#trump-second-term

#trump-second-term

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, removing the nation's top law enforcement officer as his frustration with her job performance deepened.

Loyalty seems to be a one-way street in Washington these days. Supporters vow to serve at the pleasure of the president, to march behind, or stand beside, a man that demands loyalty.

If Trump sends ground troops to the Middle Eastern country, we lose 60 to 70 seats, warned an anonymous Republican House representative.

I'm here because we're starting the campaign to win the midterms. We've got to win the midterms. Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally, signaling his central role in the Republican Party's midterm strategy despite not being personally on the ballot in 2026.

"It has been baked in that the states are largely in charge of the election process, and that the federal government can set or override rules for that process if they wish, but it's very specific that that has to be done through Congress and not through lone executive action," said Justin Levitt, a constitutional and law of democracy scholar at Loyola Law School who was a non-partisan policy adviser for Democracy and Voting Rights during the Biden White House.

The New York Times recently reported that four conservative operatives spent the Biden years quietly building the legal and regulatory infrastructure to kill the federal government's ability to fight climate change. Russell Vought. Jeffrey Clark. Mandy Gunasekara. Jonathan Brightbill. They drafted executive orders. They got Heritage Foundation money. They solicited white papers from friendly scientists. They built the whole thing in secret so nobody could stop them before it was done.