Nate Silver Is Making This Up as He Goes

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Oct 30, 2019 Once a principled data journalist, the FiveThirtyEight founder has revealed himself as just another hack spouting off on social media. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Republican Party Is as Guilty as Trump

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Oct 23, 2019 Unless conservatives speak out vocally against the president, they are just as complicit in his wrongdoing as he is. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Lawyer: Second Trump Whistleblower Spoke to Inspector General

ERIC TUCKER, RICHARD LARDNER and JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press Oct 6, 2019 Responding to news of another whistleblower, Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Trump is "acting like a global gangster." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Whistleblower Probe Tests GOP’s Alliance with Trump

LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN / The Associated Press Sep 26, 2019 As details emerge about what the president said and the efforts to shield it from view, Republicans confront their most serious test yet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: The Obama Disappointment

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Aug 31, 2019 The 44th president failed in foreign policy and saw a rise in racial tensions: The "Hope and Change" candidate could not deliver. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Senate Rejects Rival Dem, GOP Plans for Reopening Government

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM / The Associated Press Jan 24, 2019 Hopes that the Senate would bring the protracted government shutdown to a close was dashed on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Romney Criticizes Trump’s ‘Character’ in Scathing Op-Ed

The Associated Press Jan 2, 2019 Days away from joining the Senate majority, the senator-elect argues that the president "has not risen to the mantle of the office.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Defying Pundits, GOP Share of Latino Vote Steady Under Trump

NICHOLAS RICCARDI / The Associated Press Dec 27, 2018 Polling data indicate the bloc has remained unfazed by the president's family separation policy and demonization of immigrants in general. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Justice Kennedy Let the Sheepdogs Out

Teodrose Fikre / Truthdig Jun 30, 2018 Overall, Anthony Kennedy’s pending retirement from the Supreme Court is a boondoggle for the politico-media complex. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Prominent Democrat Loses in N.Y. Primary; 3 Trump Picks Win GOP Contests

STEVE PEOPLES, DEEPTI HAJELA and MEG KINNARD / The Associated Press Jun 26, 2018 Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley of New York is toppled by a liberal activist, and in Republican primaries all three of the president's candidates advance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump? ‘It’s Really Complicated’

STEVE PEOPLES and LINDSAY WHITEHURST /The Associated Press Jun 10, 2018 Perhaps no Republican leader demonstrates the transformation of the modern-day party better than Romney. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Who Will Protect Elections From U.S. Oligarchs?

Paul Street / Truthdig Apr 18, 2018 The nation's campaign finance free-for-all is one reason the Electoral Integrity Project ranks the democratic integrity of our elections dead last among the West's democracies. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )