Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 58

Trump administration spins grim fantasies in desperate court plea to save his tariffs

An absurd new court filing from the Trump administration tries to scare a U.S. appeals court with grim predictions of economic catastrophe should it uphold and enforce a ruling that blocked many of the president’s widely unpopular tariffs.

White House to review Smithsonian exhibits to ensure Trump’s views are reflected

Donald Trump has made this a difficult year for the Smithsonian. As the White House starts reviewing exhibits, it's poised to get much worse.

As with the Eric Adams debacle, another judge refuses to give Trump DOJ what it wants

A judge said “no” to the DOJ’s effort to dismiss charges against Trevor Kirk in California after his sentencing.

With his D.C. power grab, Trump’s militarization campaign goes from bad to worse

As Donald Trump's authoritarian-style vision becomes less subtle, his use of the military on U.S. soil is emblematic of a larger and unsettling pattern.

The DOJ's investigation into N.Y. AG Letitia James is almost too on the nose

Subpoenas sent to New York Attorney General Letitia James suggest Donald Trump is making good on his threats against people he says have wronged him.

JD Vance has a new tactic to distract from the Epstein files. There’s just one problem.

JD Vance's efforts to blame Democrats for the Epstein files on Fox News is going to backfire.

The Supreme Court’s next Second Amendment case could be a drug case

The Supreme Court’s upcoming term is already stocked with important cases on several hot-button issues, such as voting rights, campaign finance, transgender sports participation and more. One of the next appeals could be another controversial one, involving guns and drugs.

China’s leaders and nationalists are laughing at Trump — at the expense of America

President Trump's policies have caused China's exports to surge, and his surrender of America's soft power handed an advantage to the Chinese Communist Party.

As Trump’s Qatari jet deal goes nuclear, Warren and Senate Democrats push for a probe

A group of Democratic lawmakers is pressing Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink for details on the Trump administration’s plan to pull funds from an Air Force nuclear modernization program to retrofit a luxury jet the president was given by the Qatari government.

U.S. allies think twice about buying F-35s in response to Trump’s antics

Why is the list of countries reassessing their F-35 purchases still growing? Because of the lack of international confidence in Donald Trump.