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On Sunday, President Trump spoke on the phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Sunday night, the White House announced the United States will endorse a Turkish military offensive across Turkey‘s border with Syria, a de facto sign off on attacks of the U.S.-allied Kurds who have helped battle …

If President Donald Trump is “going down, he’s bringing a plus one,” Stephen Colbert said during his Friday night Late Show monologue, referring to Vice President Mike Pence and the Ukraine controversy, which has prompted an impeachment inquiry. “The looming story in America right now is the looming impeachment of …

J ose felt exhilaration and dread as he trailed the coyote. He had just reached the United States, but in the blacked-out night he had to double-time his footsteps to keep up with his guide, navigating cactus spines that sliced his arms and ankles. They were at the beginning of …

One striking phenomenon of the Trump era is the way the president’s daily bombast and Twitter furies can overshadow the ways his administration is screwing people over. Last Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it had finally appointed a new student-loan ombudsman. Mandated by law, the ombudsman acts …

While referring to New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a speech on Tuesday, President Trump flashed a distinctive hand gesture. Here’s a video, captured and shared on Twitter by Vox reporter Aaron Rupar. The gesture is traditionally the symbol for “OK,” but, mutated by a wildly successful 4chan hoax and …

UPDATE: Donald Trump said in a series of tweets Saturday that he contacted Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven Saturday and that he would “personally vouch” for A$AP Rocky‘s bail if the rapper is released from custody. President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he would look into A$AP Rocky’s continued incarceration …

Twenty-eight years after tanks were last in Washington, D.C., they returned for President Donald Trump‘s ego parade, titled “A Salute to America.” Although, the tanks did not roll down the city’s streets as the president wanted. They instead flanked him as he gave a speech on the steps of the …

President Trump has long harped on the importance of the American automotive industry, but his policies haven’t always aligned with the interests of its biggest names. Last year, as Trump was in the midst of refashioning himself into a Tariff Man, Harley Davidson announced it was moving some of their …

California is sinking. Literally. Right before our eyes, even as we struggle to see it. In parts of the state’s Central Valley, the 50-mile-wide and 400-mile-long agricultural engine of America immortalized by John Steinbeck and Joan Didion, the earth is receding back into itself at a rate of more than …

Another day, another Trump crony hitting the airwaves to confuse the electorate with falsehoods and/or out-and-out lies. On Sunday, it was Rep. Liz Cheney‘s (R-WY) turn to twist facts in defense of the president. Cheney, in an interview on ABC’s This Week, took a question from host Martha Raddatz about …