Democrats are doing what they can to stop President Donald Trump’s weaponization of the Justice Department and his self-serving use of taxpayer money.

On Wednesday morning, Representative Jamie Raskin, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, moved to subpoena acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and other officials involved in the creation of…

President Donald Trump called former President Joe Biden “mentally retarded” twice.

Speaking at a press conference Monday, Trump repeatedly threw around the slur while bragging about his relationship with Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s reclusive authoritarian leader.

“Do you notice, he said very nice things about me. He used to call Joe Biden a mentally retarded person, OK? So, don’t tell me about…

The generational warfare promoted by centrists and the Right, who have long been desperate to cut and privatize Social Security, is a fool’s solution to what ails the system. Taxing the rich is the answer.

“Total boomer luxury communism” is the Right’s latest attempt to convince younger Americans to slash their own future benefits under the guise of sticking it to older generations.…

Europe’s GDP is keeping pace with America’s just fine. Why do we constantly hear the opposite?

Since COVID-19, a narrative about economic stagnation in Europe alongside booming productivity in America — “Eurosclerosis” — has taken hold. It’s not true. (Jonathan Brady / PA Images via Getty Images)

Since COVID-19, a narrative about economic stagnation in Europe alongside booming…

While Donald Trump’s bid to grab control over Greenland from Denmark has been attracting all the headlines, the focus on the Arctic is also making Norway anxious. Its northern territory Svalbard could become another bone of geopolitical contention.

Norway’s crown prince, Haakon, speaks at the monument at Skjarringa as he visits Svalbard on August 14, 2025, marking the one-hundredth…