Even Republican leadership in Congress made a rare acknowledgment that something improper may have taken place. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dems-call…

With no further road to kick the can down, we’ve been on the lookout for how exactly Trump will get involved with badgering the House Republican conference into line behind the ridiculously named piece of legislation that will kickstart his fiscal agenda. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

This year’s headline from the Catalist report: Men, especially young men, swung hard to the right. More from Kate Riga and I in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand: talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

With Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel’s help, Trump has taken a sledgehammer to even the appearance of DOJ independence from the White House. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

Big picture, the non-partisan congressional watchdog is expected to issue more rulings in coming months as it works its way through nearly 40 other similar investigations into whether the Trump administration has violated the 51-year-old law in other ways. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

While a Trump official undermining the credibility of an agency that serves as a check on his actions is not new, Trump’s allies in Congress have, up until this point, tried to operate with a veneer of respect for offices and agencies within its purview. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

Under our system of government, of course, Congress approves spending, not the White House. That has been upside-down since January, one of many violations of the separation of powers that came with Trump II. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

It appears Musk’s beef with the spending bill runs deeper than his concerns that Congress shouldn’t authorize new federal spending when he’s trying to wipe out that concept. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

Regardless of how this all might come back to bite them in the midterms, the embrace of the package is illustrative of GOP leadership’s eagerness to strip the legislative branch of its own authority during Trump II: talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

Hardly any Republicans in the Senate want to be caught dead at President Trump’s big boy parade this weekend. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

It’s not just Carlson and Bannon (a MAGA prodigal son story who suffered his own Trumpian estrangement) who are publicly trying to remind the President of his supposed commitment to American isolationism. wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-wants-…