President Donald Trump's administration is creating a reputation for itself of frequently teeing itself up for embarrassing losses in court. Now, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board is arguing that its unprecedented record in the federal judiciary may be a deliberate strategy. The Journal observed Monday that the Trump administration's failed attempt to prosecute Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was merely the latest example of the DOJ bringing a flimsy case before a grand jury only to be sent home empty-handed. The Rupert Murdoch-owned paper pointed out that after Trump accused Kelly of "seditious behavior, punishable by death" for urging military service members to remember their duty to disobey illegal orders, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jumped to action, with the Journal commenting that Hegseth "takes tango lessons whenever Mr. Trump says dance." Trump's Pentagon chief sent Kelly a "letter of censure" and attempted to dock his re...
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Young voters dumping Trump at 'astonishing' rate: GOP pollster
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President Donald Trump's once impressive edge with young voters has dried up at an "astonishing" rate, according to noted conservative pollster Sarah Longwell, as he bleeds support from them faster than any other voting bloc. Longwell, who left the Republican Party last year following Trump's reelection, dissected the latest findings from the Cook Political Report in a Monday piece for The Atlantic . She noted that, while voters aged 18-29 still broke for Democrat Kamala Harris overall in the 2024 election compared to 2020, they made a major swing towards Trump. This swing was driven particularly by young men. Early on in Trump's first term — March 1, 2025 — this young voter bloc disapproved of him by an approximate seven-point margin, per Longwell. Now, according to new findings as of February 1, his disapproval with those voters has exploded to a margin of 31.8 points. "It’s tempting to think that this is all happening because of this administration’s ...
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Multiple warning signs suggest trouble ahead for Trump — and the GOP
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On Feb. 7, 2026, Chasity Verret Martinez won a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Louisiana House. That’s an outcome that might not mean very much to people outside of the state or even outside her Baton Rouge-area district. But Martinez is a Democrat who took 62% of the vote in a district that had given Donald Trump a 13-percentage-point victory in the 2024 presidential race. And her win came a week after Democrats seized a Texas Senate district that had supported Trump even more strongly – a result that immediately triggered concern in Republican circles . Because fewer people turn out for special elections, they’re considered an early predictor of partisan enthusiasm heading into regularly scheduled elections. And with the 2026 midterm elections less than nine months away, analysts are already scrambling for indications of the likely outcome. As a political scientist who studies congressional elections, I’m interested in the question of whether special election...
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