Emails show Trump administration tried to justify withholding Ukraine aid after the fact

Wait, you mean Donald Trump’s decision to withhold vital aid from Ukraine wasn’t based on any sort of meticulous review? And so they had to create an ad hoc justification … Read More

Mulvaney on Trump's G7 faceplant: 'He still considers himself to be in the hospitality business'

So Donald Trump — very loudly — proclaimed last night that next year’s G7 summit won’t be at his Doral resort after all, because the media and Democrats are so, … Read More

Mulvaney admits to quid pro quo, says 'get over it'

Okay, the goalposts are now somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy. In a press conference today, chief White House toady Mick Mulvaney basically admitted there was a quid pro quo involved in … Read More

White House Announces that G7 to Be at Trump's Doral Resort in Florida.

More enriching of Trump’s bank accounts at taxpayers’ expense: WASHINGTON — President Trump intends to host next year’s G7 conference at his Doral International Resort in Miami in June, the … Read More

NYT: White House pressed Ross to force NOAA to contradict weather forecasters

I never thought we’d have a major scandal over weather forecasts, but I guess anything is possible in the Trump era. The New York Times is now reporting that Acting … Read More

Watch Trump freak out at his chief of staff for coughing during ABC interview

Donald Trump is a well-known germophobe and petulant child. Both traits are on display in this clip, in which he excoriates his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, for coughing during … Read More

Chuck Grassley inadvertently admits Congress can see Trump's tax returns

I continue to be amazed at how simultaneously stupid and evil Republicans are. After all, I was conditioned by years of action adventure movies to believe the supervillain is always … Read More

Mulvaney: Democrats will never get Trump's tax returns

They won’t? Even when Donald Trump voluntarily releases them after his “audit” is over? The Hill: Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that Democrats will “never” … Read More

Shutdown 2.0? Border wall talks reportedly stalled

It’s hard to imagine that Donald Trump would put the country through another shutdown given the political fallout from his previous unforced error, but then this guy is a special kind … Read More

Trump reportedly lashing out at Mulvaney over bad press from shutdown

Is there a worse job in the world than Donald Trump’s chief of staff? Maybe Trump’s personal bathtub attendant. Or the guy who artificially inseminates zoo gorillas? I don’t know. … Read More

Want to know who's trying to end the shutdown? Look at who's negotiating.

Here’s how it ultimately breaks down, in pure and simple human terms. This Friday morning, over 800,000 federal employees will wake up, hit the “brew” button, and log into their … Read More