Political Misfits

President Joe Biden’s ship continues to sink, but Donald Trump’s convention address doesn’t hasten that process.

President Joe Biden’s team insists that he’s the people’s candidate, though the people don’t seem much interested in demonstrating that.

The GOP launches its nominating convention with some unusual speeches, and an upstart running mate pick.

President Joe Biden’s uneven post-NATO summit press conference won’t do much to assuage concerns about his competence.

The White House gets some good news on inflation, and partisans dig in on the question of the fitness of the Democratic president.

Boeing products continue to malfunction, even in space, and more elected Democrats and Hollywood surrogates call for a new 2024 candidate.

NATO leaders assemble in Washington as Congressional Democrats fret over whether to change their presidential nominee.

President Joe Biden did little over the weekend to assuage voters’ concerns about his age, but his circle remains defiant.

Questions about the mental capacity of US President Joe Biden continue into the holiday weekend as he can't stop saying weird things.

Former President Donald Trump moves to have his hush money conviction overturned after the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

Former President Donald Trump celebrates a Supreme Court ruling on the extent of presidential immunity.

Bolivian military head removed from office after halfhearted coup attempt in La Paz, and Biden and Trump prep for tonight’s debate.

Police from Kenya are deployed to Haitian capital as Kenyan police in Nairobi kill protestors amid uprisings against IMF-backed reforms.

Famed whistleblower Julian Assange released after years of political persecution in the West.

The American middle class continues to shrink, and UnitedHealth begins notifying the huge number of people affected by a recent hack.

Israeli generals are increasingly at odds with their prime minister, and Boeing scrambles to make Starliner safe for its ISS return trip.

Mass layoffs of workers in their prime family-building and home-buying years must be contributing to American economic pessimism.

Former presidential advisor Steve Bannon is to be sent to “real prison” in FCI Danbury, and US retail spending slows.

President Joe Biden is winning over older voters, as his own physical frailty remains on display.

Consumer sentiment plummets at a crucial time for the White House, and the Pentagon is revealed to have run a covert anti-vax campaign.

The Supreme Court allows continued access to the mifepristone abortion drug, and the US prepares a meaningless agreement with Ukraine.

Hamas and Israel remain at odds over the terms of a ceasefire deal, probably because of a huge black hole in the middle of it.

MSNBC tries to spin Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict as an example of US rule of law, ignoring the counterexample offered by Leonard Peltier.

Washington and Tel Aviv scramble to maintain narrative control over the Gaza war, and Canadian parliamentarians are accused of espionage.

A majority of Americans believe the economy is in recession, another sign that US workers and US finance exist in two different worlds.

The Kenyan president arrives in the US to little fanfare, and OpenAI makes a powerful enemy.

Iran’s president and other officials are killed in a helicopter crash, and the internet explodes in speculation.

Reports detail former President Donald Trump’s supposed immigration plans as both parties ignore how consistent immigration policies are.

President Joe Biden invokes executive privilege to keep recording of his special counsel interviews from Congress.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in critical condition after being shot, and TikTok creators sue the US government.