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'Unfair': MAGA rioter who fled country cries foul after Canada arrests him

A man who fled the country after being convicted for his actions during the January 6th Capitol riots is crying foul after authorities in Canada placed him under arrest.

CBC reports that convicted MAGA rioter Anthony Vo was arrested this week in British Columbia four years after he and his fellow Trump supporters illegally stormed the Capitol in a failed attempt to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

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'Malignancy': Historian says 'everything just feels worse all the time' with Trump

President-elect Donald Trump's unique talent, according to one historian, is his ability to despoil moments that should bring Americans together.

In an interview with The New Republic's Greg Sargent, Vanderbilt historian Nicole Hemmer outlined how Trump has even used the devastation from California's fires to lob attacks at his political opponents instead of trying to bring the country together.

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'At each other's throats': Trump insiders said to be 'bickering' over international allies

Days before Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term, there is trouble brewing behind the scenes as members of his inner circle battle each other over which European leaders would make the most reliable overseas ally.

According to a report from Politico's Jamie Detmer, there is a case to be made that close advisors to Trump are already "eating their own" before he even takes the oath of office which could lead to chaos when it comes to international relations.

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Here's how Trump could take control of Greenland if he's serious

Donald Trump's proposal to buy Greenland, as ludicrous as it sounds, isn't actually impossible.

The president-elect has at least three options for taking control of the world's largest island, if he's genuinely serious about the plan he first floated in 2019, according to a new analysis by Politico.

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'Astonishing' Trump meddling with Supreme Court 'should be a final wakeup call': expert

Calling it both "bizarre" and a prime example of legal "feebleness," a law professor from the University of Baltimore School of Law shot down President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to forestall a Supreme Court hearing this week where he is said to have no business meddling.

At issue will be the fate of the popular TikTok platform with the justices poised to hear oral arguments on Friday over a law passed by Congress that could effectively shut it down.

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'People literally lost everything': CNN conservative faces blowback over Trump defense

CNN panelists faced off over Donald Trump's political attacks on California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area.

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings justified the attack, saying that Democrats' leadership in the state was at least partially to blame for the destruction.

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'This is all his fault!!' Trump calls for California governor to resign as fires rage

Donald Trump overnight called for California Governor Gavin Newsom to resign, attacking the Democratic politician as fires destroy the southern part of the Golden state.

Trump revived his ongoing feud with Newsom, who replied to Trump's attack by suggesting he wouldn't stoop to insults amid a state emergency.

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Political chess or true beliefs? Zuckerberg's surprise Trump pivot

The clean cut hair has grown, his college kid's hoodie is now a gold chain, and his politics have swerved hard right.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook and Instagram, on Tuesday accused governments and so-called legacy media of pushing censorship, and vowed to take his world-dominating platforms back to their "roots."

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'Could hurt conservatives': WSJ editorial board turns on Trump over latest 'big mistake'

Donald Trump’s ambitious demand that the United States regain control of the Panama Canal would be “a mess” for the country, according to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, which added that it is just the latest example of the incoming president’s “bully tactic diplomacy.”

Trump’s “America First” agenda was on full display during a disjointed news conference Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort, where he turned heads for again repeating his desire for the U.S. to acquire Canada, Panama and Greenland.

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UK FM Lammy refuses to condemn Trump comments on Greenland

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Thursday refused to condemn president-elect Donald Trump's Greenland ambitions while insisting that the US acquiring the self-governing Danish territory is "not going to happen".

"I'm not in the business of condemning our closest ally," Lammy told Sky News, adding that he was "in the business of interpreting what sits behind this and there are some very serious national economic security issues".

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'Unusual step': Top Trump donors could be shut out of inauguration events

Less than two weeks before Donald Trump officially takes the White House, The New York Times reports that top donors — some in the seven-figure range — can no longer purchase tickets for the ceremony, or for private events hosted by the inaugural committee.

According to five people who spoke with the Times and asked to remain anonymous, some of the megadonors "have been placed on waitlists" and have likely missed the opportunity to snag VIP tickets.

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High-profile raid rounding up undocumented immigrants eyed in Trump's opening days: report

President-elect Donald Trump's administration is plotting a high-profile surprise raid rounding up undocumented immigrants in the nation's capital in the early days after he takes office, according to a report.

Trump's transition team has met with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officials and repeatedly inquired about resources available to carry out the raids at a workplace in the metro area, NBC News reported, citing three people familiar with the discussions.

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'Breathless' commentary on Trump belies the real — and simple — reason he won: analyst

Republicans and Democrats alike have scrambled to come up with ever-fancier theories of why Donald Trump was re-elected to the presidency, but the real answer is staring everyone in the face, a senior fellow with the left-leaning Center for American Progress said on MSNBC's "The Beat" on Wednesday evening.

"The basic idea here, which I've been pinging around, is like what happened in this election basically, was it Trump's message or Trump himself had some kind of unique political appeal, or was he there with his own ability at the time of this essentially anti-incumbent frustration?" asked anchor Chris Hayes. "And you make a pretty convincing case it really is that one."

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