Earlyish in my journalistic career I was interviewed for a job by the late Robert Maxwell, now perhaps best known as the father of Ghislaine. I had the job – but I had also discovered how charismatic autocrats work: they break all the rules – ALL the rules – and you take them on their own terms or you’re toast. …
Bragging about his total fealty to Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. "There's no question, he's the leader of our party," Congressman Nehls told reporters after the President-elect visited with House Republicans Wednesday before heading to the White House for a photo-op with President Joe Biden. "If Donald Trump says 'jump three feet high and scratch your head,' we all jump three …
The Senate voted Friday to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, marking the first override of his presidency and delivering a rare, emphatic and final rebuke by GOP lawmakers who have mostly demonstrated unwavering fealty to the president. “President Trump tried to make this vote a loyalty test, and an overwhelming majority of U.S. senators demonstrated …