March 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM EDT
Watchdog says they know why Trump fired key personnel at Social Security

A Social Security advocacy organization on Thursday blasted the Trump administration for covering up damaging information contained in an inspector general report released in December. According to The Washington Post, a report from the Social Security Administration's (SSA) inspector general (IG) about call wait times for beneficiaries was altered to make it seem as though wait times to speak to representatives had been reduced to under 10 minutes per call.

March 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM EDT
'Jerk of the week': Ex-GOP rep blasts Trump's 'disgraceful' Cabinet pick

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) used to support President Donald Trump, but in recent years has become one of his most outspoken critics. Now he is accusing Trump of appointing as the next Homeland Security Secretary someone so unqualified, it is literally "disgraceful." "Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump's new DHS pick, sat for a confirmation hearing this week, and even some Republicans think he has 'anger issues,'" Walsh wrote on Sunday. "Mullin previously went on record calling Alex Pretti, the VA nurse killed by ICE agents in Minnesota, a 'deranged individual.' But the only deranged individual I see here is Mullin."

March 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM EDT
'Trump derangement syndrome': WSJ laments anti-MAGA trend in California's governor race

President Donald Trump is wildly unpopular in states like California -- and in a recent editorial, The Wall Street Journal's Allysia Finley complained that California's next governor may be selected accordingly. "Trump derangement syndrome helps explain why Bay Area Rep. Eric Swalwell has become the favorite in the race to succeed Mr. Newsom this November," Finley complained. "In California's June 2 jungle primary, all candidates compete on the same ballot, and the top two finishers face off in November."

March 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM EDT
Raw milk sold by RFK Jr. supporter emerges as possible source of e. coli outbreak

When President Donald Trump appointed Robert Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services, the presidential nephew was criticized for his many pseudoscientific beliefs, among them his support for raw milk. Now an e. coli outbreak in California has been linked to the raw milk-based products made by one of Kennedy's own allies.

March 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM EDT
Republican security expert calls for overhaul of Trump's 'rogue agencies'

President Donald Trump recently fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on the grounds that doing so will improve her department -- but a Republican national security expert argued Sunday that the problems are much deeper than that. "The switch is cosmetic: The problem with DHS isn't Noem or [Trump's nominee GOP Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne] Mullin or whoever else will run it," explained Paul Rosenzweig, who served as deputy assistant secretary for policy of the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush (2005-2009) and currently cybersecurity at the George Washington University Law School. "The problem is with the agency itself."

March 22, 2026 at 11:37 AM EDT
'Betrayal of the promise of our founding': Veteran blasts Trump's Iran war as un-American

President Donald Trump and his top officials seem to glory in the violence they inflict as leaders of the American military-industrial complex -- and a Marine Corps veteran claims this behavior is fundamentally un-American. "I have plenty of complaints about the war I served in two decades ago: the Iraq war was ill-conceived, hubristic and marred by poor leadership at the highest level," wrote Phil Klay, a novelist and Marine Corps veteran from President George W. Bush's Iraq War, in a Sunday editorial for The New York Times. "But I did know why I was there. What exactly do our service members think we're trying to do in Iran?"

March 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM EDT
Trump's plan to help people sell their homes could make things worse

President Donald Trump has a plan he says will help ordinary homeowners sell and buy their properties -- but a publication that specializes in finances says things are not that simple. "Americans thinking about selling their homes may decide to stay put when they look at today's interest rates, especially if they're currently locked in at a low rate" explained an editorial published by Moneywise and syndicated by Yahoo Finance.

March 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT
Trump owes Americans billions -- and he might be forced to pay

President Donald Trump has stalled refunding the billions he owes US businesses and taxpayers from his illegal tariffs -- and, according to a top lawyer, Americans need to thank the obscure judge for being a "breath of fresh air" who holds "the administration's feet to the fire." Writing for MS NOW on Sunday, lawyer Ray Brescia explained that the Court of International Trade's Judge Richard Eaton has emerged as "an unlikely hero" in the Trump tariff saga, working with speed and clarity to figure out how Trump should reimburse billions to the American people.

March 22, 2026 at 8:05 AM EDT
Trump throws 'vulnerable' retired Warthog back in action

President Donald Trump may not have the resources to finish what he started in Iran, judging by how deep down into the military's pocket he's having to dig for change. Stars and Stripes reports Trump's military administration is now recommissioning a discontinued slate of planes that were grounded after high expenses and vulnerabilities in the evolving landscape of modern combat.

March 22, 2026 at 8:02 AM EDT
Republican attacks on liberals hailed as 'epic-level gaslighting'

President Donald Trump and his supporters describe liberals as "radical" and "extreme," an accusation that one comedy writer describes as "epic-level gaslighting." "Republicans have made it abundantly clear, from behind the presidential seal and in the halls of Congress and on all manner of news networks, that the extremists in America are liberals like me," wrote humor columnist Rex Huppke for USA Today on Sunday. "We are, in the oft-repeated words of President Donald Trump, 'radical left lunatics.' We are agitators. Insurrectionists. Thugs. Our ideas are extreme, always. 'Radical left climate extremism.' 'Extreme gender ideology.'"

March 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM EDT
Trump's vicious response to Robert Mueller's passing draws condemnation

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the high-profile investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow, passed away Saturday, prompting an immediate and inflammatory response from President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform. Mueller, 79, had served as the FBI's director from 2001 to 2013 under both Republican and Democratic administrations. He was appointed special counsel in May 2017 to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential obstruction of justice by Trump. The investigation lasted nearly two years and resulted in the Mueller Report, which detailed extensive Russian interference efforts and numerous contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russian operatives, though it stopped short of making a prosecutorial judgment on obstruction charges.

March 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM EDT
Critics tear about Trump admin over 'bales' of shredded Epstein documents

Social media reacted with fury at the news that unknown officials were shredding "bales" of paper connected to Jeffrey Epstein in the prison housing convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein soon after his death. Famed Epstein reporter Julie K. Brown reported that just six days after Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York, a Bureau of Prisons "After-Actions team" rounded up inmates to help shred "huge amounts of paperwork."