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President Donald Trump’s obsession with obtaining a Nobel Peace Prize after he was yet again passed over for the honor last year reached a new cringeworthy low on Thursday. During a White House visit, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gifted Trump her recently won Nobel Peace Prize and the two posed for pictures with the award. “María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,” Trump gushed on his social media account. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado waves to supporters on Pennsylvania Avenue as she leaves the White House after meeting with Trump… [...]
When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, Americans approved of the job he was doing by a nearly 10-percentage-point margin as they hoped he would lower costs and make life a little easier—a number that horrified Democrats amid fears that Teflon Don and his MAGA movement were untouchable entities. Yet now, almost exactly a year into his term, Americans overwhelmingly believe Trump has been a failure and that his policies and actions have made things worse in almost every sector of American life, according to a new CNN/SSRS poll released on Friday. Nearly two-thirds of Americans (58%) think… [...]
The Trump administration, in its ceaseless quest to blanket the country with guns, has taken the innovative and exciting step of saying that the federal ban on mailing concealable guns is unconstitutional. Yes, a 99-year-old law that prohibited people from sending pistols and revolvers through the mail has apparently been wrong all along. The Department of Justice memorandum outlining this explains all of the sad and horrible things that happen if you can’t pack up a pistol and drop it at the post office. Attorney General Pam Bondi says that “the Second Amendment is not a second-class right.” What if… [...]
With public opinion sour on President Donald Trump, this year’s midterm environment is swinging further toward Democrats, with the Cook Political Report on Thursday saying that Democrats are now the favorite to win control of the House. The political handicapping outlet moved 18 races in Democrats' direction, including two GOP-held seats that are now toss-ups, with Cook Political Report Senior Editor Dave Wasserman calling Democrats "modest favorites" for control. "All the major indicators—the president's unpopularity, special election results and the generic congressional ballot—point to a favorable environment for Democrats," Cook Political Report analyst Erin Covey wrote in an analysis piece.… [...]