Jen Psaki

This is an adapted excerpt from the May 13 episode of “The Briefing with Jen Psaki.” By now, you’ve probably heard about the big headline out of Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East: The $400 million luxury plane he’s […]

This is an adapted excerpt from the May 8 episode of “The Briefing with Jen Psaki.” At this point, we are all familiar with Donald Trump’s “flood the zone” strategy: Move fast, try to upend as many things as possible,

Trump v. the lawyers President Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on the legal system to include lawyers who’ve dared to represent the other side in his legal cases, undermining a fundamental principle of the rule of law. Earlier this

Trump’s Social Security playbook If you watched Donald Trump’s joint address on Tuesday night, you might have caught his latest tall tale about Social Security fraud and the millions of deceased Americans collecting checks every year. Trump alleged nearly 16

Musk’s self-dealing spree Remember a few weeks ago when it appeared the State Department had set aside roughly $400 million to buy armored Teslas? Elon Musk claimed on X not to have heard about the deal. The State Department subsequently

Trump’s accidental firings continue As Elon Musk continues to try to take a chainsaw to the federal government, the billionaire seems to be having a hard time keeping track of whom he is actually firing. And the leaders of the

Fighting spending cuts For years, Republicans have railed against wasteful government spending, promising deep cuts to shrink the federal government. But now that President Donald Trump is actually slashing funding, some of those same Republicans are suddenly realizing just how

The power of Musk Despite what Donald Trump and JD Vance may say, the chaos on Capitol Hill this week can be traced back to one man: Elon Musk. House Speaker Mike Johnson had negotiated a deal with Democrats that

Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have courted quite a bit of controversy over the last few weeks. But surprisingly, his pick to become the next director of the FBI hasn’t experienced as much pushback as I expected. Kash Patel’s

The voices of dissent Would I prefer public opposition to Donald Trump’s most troubling Cabinet picks? Yes, of course. But Senate Republicans’ quiet defiance is having an impact. Just ask Matt Gaetz, who was forced to withdraw as the candidate