House Dems Are in Touch With Capitol Police About Trump Death Threats
Published: November 20, 2025 23:02
Dark Day You have likely seen the news by now, but a quick recap of todayâs dark events: a group...
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Trump DOJ Defies Another Court Order in Abrego Garcia Case
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-doj-defies-another-court-order-in-abrego-garcia-case
Published: November 20, 2025 22:23
GREENBELT, MDâIf the Justice Department had brazenly defied a judgeâs order a year ago the way it did again today...
Judge Rules That National Guard Deployment In DC Is Illegal, Concerned That 2,000 Troops May Become âPermanentâ
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-national-guard-dc-illegal
Published: November 20, 2025 21:24
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Trumpâs Defense Department illegally overstepped its authority in deploying 2,000 local and out-of-state National...
Trump Admin Retreats From âDomestic Terroristâ Cases Against Chicago Protestors
Published: November 20, 2025 17:02
Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought against people protesting the surge of CBP and...
Will Emil Bove Have to Testify in AEA Contempt Of Court Inquiry?
Published: November 20, 2025 15:05
The Most Important News of the Day While the James Comey case provided real courtroom drama, the most historically significant...
Trump Admin Terrorist Designations Show Latest Attempt to Target Domestic Enemies
Published: November 20, 2025 15:03
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio added four European anti-fascist groups to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations last week,...
The Trump Adminâs War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-mehmet-oz-cms-kidney-failure-dialysis-race-usrds
Published: November 20, 2025 12:00
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice of answering one reason why Black Americans are...
How James Comeyâs Vindictive Prosecution Claim Fared In Court
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-james-comeys-vindictive-prosecution-claim-fared-in-court
Published: November 19, 2025 23:35
ALEXANDRIA, VAâThis morningâs hearing on James Comeyâs motion to dismiss for vindictive and selective prosecution was largely overshadowed by the...
The Latest Way Trump May Seek to Avoid Releasing All the Epstein Files
Published: November 19, 2025 22:59
There has been no clear reporting today on when exactly President Trump intends to sign the bill that will give...
Contempt Proceedings in the Original AEA Case Are Back On ⌠For Now
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contempt-proceedings-in-the-original-aea-case-are-back-on-for-now
Published: November 19, 2025 21:51
WASHINGTON, DCâAfter months of delays, a federal judge is prepared to swiftly proceed with a contempt of court inquiry in...
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails
Published: November 19, 2025 19:55
This article was first published as a collaboration between ProPublica, The Texas Newsroom and The Texas Tribune as part of an initiative to report...
Release the Trump-MBS Call About Khashoggi?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/release-the-trump-mbs-call-about-khashoggi
Published: November 19, 2025 18:56
Yesterday President Trump met in the Oval Office with Saudi Arabiaâs de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and, in...
PHOTOS: TPM Celebrates Our 25-Year Anniversary in NYC
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/photos-tpm-celebrates-our-25-year-anniversary-in-nyc
Published: November 19, 2025 18:10
We rang in our 25th anniversary in style last week, hosting a two-day celebration in New York City with TPM...
Due to Botched Paperwork, Comey May Never Have Been Properly Indicted
Published: November 19, 2025 17:21
ALEXANDRIA, VAâIn a stunning admission, prosecutors in the James Comey case conceded that the two-count indictment against the former FBI director...
Judges Are Finding Ways to Deal With the Supreme Courtâs Disastrous Shadow Docket
Published: November 19, 2025 16:00
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPMâs home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. On...
Trumpâs Gerrymandering Push In Indiana Continues to Fall Apart
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-gerrymandering-push-in-indiana-continues-to-fall-apart
Published: November 19, 2025 15:29
Standing up to pressure from the Trump administration to approve new mid-cycle congressional maps, several Republicans in the Indiana state...
Trump Wants to Talk âAffordability,â But Is Stuck in a Gilded White House Bubble
Published: November 19, 2025 14:00
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPMâs home for opinion and news analysis. Americans are in a cost-of-living crisis, and...
What Is Lindsey Halligan Hiding From Letitia James?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/what-is-lindsey-halligan-hiding-from-letitia-james
Published: November 19, 2025 13:26
The Retribution: Letitia James Edition A quick update on the big coverup in the Letitia James case that Morning Memo...
Trump Dismissed MBSâ Role in Khashoggi Murder When It Happened, Too
Published: November 18, 2025 23:24
Demented Blast From the Past There are few things that President Trump says that are shocking to me, or anyone...
Yes, Trump Will Get More Reckless as His Power Ebbs
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yes-trump-will-get-more-reckless-as-his-power-ebbs
Published: November 18, 2025 20:32
A few TPM readers responded to yesterdayâs post about Trump as the âweak horseâ arguing that Trumpâs waning power makes...
Federal Court Blocks Texas Map: âSubstantial Evidence Shows That Texas Racially Gerrymandered the 2025 Mapâ
Published: November 18, 2025 20:03
In yet another blow to the Trump administrationâs ongoing redistricting pressure campaign, a federal court on Tuesday enjoined the use...
House Passes Bill to Release Epstein Files
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-passes-resolution-to-release-epstein-files
Published: November 18, 2025 19:52
The House of Representatives on Tuesday comfortably passed a measure that will compel the Justice Department to release files on...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Published: November 18, 2025 16:13
This story first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon...
Trump Gives Himself an Enormous Out on the Epstein Files
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-gives-himself-an-enormous-out-on-the-epstein-files
Published: November 18, 2025 15:32
Epstein Politics Shift on the Hill President Trumpâs absurd effort to avoid an appearance of defeat by suddenly backing todayâs...
