Trump Blames the Wind for Super-Viral Photo But Says His Hair Still Looks Good
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP There are lots of photos of President Donald Trump. And there are a lot of bad, weird ones. I haven’t done the definitive analysis of this, but you and I both know that his personal quota of bad photos is higher than other very-photographed people in the world, who themselves suffer from…
Biden Mocked Buttigieg’s Record as Mayor in a New Video. Then Buttigieg Hit Back.
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg shakes hands with former Vice President Joe Biden before the start of Friday’s debate. Charles Krupa/AP Three days before the New Hampshire primary, things are getting prickly: former Vice President Joe Biden is out with a new video mocking Pete Buttigieg’s record as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg’s…
The Trump Bump: Republicans Are Increasingly Smitten with Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin relaxing in the Siberian wilderness in August 2017.Alexei Nikolsky/ZUMA Vladimir Putin—invader of Ukraine, enemy of gay rights, election-disturber, and generally shirtless autocrat—good or bad? For Republicans and Democrats, this used to be a simple question. No longer. New data from the Pew Research Center shows a sharp partisan divide emerging when…
Antarctica Registered Its Highest Temperature on Record This Week
Ray Hems/Getty While you were drowning in this week’s impeachment, State of the Union, and election news, scientists were sounding yet another climate alarm: Antarctica just set a new record temperature. On Thursday, a historical high for the continent of 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3 Celsius) was measured by Argentinian meteorologists at the Esperanza base, on…
Trump Admits He Fired Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman for Being “Insubordinate”
J. Scott Applewhite/AP One day after removing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the White House, President Donald Trump effectively admitted that he fired Vindman for his “insubordinate” testimony during the House’s impeachment inquiry. Trump went on to attack Vindman, who testified under a subpoena, for reporting the contents of the president’s “perfect” calls related to…
Firing a Bunch of People Won’t Hurt Trump
The audience at Friday’s Democratic debate stands to cheer after Joe Biden asked them for a round of applause for Alexander Vindman.ABC News Here is the top story in the Washington Post right now: For most of my readers, this sounds outrageous. Vindman himself won’t actually be hurt too much: he’ll return to the Pentagon…