History.” The Reality Is Far More Complicated

Winter Is Coming — And Trump’s Oil Crisis Is About to Get Much Harder to Hide — article image

September 27, 2026

Winter Is Coming — And Trump’s Oil Crisis Is About to Get Much Harder to Hide

rump Moves to Cancel Nearly $1 Billion Congress Already Approved — article image

September 27, 2026

rump Moves to Cancel Nearly $1 Billion Congress Already Approved

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

Trump Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle Faces Questions Over Lobbyist’s Role in European Energy Deals — article image

September 27, 2026

Trump Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle Faces Questions Over Lobbyist’s Role in European Energy Deals

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 Iran War Is Now Costing American Households an Estimated $1,760 — article image

September 26, 2026

Trump’s Iran War Is Now Costing American Households an Estimated $1,760

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.

Pentagon Quietly Adds 37 More Wounded Troops to Iran War Casualty Count — article image

September 25, 2026

Pentagon Quietly Adds 37 More Wounded Troops to Iran War Casualty Count

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

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.

Tommy Tuberville Seems to Have Found Another Group of Americans to Fear — article image

September 25, 2026

Tommy Tuberville Seems to Have Found Another Group of Americans to Fear

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

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

Trump’s Iran War Is Losing Republicans — New Poll Shows Support Cracking Inside His Own Party — article image

September 23, 2026

Trump’s Iran War Is Losing Republicans — New Poll Shows Support Cracking Inside His Own Party

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

Trump Lied at the United Nations. Here’s What the Facts Actually Show. — article image

September 23, 2026

Trump Lied at the United Nations. Here’s What the Facts Actually Show.

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

Don Jr.’s Russian Wedding Controversy Escalates as Republican Senator Calls for Subpoena — article image

September 22, 2026

Don Jr.’s Russian Wedding Controversy Escalates as Republican Senator Calls for Subpoena

Republican Senator Calls for Trump Jr. Subpoena as Questions Grow Over Trump Family Business Empire — article image

September 22, 2026

Republican Senator Calls for Trump Jr. Subpoena as Questions Grow Over Trump Family Business Empire

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

White House Stalls as Houthis Advance — and Washington Has No Clear Path Forward — article image

September 21, 2026

White House Stalls as Houthis Advance — and Washington Has No Clear Path Forward

Trump Declares Victory on Greenland — But the Deal Falls Far Short of the Takeover He Demanded — article image

September 21, 2026

Trump Declares Victory on Greenland — But the Deal Falls Far Short of the Takeover He Demanded

John Kennedy Says Trump Will End the Iran War in Six Months — Without Explaining How — article image

September 21, 2026

John Kennedy Says Trump Will End the Iran War in Six Months — Without Explaining How

Trump Heads to the United Nations With America’s Traditional Alliances Under Strain — article image

December 31, 1969

Trump Heads to the United Nations With America’s Traditional Alliances Under Strain

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 Said Ukraine and Russia Agreed to Stop Attacking Energy Targets. The Attacks Never Stopped. — article image

September 20, 2026

Trump Said Ukraine and Russia Agreed to Stop Attacking Energy Targets. The Attacks Never Stopped.

Oil Has Surged More Than 50% in a Year as Iran War Disrupts Global Energy Markets — article image

September 20, 2026

Oil Has Surged More Than 50% in a Year as Iran War Disrupts Global Energy Markets

Trump Announces a New Greenland Security Deal. America Already Had One. — article image

September 19, 2026

Trump Announces a New Greenland Security Deal. America Already Had One.

The Iran War Has Already Cost the U.S. at Least $43.6 Billion — article image

September 18, 2026

The Iran War Has Already Cost the U.S. at Least $43.6 Billion

Trump Sent Two Real Estate Dealmakers to End the Ukraine War. The War Is Still Going. — article image

September 18, 2026

Trump Sent Two Real Estate Dealmakers to End the Ukraine War. The War Is Still Going.

