Donald Trump has been lying all his political life and much of his personal life. And he apparently doesn’t care what damage his lies do. The latest manifestation occurred June 5 when the …

Donald Trump has shown contempt for Congress, the Constitution and the rule of law in his 5-1/4 years as president. Since January his dementia has gotten worse, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Donald Trump started the war early Saturday morning, Feb. 28, urged on by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as U.S. and Israeli forces shelled military and civilian sites in Iran, without …

Donald Trump appears to be descending into dementia, and Republican congressional leaders should be held to account if they refuse to curb Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior and his efforts to …

Donald Trump showed a taste for empire and plunder when he sent U.S. special forces to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their home in Caracas in an overnight raid …

War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered murder on the high seas as part of his effort to implement Donald Trump’s ambition to invade Venezuela, and only Congress can stop them. Not that …

After the shellacking voters gave Republicans in the Nov. 4 general election, it was a surprise when Senate Democrats on Nov. 9 offered to join the GOP in opening up the federal government before …

Donald Trump at his core is a real estate developer with a mixed record in business deals, who went through four business bankruptcies while he became famous portraying a master of business as TV …

Donald Trump is in a race with his circulatory system to realize his ambition of becoming a dictator at the level of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. He has brought Republicans to heel, so they …

Republicans in Congress have been unwilling or unable to control Donald Trump as he has pushed the use of executive orders and a pliable Supreme Court that lets him assume dictatorial power. Out …

Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which features more tax breaks for the rich and cuts programs that help working people, survived several near-death experiences as …

Donald Trump tanked the world economy in April with his arbitrary imposition of tariffs on U.S. trade partners. He alienated longtime allies on our borders and around the world and resulting stock …

After a few false starts that rattled the markets and U.S. trade partners, Donald Trump on April 2 ordered tariffs on more than 180 countries and territories, igniting a trade war that turned …

We Are Stooges for a Bamboozler

The last time Americans faced the possible spread of Ebola to U.S. territory, in 2014, Donald Trump irresponsibly stoked public fears and barked at Barack Obama while doing nothing useful to protect us. By Joe Conason

"Republicans in Congress began to devise a way to pay for renewal of tax cuts for billionaires under special rules that allow them to get the budget through the Senate with a simple majority. But the reconciled budget cannot increase the national debt. " - JMC