The pardons are a culmination of Trump’s yearslong campaign to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 attack, which left more than 100 police officers injured as the angry mob of Trump supporters — some armed with poles, bats and bear spray — overwhelmed law enforcement, shattered windows and sent lawmakers and aides running into hiding.
President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world.
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The House Intelligence Committee is being given a makeover, with Republicans who have “more MAGA-friendly credentials” replacing some other GOP members. The committee was seen as one of the last bastions of old-school Republicanism in Congress before Trump ordered a reshuffle.
I can't believe a so-called 'bishop' would stand up in church and ask President Trump to engage in some weird liberal behavior called 'mercy.'
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.
Donald Trump Jr., the adult son of President Trump, weighed in on a survey that showed him as a leading 2028 Republican presidential candidate, telling the crowd not to get him “in trouble.” Asked
If anyone was expecting moderate Republicans in Congress to temper Donald Trump’s more extreme plans on immigration and tariffs, the president-elect doesn’t plan to give them the chance, Trump told lawmakers this week.
The farcical nature of the inauguration was a fitting reminder that everything about the MAGA movement is a scam.
More broadly, Trump is calling for nothing less than a return to the 19th-century notion of Manifest Destiny (a term he explicitly used) in the manner of William McKinley (whom he described as “a great president”).
Speaker Johnson bows to Mar-a-Lago in ousting Intel Chair Mike Turner.
The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in Washington.