Trump Defends Russian Oligarch’s Role in Son’s Wedding Celebration — article image

September 18, 2026

Trump Defends Russian Oligarch’s Role in Son’s Wedding Celebration

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

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

Trump Escalates a Growing Trade War With Canada — article image

September 17, 2026

Trump Escalates a Growing Trade War With Canada

Trump Administration Prepares Sweeping Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court — article image

September 16, 2026

Trump Administration Prepares Sweeping Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court

Lake America: When a Trade Dispute Turned Into an Executive Order — article image

August 27, 2026

Lake America: When a Trade Dispute Turned Into an Executive Order

Trump Declares National Emergency Over Foreign Threats to the U.S. Power Grid — article image

August 26, 2026

Trump Declares National Emergency Over Foreign Threats to the U.S. Power Grid

Trump Escalates Trade Dispute With Canada With New 50% Tariffs — article image

July 20, 2026

Trump Escalates Trade Dispute With Canada With New 50% Tariffs

Trump Launches International Campaign Against the International Criminal Court — article image

June 13, 2026

Trump Launches International Campaign Against the International Criminal Court

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

Woodward Reports Trump and Putin Continued Speaking After Trump Left Office — article image

October 8, 2024

Woodward Reports Trump and Putin Continued Speaking After Trump Left Office

Bombshell Report Says Trump Secretly Sent Scarce COVID Tests to Putin — article image

October 8, 2024

Bombshell Report Says Trump Secretly Sent Scarce COVID Tests to Putin

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

Hamas Attacks Israel; Trump Immediately Blames Biden — article image

October 7, 2023

Hamas Attacks Israel; Trump Immediately Blames Biden

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 Fires FBI Director James Comey as Russia Investigation Intensifies — article image

August 5, 2021

Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey as Russia Investigation Intensifies

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

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

The White House COVID Outbreak Explodes — article image

October 3, 2020

The White House COVID Outbreak Explodes

After Pulling U.S. Troops Aside, Trump Sanctions Turkey Over Its Attack on America's Kurdish Allies — article image

October 14, 2019

After Pulling U.S. Troops Aside, Trump Sanctions Turkey Over Its Attack on America's Kurdish Allies

Ousted Ukraine Ambassador Testifies as Trump Escalates Attacks on the Bidens — article image

October 11, 2019

Ousted Ukraine Ambassador Testifies as Trump Escalates Attacks on the Bidens

Trump Pulls U.S. Forces Back in Syria, Leaving US Allies Exposed — article image

October 7, 2019

Trump Pulls U.S. Forces Back in Syria, Leaving US Allies Exposed

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

Trump Takes Kim Jong Un “At His Word” Over Otto Warmbier’s Death — article image

February 28, 2019

Trump Takes Kim Jong Un “At His Word” Over Otto Warmbier’s Death

Trump’s Hanoi Summit Collapses — No Deal, No Denuclearization, No Breakthrough — article image

February 28, 2019

Trump’s Hanoi Summit Collapses — No Deal, No Denuclearization, No Breakthrough

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

Trump Begins U.S. Withdrawal From Landmark Nuclear Arms Treaty — article image

January 1, 2019

Trump Begins U.S. Withdrawal From Landmark Nuclear Arms Treaty

Kavanaugh Confirmed to Supreme Court as Women Fear for Reproductive Rights — article image

October 6, 2018

Kavanaugh Confirmed to Supreme Court as Women Fear for Reproductive Rights

Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle Reaches Its Final Stage — article image

October 5, 2018

Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle Reaches Its Final Stage

FBI Delivers Kavanaugh Investigation to Trump White House — article image

October 4, 2018

FBI Delivers Kavanaugh Investigation to Trump White House

Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony as Crowd Cheers — article image

October 2, 2018

Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony as Crowd Cheers

Trump Opens a New Front in Trade Fight With China — article image

March 22, 2018

Trump Opens a New Front in Trade Fight With China

Rex Tillerson Is Out as Trump Shakes Up His National Security Team — article image

March 13, 2018

Rex Tillerson Is Out as Trump Shakes Up His National Security Team

rump Launches Steel and Aluminum Tariffs in Major Shift on Trade — article image

March 8, 2018

rump Launches Steel and Aluminum Tariffs in Major Shift on Trade

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

Trump Takes “America First” to the World Economic Forum — article image

January 26, 2018

Trump Takes “America First” to the World Economic Forum

Trump’s Trade War Begins With Tariffs on Solar Panels and Washing Machines — article image

