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Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative, was sworn in as the top U.S. spy on February 12, 2025, despite having little experience in intelligence work. Gabbard had served four terms in the House of Representatives but had never worked at a spy agency or been on an intelligence committee. She left the Democratic Party in 2022 to become an independent and supported Donald Trump, eventually joining the Republican Party in 2024. At her swearing-in ceremony, Trump praised her as a woman of "great common sense" and assured that she would work to protect American safety and civil liberties. Gabbard expressed her commitment to refocusing the intelligence community by empowering those who serve and ensuring the security and freedom of the American people. She will now lead the U.S. agency responsible for coordinating intelligence operations, a critical role in national security established after the September 11 attacks.
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Trump, 78, recaptured the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency
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He will make a great Vice President of the United States, Usha said, minutes before Vance accepted the Republican Party's nomination as its vice president candidate in the November 5 general election.
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It’s time the party do what the Biden administration should have done from the beginning and showcase the vice president’s value
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His first term was marked by tax cuts and increased spending, but current economic conditions make that formula far more dangerous
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The former presidential candidate sold out her supporters, party and America for her career ambitions
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The administration’s latest debt-cancellation scheme will reward rich borrowers, punish taxpayers and drive up the cost of college
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The Kremlin’s decades-long disinformation campaign against the US and other countries has done far too much damage. For the sake of Ukraine, it’s time to resist
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This election is far too important for the games played by the group, No Labels, or for vanity runs, such as that of Robert F Kennedy Jr -- who apparently thinks it’s his birthright to run for president
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The event, billed as the "Inaugural Leadership Dinner," sends a signal of a resurgence of Trump and the Republican Party’s fundraising, which has struggled to catch up to Biden and the Democrats.
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The truism among historians that presidents can't take credit for the economy is belied by evidence that this administration’s policies are an unrivaled employment juggernaut
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Donald Trump, yet again, reveals the threat he poses to the American economy and society. His rant against imported cars at a time when the US economy is doing reasonably well and incitement of racist violence imperils the world order that America presides over
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The US presidential elections may be the biggest geopolitical risk facing the global economy
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The senator can accelerate the former president’s appeal to African American men and assuage White voters concerned about his racism — at least in theory
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McConnell is not blameless for the Trump takeover. His ruthless approach to the Obama presidency set the stage for Trump. While he fought to crush the proto-MAGA tea party, he also let their outlandish birtherism claims fester, never offering a strong rebuke to the otherization of America’s first Black president. In denying Obama an opportunity to make a Supreme Court pick, McConnell treated Obama as if he was a different kind of president, one without the full privileges of the office
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She should stay in the race as long as she can to accumulate delegates, then use them as leverage to become leader of the anti-Trump faction and exert some influence over the party and Trump’s sycophants. She should never endorse Trump, but give homeless Republicans some hope
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Invocations of Black pain aren't quite landing, particularly if they aren’t coupled with examples of Black power and progress. The threat of white supremacy and the specter of Trump’s racism also don’t quite resonate. If you live with the daily reality of racism, what’s the threat?
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After a dismal loss to Donald Trump in Iowa, Nikki Haley is hoping to benefit from a more moderate electorate and the prospect of independent voters participating in the GOP primary. New Hampshire is her last chance to slow the MAGA train before it heads south to Fortress Dixie
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If DeSantis had any courage, he wouldn’t have used his withdrawal to criticize Haley for upholding the norms once embraced by the Republican Party.But he was so consumed by his own selfish ambitions that he ignored Trump’s assault on conventional norms
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The concept behind the Iowa Caucus was both noble and novel when it debuted in 1972. Ordinary Iowans—farmers, factory workers, small-business owners, waitresses, salesclerks—would be able to vet presidential candidates in small forums
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Ramaswamy’s rigid attempt to appear more “American” than his counterparts was a notable point of failure. In the final reckoning, it was easy for Donald Trump to turn his "Make America Great Again" against the Indian-origin entrepreneur-turned-politician
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There is no guarantee that another Democrat would ultimately fare better than Biden. He has been a successful president. He ran a successful campaign three years ago. But many are uncomfortable that Biden isn't walking away but the same Democrats are uneasy about a new, untested, candidate suddenly shouldering the cause
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His campaign should focus less on selling the Biden record to the progressive base and more on publicizing his more moderate policy achievements. If that provokes some dissention from the left, that may not be all bad either, as conflict drives coverage and awareness
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Republicans have had some real opportunities to move beyond him, but they haven’t done so yet and they may be stuck with him next year at this point, in part because a lot of Republican party actors now are strong Trump supporters
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Joe Biden's coinage of “Maganomics” cleverly seeks to link Donald Trump's procedural extremism with the regressive policy of congressional Republicans. It’s a promising message, but the US president’s own eponymous economic strategy, Bidenomics, needs more work
