Trump’s loyalists are praising Comey’s ouster as a blow against the ‘deep state,’ a far-right conspiracy

Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump’s shocking decision to fire FBI director James Comey on Tuesday set off one of the most tumultuous weeks in his young administration. Critics on both sides of the aisle blasted the president for firing the man who was overseeing an investigation into him and his associates for possible collusion with […]

Mike Pence is trying to heal divisions with the Muslim world by praising Indonesia’s moderate Islam

© POOL/AFP BEAWIHARTA Jakarta (AFP) – US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia’s moderate form of Islam as “an inspiration” at the start of a visit to the Muslim-majority country seen as a bid by his administration to heal divisions with the Islamic world. It came ahead of a visit by Pence to the […]

Bill Maher unloads on cable newscasters for praising Trump’s strike on Syria

HBO Liberal talk-show host Bill Maher laid into Democrats and cable news pundits for their praise of President Trump’s military strike on Syria’s Shayrat airfield in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed 80 people on Tuesday.  The Republicans’ positive response to the strike was expected, Maher said. “They got their two favorite things: [Neil […]