January 22, 2018

Trump’s Trade War Begins With Tariffs on Solar Panels and Washing Machines

“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

Trump Signs Sweeping Tax Law With Permanent Corporate Tax Cut — article image

December 22, 2017

Trump Signs Sweeping Tax Law With Permanent Corporate Tax Cut

Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's Capital and Orders Embassy Move — article image

December 6, 2017

Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's Capital and Orders Embassy Move

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 Uses “Pocahontas” Attack During Ceremony Honoring Navajo Code Talkers — article image

November 27, 2017

Trump Uses “Pocahontas” Attack During Ceremony Honoring Navajo Code Talkers

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

Thousands of JFK Assassination Records Released — But Some Secrets Remain — article image

October 26, 2017

Thousands of JFK Assassination Records Released — But Some Secrets Remain

Trump Refuses to Certify the Iran Nuclear Deal, Putting the Agreement on a Path Toward Collapse — article image

October 13, 2017

Trump Refuses to Certify the Iran Nuclear Deal, Putting the Agreement on a Path Toward Collapse

Trump Refuses to Certify the Iran Nuclear Deal — article image

October 13, 2017

Trump Refuses to Certify the Iran Nuclear Deal

After Repeal Fails, Trump Ends Obamacare Insurance Payments — article image

October 12, 2017

After Repeal Fails, Trump Ends Obamacare Insurance Payments

Trump Warns That “Only One Thing Will Work” With North Korea — article image

October 7, 2017

Trump Warns That “Only One Thing Will Work” With North Korea

Trump Moves Toward Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal — article image

October 5, 2017

Trump Moves Toward Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal

Trump Escalates the NFL Anthem Fight From the Presidential Podium — article image

September 23, 2017

Trump Escalates the NFL Anthem Fight From the Presidential Podium

Trump Threatens to “Totally Destroy North Korea” From the United Nations — article image

September 19, 2017

Trump Threatens to “Totally Destroy North Korea” From the United Nations

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

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

James Comey Takes His Case Against Trump Before the American Public — article image

June 8, 2017

James Comey Takes His Case Against Trump Before the American Public

Trump Attacks London Mayor After Taking His Terrorism Comments Out of Context — article image

June 4, 2017

Trump Attacks London Mayor After Taking His Terrorism Comments Out of Context

Trump Pulls the United States Out of the Paris Climate Agreement — article image

June 1, 2017

Trump Pulls the United States Out of the Paris Climate Agreement

Trump's Awkward Moment With Montenegro's Prime Minister Draws Attention at NATO — article image

May 25, 2017

Trump's Awkward Moment With Montenegro's Prime Minister Draws Attention at NATO

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

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 Launches First Direct U.S. Military Strike Against Assad’s Syria — article image

April 6, 2017

Trump Launches First Direct U.S. Military Strike Against Assad’s Syria

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

Airport Protests Erupt Across America After Trump's Travel Ban — article image

January 28, 2017

Airport Protests Erupt Across America After Trump's Travel Ban

Trump Pulls the United States Out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership — article image

January 23, 2017

Trump Pulls the United States Out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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

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 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

Trump Live-Tweets the Pence–Kaine Vice Presidential Debate — article image

October 4, 2016

Trump Live-Tweets the Pence–Kaine Vice Presidential Debate

Trump’s $916 Million Tax Loss Explodes Into a Campaign Crisis — article image

October 2, 2016

Trump’s $916 Million Tax Loss Explodes Into a Campaign Crisis

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

From “Knock the Crap Out of Them” to Chicago: Violence Shadows Trump’s Campaign — article image

April 15, 2016

From “Knock the Crap Out of Them” to Chicago: Violence Shadows Trump’s Campaign

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 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

Trump vs. Megyn Kelly: The Debate Fight That Became a Campaign War — article image

August 7, 2015

Trump vs. Megyn Kelly: The Debate Fight That Became a Campaign War

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

Everyone Thought Donald Trump Was a Joke. Then He Started Taking Over the Republican Race. — article image

June 25, 2015

Everyone Thought Donald Trump Was a Joke. Then He Started Taking Over the Republican Race.

Donald Trump Announces His Run for President — article image

June 16, 2015

Donald Trump Announces His Run for President