The Original Department of War Decimated Native Americans and Segregated the Military. Why Does Trump Want to Go Back?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/department-of-war-history-trump-hegseth
Published: November 18, 2025 14:00
Since the September day when President Donald Trump symbolically renamed the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the...
Inside the GOPâs Assault on Youth Voting Rights
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-the-gops-assault-on-youth-voting-rights
Published: November 18, 2025 14:00
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPMâs home for opinion and news analysis. The accelerating efforts by the Trump administration...
Site Access Issues
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/site-access-issues
Published: November 18, 2025 13:41
An internet-wide Cloudflare issue has made access to TPM a bit shaky this morning. While the wider issue is being...
Massie Revels in Trumpâs Epstein Floundering
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/massie-revels-in-trumps-epstein-floundering
Published: November 17, 2025 22:34
Trump Is Buying Time As my colleague David Kurtz articulated well in todayâs edition of Morning Memo, the mainstream media...
Did Trumpâs Epstein Switcheroo Send Marjorie Greene on Her Wild Arc?
Published: November 17, 2025 22:19
I try not to share ideas or theories that I suspect, by the odds, are not likely true. But sometimes...
Judge Just Blew a Gaping Hole in the Comey Prosecution
Published: November 17, 2025 20:38
The extent of the prosecutorial and investigative misconduct in the James Comey case is even greater than previously known, a...
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly
Published: November 17, 2025 19:58
One of my instrument panel watchwords for understanding politics is that all power is unitary. In the case of presidents,...
Trump Threatens Primaries Against Indiana GOPers Who Wonât Cave on Gerrymandering
Published: November 17, 2025 16:56
Reacting to yet another obstacle in his path to redraw congressional district maps to help Republicans flip Democratic seats in...
Trumpâs New Sham: The House Should Vote to Force Me to Release the Epstein Files That I Wonât Release
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trumps-epstein-files-house-vote
Published: November 17, 2025 15:32
LOL Wut? Poised to lose a House vote this week calling for the Justice Department to release its Jeffrey Epstein...
Feds Go After the Antifa International
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekender/feds-go-after-the-antifa-international
Published: November 15, 2025 13:00
Hello itâs the weekend. This is The Weekender âď¸ The federal government demonstrated the latest example of how its putting...
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-trump-reform-requires-reinvigorating-american-democracy
Published: November 14, 2025 19:41
After I wrote this âstatus interviewâ piece on Tuesday, I heard from TPM Reader AP who said, amidst general agreement,...
Michigan Republicans Demand DOJ Send Federal Election Monitors for 2026
Published: November 14, 2025 16:58
On Thursday, a group of Michigan Republican lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi asking the Department of...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Published: November 14, 2025 15:48
This story first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as...
Nevada Supreme Court Revives Fake Electors Case
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/nevada-supreme-court-revives-fake-electors-case
Published: November 14, 2025 15:13
Not Dead Yet A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court reinstated criminal charges against six people who were allegedly involved in President...
Digital Mediaâs Union Wave Helped Shape a Generationâs Thinking About Unions
Published: November 14, 2025 14:00
When Maya Schenwar and her colleagues at Truthout began to talk about unionizing, the global economy had just imploded. It...
The Trump White House Is Trying to Hide Its Judicial Nominees From You
Published: November 14, 2025 13:00
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPMâs home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Over...
Itâs a Big Club, And You Ainât In It
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/its-a-big-club-and-you-aint-in-it
Published: November 13, 2025 23:18
Risking So Much, Just to Save the Filibuster Two of the eight centrist Democratic senators who helped end the shutdown...
Pam Bondi Takes a Beating in Court Over Lindsey Halliganâs Dubious Appointment
Published: November 13, 2025 21:31
I was in federal court this morning in Alexandria, Virginia, for a hearing on the motions to disqualify interim U.S....
JD Vance Received a Dire Warning About the Groyper Takeover of the GOP From a Strange Source
Published: November 13, 2025 19:39
The call warning of a dangerous tide of extremism in Donald Trumpâs Washington is coming from inside the house â...
Today Is Actually the 25th Anniversary
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/today-is-actually-the-25th-anniversary
Published: November 13, 2025 17:49
Today, November 13th, is actually the first 25 anniversary of TPM. The first post, for a fortuitous set of reasons,...
Bringing Guns to Gun Fights: Making Sense of the National Gerrymandering Battle
Published: November 13, 2025 16:57
TPMâs Khaya Himmelman has a report here on the state of the Trump White Houseâs national gerrymandering campaign. The upshot...
We Tried to Get Big Tech to Pay for Wrecking Journalism. It Didnât Work Out.
Published: November 13, 2025 16:24
The debate over Who Destroyed Journalism borders on theology among journalists and our fellow travelers. Particular fanaticisms often reflect when...
The Corrupt Roots of Americaâs Elite Run Deep
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/the-corrupt-roots-of-americas-elite-run-deep
Published: November 13, 2025 12:44
Itâs the Impunity, Stupid In reviewing a portion of the 20,000-plus Jeffrey Epstein emails released yesterday, I was left astonished...
How the Trump Admin Has Sown Fear Among Progressive Nonprofits
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-nonprofits-scrutiny-capital-research-center
Published: November 13, 2025 12:00
Private security details. Lawyering up. Moving assets overseas. Keeping comms on encrypted apps. Creating new legal entities to build a...