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Mike Davis, a top lawyer in the MAGA movement, warned there would be a civil war if President-elect Donald Trump is sentenced in New York after being convicted of 34 felonies related to covering up an alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels.

During a Tuesday discussion on the right-wing War Room podcast, host Steve Bannon noted that New York Judge Juan Merchan had temporarily postponed a hearing into whether Trump's conviction should be set aside. The president-elect had been scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 26.

Republican lawmakers are crawling all over each other as they try to get Donald Trump's seal of approval to lead the U.S. Senate.

Punchbowl News reports senators are waiting to see who Trump endorses for the new majority leader post being vacated by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The current men in the running are Sens. John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL), the latter of which has gained favor among the hardcore MAGA members of the GOP base.

Far-right evangelical doomsday preachers who hitched themselves to Donald Trump scored a huge victory last week, wrote Molly Olmstead for Slate, but "the devil is in the details" of how they use that power — and furthermore, Trump's return to power wipes out a narrative that had been a "huge source" of their organizing ability, leaving them uncertain of how to move forward.

In 2020, wrote Olmstead, "When he lost, these same Christians were left facing two possibilities: Either they had not worked or prayed hard enough to fulfill God’s will, or Trump had fulfilled the prophecies only in a technical sense, by winning the election, but was being robbed of the office."

During his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump blamed Democrats, the Biden Administration and Vice President Kamala Harris for — among many other things — the high cost of housing.

Inflation was a prominent theme in Trump's campaign, including housing costs.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) revealed Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump would travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with House Republicans on Wednesday.

"President Trump is going to meet with President Biden at the White House, and so it was suggested, in fact, I think he said it first before I did, that he wanted to come and visit with House Republicans," Johnson said at a Republican leadership news conference. "So we're working out the details of him gathering with us, potentially, tomorrow morning before he goes to the White House, and that will be a great meeting and a moment for all of us."

Donald Trump's election win revealed the "boring psychos" hiding behind the mask of America's wealthy elites, according to a new analysis.

Rolling Stone senior political reporter Asawin Suebsaeng has covered the once and future president's campaign since it was launched, and watching the Election Night celebration reminded him of a phrase that's haunted him throughout the race.

Donald Trump's 2024 win means that he could enshrine far-right conservatism even further in the U.S. Supreme Court — but Justice Samuel Alito is standing in the way.

Given Alito's age of 74, there was speculation that he and Justice Clarence Thomas, 76, could step down to make way for younger conservative justices who would be expected to maintain control long into the future.

The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial has decided to delay a key decision as the president-elect prepares for his return to the White House, court records show.

New York City criminal court Judge Juan Merchan said Tuesday that he will postpone ruling on the impact the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision had on Trump's historic conviction, documents show.

President-elect Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff has suffered a legal blow in the form of a Supreme Court refusal, according to records and reports.

Mark Meadows' argument that he was acting as a "federal officer" when he tried to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results failed to impress the nation's highest court, NBC News was among the first to report Tuesday.

Economists have fired off warnings that incoming President Donald Trump's proposed trade war and tariffs on almost all consumer goods will stunt economic growth and substantially raise prices. But if America takes a hit, so will the rest of the world, warned Eduardo Porter for The Washington Post.

The most obvious example of this is Mexico, he wrote. "On Nov. 5, Election Day in the United States, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stepped before the news media to point out a drastic decline in the number of migrants arriving at the U.S. border from around the world, largely because of Mexico’s efforts.

Gov. Kristi Noem's ascent from admitted dog killer to national watchdog is spurring howls of rage and disbelief on social media.

President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Noem, the South Dakota Republican who boasted of shooting a pet dog to death, as secretary of Homeland Security on Tuesday stunned political spectators.