February 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM EST
'Backtracking and blowing things up' defines Trump's 'whiplash' second year: report

If Americans during President Donald Trump's first term were exhausted by his "controversy and chaos," they now appear to be similarly distressed by his "backtracking and blowing things up," according to a report by Politico. In the second year of his second term, President Trump "intensified the volatility" from year one "with a succession of whiplash-inducing policy swings, several of which have almost immediately withered in the face of Republican opposition and public outcry."

February 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM EST
Trump furious the UK spoke with Newsom

As the head of the fifth-largest economy in the world, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calf.) had a conversation with the leaders of the U.K. over climate measures they could coordinate on. Now, President Donald Trump is furious. Last week, Trump revoked a landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health. While science might verify one thing, the Trump government will rule on belief.

February 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM EST
'No modern precedent' for Trump's blatant push to politicize the military

Past U.S. presidents, both Democratic and Republican, sounded much different at military gatherings than they did at campaign events. When addressing members of the U.S. Armed Forces, they were careful to avoid the type of overtly partisan comments they typically made during campaign speeches. But MS NOW's Steve Benen, in an opinion column published on February 16, warns that President Donald Trump is ramping up his push to overtly politicize the military.

February 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM EST
What MAGA gets painfully wrong about dads

From Christian nationalists to al-Qaeda and the Taliban, many far-right social conservatives are vehemently opposed to contraception and believe that women need be having as many babies as possible. The Taliban enacted strict birth control bans after retaking Afghanistan, claiming that contraception is harmful to Islam. Similarly, in the MAGA movement and evangelical Christian nationalism in the United States, contraception is often attacked as anti-Christian.

February 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM EST
Republicans tell Trump there's no way to convince people their financial woes are fake

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) it trying to get a message through to President Donald Trump and his GOP colleagues: American's aren't going to buy spin that the economy is doing well when their daily lives show something different. Kennedy told The Hill on Monday: "What you're basically arguing to people is: don't believe your own lying checkbooks. It's their checkbooks. They're looking at it. They don't like what they see, so you've got to deal with it."

February 16, 2026 at 5:59 AM EST
The uncomfortable evidence about the people named in the Epstein files

Here's how Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie responded on Sunday, during ABC's "This Week," to a question about the Trump regime's handling of the Epstein files: "This is about the Epstein class ". They're billionaires who were friends with these people, and that's what I'm up against in Washington, D.C. Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these kinds of people, in New York City and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he's not. He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration. And they're attacking me for trying to get these files released." The Epstein Class. Not just the people who cavorted with Jeffrey Epstein or the subset who abused young girls. It's an interconnected world of hugely rich, prominent, entitled, smug, powerful, self-important (mostly) men. Trump is honorary chairman.

February 15, 2026 at 2:39 PM EST
Marjorie Taylor Greene warns GOP has a growing women problem as MAGA mocks Epstein victims

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is still sounding the alarm for the Republican Party to fix its woman problem. Posting to X on Sunday, Greene pointed to MAGA influencers, she said, who spend a lot of time mocking women who were assaulted and trafficked as teenagers

February 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM EST
Bombsell: Only 2 percent of Epstein files have been released by DOJ

The UK's Channel 4 News reported this week that the Justice Department isn't being honest about what they have on trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplices and the years of investigation done by the federal government. According to its analysis of emails in the latest batch of 3.5 million pages, the Epstein files suggest that what has been released is only a small fraction of what there is. "Potentially only 2 percent of the information the FBI retrieved from Epstein's homes," is what has been shared with the public.

February 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM EST
How one bullet destroyed DHS claim agents were afraid for their lives

The battle over the truth behind Renee Nicole Good's shooting persists after the federal government refused to cooperate with state and local authorities to investigate its own shooting by a federal agent. She's not the only one. The feds also tried to take over the shooting death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti. What has unfolded in the weeks after is drawing attention to the false narratives coming out of the Department of Homeland Security. It's still unknown whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officers on the ground lied to DHS or if DHS spun its own tale about what happened without speaking with the shooters. Over and over, DHS claims that officers were afraid for their lives.

February 15, 2026 at 12:39 PM EST
'Surreal': Trump accuser got a 'crazy' Valentine's Day fundraising email from him

She's never signed up for his campaign emails and she's never wanted to. Still, E. Jean Carroll posted on X that she got a Valentine's Day note from President Donald Trump, the man she has accused of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid 1990s. "Yes. This is a real email. No. I did not sign up on this mailing list. Yes. We are living in a crazy world," said Carroll.

February 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM EST
Tom Homan declines to defend Kristi Noem after federal officers lied under oath

Thomas Homan, the executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), spoke to CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday, passing the buck to others in the administration he deems responsible for the failures. Homan was sent to take over Minneapolis after U.S. Customs and Border Protection Greg Bovino was excused from overseeing the operation.

February 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM EST
Canadian deputy mayor nails Trump as the cause for $4.5 billion loss in US tourism

Deputy Mayor Greg Grimes hasn't crossed the border from Canada into the U.S. in 18 months and he has no intention to do so any time soon. He's one of many Canadians who want no part of the new America under President Donald Trump. Journalist Phoebe Wall Howard wrote on Substack that Grimes and his family would cross the border frequently to have dinner, go shopping, visit friends or attend an event. They're not alone.