It’s truly amazing to see how passionately Democrats are suddenly supporting the idea of American Empire: a worldwide presence of U.S. troops, with a focus on the Middle East. For decades, Democrats said they opposed endless wars, but from the very moment Donald Trump became president, the party’s leaders have become more hawkish than George […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday engaged in an extraordinary argument with Democratic congressional leaders over government funding, threatening a partial shutdown if his demands for border wall money are not met. “I am proud to shut down the government for border security,” Trump told House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., […]

Donald Trump Jr. lamented on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday that the number of White House aides his father trusts is “much smaller” in the wake of allegations that some inside the Trump administration have sought to subvert portions of the president’s agenda. “I think there are people in there that he can trust, […]