Sometime this weekin an undisclosed location, two powerful figures sat down for tense negotiations, hoping to end a cold war that had, in recent days, turned very hot. The talks were not a success, with one participant dubbing some of what the other side presented as “fake and gay.” Tensions, it’s fair to say, continued unabated. more
My latest piece for MSNBC.comdetails how Fox News hosts and other MAGA media elites followed President Donald Trump’s order to move on from coverage of convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and what that response means for the future of Trump’s coalition: more
"Today's inflation report confirms what we already knew: Trump's tariffs are a tax on working-class Americans and additional tariffs would hurt them even more." more
As protests continue to flarein Los Angeles over the Trump administration carrying out immigration raids and deploying National Guard troops to the area, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of invoking the Insurrection Act over objections from California’s governor and the mayor of LA. more
"This is about something much bigger," said the president of SEIU California, still in detention. "This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice." more
Maryland’s Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen says the government of El Salvadorhas denied his request to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, his constituent who was wrongly deported to the Central American country last month. MORE