February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM EST
'I have stopped nuclear wars': Trump defends allowing major treaty to expire

President Donald Trump is defending allowing the nation's last nuclear treaty with Russia to expire by declaring he's already "stopped" nuclear wars between several countries. Experts and advocates warn that the treaty was the last barrier against a nuclear arms race. "As of today, for the first time in over half a century, the US and Russia don't have a legally binding arms control treaty in place anymore," observed Wall Street Journal national security reporter Robbie Gramer.

February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM EST
'The 2020 election is over': Judge throws out MAGA lawsuit and imposes steep fine

One week after President Donald Trump sent FBI agents to seize Fulton County's 2020 ballots as part of a criminal probe, a Georgia judge has apparently had it up to here with Trump-style election deniers. "The 2020 election is over," said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, dismissing Trump-supporters' lawsuit and effort to review ballots and materials they allege would prove Trump should have won Georgia.

February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM EST
Trump caught in trap after top Republican's Epstein 'blunder': analysis

An upcoming televised hearing featuring testimony from former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has major implications for President Donald Trump, according to a recent analysis by the Bulwark's Joe Perticone. In a Thursday article, Perticone observed that House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) was successful in forcing the Clintons to testify, despite the former First Couple initially stiff-arming his subpoenas. However, after a bipartisan vote to threaten the Clintons with contempt, both Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to come before the committee to discuss their connections to convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein.

February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM EST
MAGA may finally 'wake up' if Trump crosses this red line: conservative

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Mastio writes in the Kansas City Star that MAGA voters' lackadaisical attitude about how President Donald Trump has enriched himself and his family may change with his IRS lawsuit. "Since Donald Trump took office last year, the foundation of America's economy -- the once mighty dollar -- has fallen in value by about 10 percent. That means everything in America is worth less," Mastio wrote in his Thursday column.

February 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM EST
Trump orders more prayer in schools -- after mocking GOP leader for praying

At the 2026 National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump imposed new directives regarding prayer in public schools. And he did so after making fun of a top Republican for praying. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Trump rolled out elements of his "Make America Pray Again" agenda at the event, which has taken place on the first day of every February since 1953 and features members of both political parties and various faith leaders. The Beast reported that Trump conditioned federal money on schools allowing students "to pray privately and quietly by themselves, whether in class, at an athletic event or before a meal," all of which is currently religious expression openly permitted by the First Amendment.

February 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM EST
Trump just blew up his own deputy AG's reasoning for Gabbard's Georgia raid appearance

President Donald Trump's administration seems very confused as to why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was in Georgia for the FBI's raid on the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center late last month. The story has now changed four times, and twice in the past 24 hours. The first to comment on Gabbard was Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who claimed that Gabbard just happened to be in Atlanta when the raid happened. Gabbard then said that Trump asked her personally to go to Atlanta for the raid.

February 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM EST
Epstein survivors feel 'deep sense of betrayal' by Trump's DOJ over redaction failures

Survivors of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein feel a "deep sense of betrayal" from the Department of Justice, according to a Thursday report from CNN, ripping the agency for failing to redact pieces of their personal information and accusing it of continuing to cover for their abusers. The DOJ on Friday released what it said would be the last tranche of files related to its investigation into Epstein and his crimes, well over a month past the deadline set for it by Congress. While the agency claimed that the extra time was needed to properly and completely redact sensitive information, including the details of victims, journalists combing through the new pages have nonetheless found countless pieces of identifying information for numerous victims.

February 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM EST
Top fraud cases in Minnesota take a back seat to Trump's 'crushing immigration workload'

A prosecutor was dismissed in Minnesota after complaining that they would be happy to be held in contempt by the judge because they desperately needed sleep. Now it appears the rest of the office is following that lead. Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney wrote on Thursday that the top prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump in the Minnesota district is dropping "pressing priorities" to manage the huge number of cases. Cheney said on X that it's "a crushing immigration workload."

February 5, 2026 at 10:27 AM EST
Trump's brain is 'deteriorating disproportionately' -- and it's getting worse: psychiatrist

Experts are weighing in on President Donald Trump's mental and physical health after his first year in office. Speaking with iPaper, Dr. John Gartner, American psychologist, psychiatrist and former assistant professor at John Hopkins Medical School, explained, "the main way to diagnose dementia is that we see a deterioration from someone's own baseline in these four areas: language, memory, behaviour, and psychomotor performance."

February 5, 2026 at 10:23 AM EST
'Amateur hour': Trump's DNI took 'extraordinary step' to 'intimidate election officials'

Six years ago, Tulsi Gabbard was competing with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and others in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. But Gabbard took a far-right turn and became a full-fledged MAGA Republican during Biden's presidency, and as national intelligence director in the second Trump Administration, the former Democrat and ex-congresswoman is aggressively promoting Trump's repeatedly debunked claim that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020.

February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM EST
Trump's attempt to weaken the US dollar spells 'real trouble': analysis

For decades, President Donald Trump has been laser-focused on lowering the value of the U.S. dollar. And as president, he's doubled down on that goal. But one columnist is warning that weakening the dollar may prove hazardous in more ways than one. In a Wednesday essay, The Atlantic's Will Gottsegen explained that Trump's crusade against the dollar has gone on since long before he was elected to the White House. Trump's anti-dollar campaign began in earnest in 1987, when he took out full-page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe complaining that the dollar was too strong compared to the "brilliantly managed" Japanese yen.

February 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM EST
The 'especially grotesque' reason Trump ordered a female reporter to smile

Daily Beast Content Officer Joanna Coles argues that President Donald Trump ordering CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins to smile while asking him about his longtime friend -- convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein -- was not some kind of clumsy deflection. Rather, she asserted it was a tool for controlling women. "Trump has never asked a male correspondent why he isn't smiling," Coles said. "He didn't say it to Jim Acosta. He didn't say it to David Sanger. He didn't even say it to Don Lemon. Men are allowed to look grim, severe, even hostile, while women are expected to look decorative, happy, even pleasing. Even if they're asking about rape, corruption, and moral rot, a lady reporter must remember her lip gloss."