Some striking scenes lay out Trump’s knowledge of what he was doing and his alleged intent to obstruct.
Author: Aaron Blake
The GOP isn’t really defending Trump. We just got a big reminder why.
A new post-indictment development reinforces the folly of truly going to bat for Trump on the substance, which the GOP isn’t doing.
4 takeaways from Trump’s federal indictment
The history, the familiar reactions, and how it might play in 2024.
DeSantis ushers in our fake-images-in-politics nightmare
The DeSantis campaign crossed a line by using fake images of Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci hugging. And it’s unapologetic.
Pence’s pained response on indicting Trump
“No one’s above the law.” Pause. “But.”
Did Chris Christie really destroy Marco Rubio?
Christie says he could do to Trump what he did to Rubio at a 2016 debate. Rubio has disputed that Christie “ended” his campaign.
The electoral threat of another Trump indictment
New data suggests a classified documents indictment would be more problematic for Trump than the hush money indictment, with half of Americans saying a conviction would be disqualifying.
Tucker Carlson’s dizzying retreat from his big Ukraine conspiracy theory
On the first episode of his new Twitter show, Carlson launched into one speculative theory while disowning his biggest one.
A big GOP split on the debt ceiling: Pre-Trump vs. post-Trump
The House vote was bipartisan. But Republicans elected in the Trump era were much more likely to vote “no” (41 percent) than others (17 percent).
Coming soon to a 2024 GOP debate: Appeasement of Russia
Republican hawks have made some progress in arresting the party’s drift away from supporting Ukraine. Enter a candidate talking about giving Russia “major” territorial concessions.