Maggie Haberman is “a resident of Donald Trump’s head,” according to Texas Tribune co-founder Evan Smith. Haberman, a White House reporter for The New York Times, sat down with Smith for an hourlong conversation at the Texas Tribune Festival in…
When you vote, remember Wilber Rafael Garces Perez
On Sunday afternoon, I was in Dallas preparing for our FaithWorks board meeting. I had just left Royal Lane Baptist Church and a screening of Jesus Was a Migrant, a film featuring our work, when I saw a notification of…
If you’re laughing off criticism of Trump, you’re the problem
Russell Moore made a great point a couple weeks ago when he called out evangelical Trump supporters for making jokes rather than owning up to the evil Donald Trump is wreaking on the world. His particular point was laughing off…
Trump spends $49 million to send immigrants to 29 countries
The U.S. government has spent nearly $50 million to send more than 25,000 immigrants to at least 29 nations other than their home countries, according to Refugee International and Human Rights First. The practice known as third-country deportation has become…
Supreme Court blocks Trump’s attack on voting by mail
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked part of a Trump administration effort to interfere with the midterm elections by instituting last-minute complicated rules governing mail-in balloting. The Sept. 14 ruling upheld a lower court decision preventing the U.S. Postal Service…
Groups seek to prevent Trump from sending armed agents to polling places
A new lawsuit seeks to prevent the Trump administration from violating federal law by sending armed federal agents into polling places during the midterm elections. The litigation comes in response to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s recent comments…
Trump admin has admitted zero persecuted Christians this year
Donald Trump is about to have the distinction of being the first president in possibly 45 years not to permit the resettlement of a persecuted Christian or other religious minority through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. This is from a…
Attorney says she was fired for not doing Trump favor for Mel Gibson
A former U.S. pardon attorney fired for not restoring the gun rights of actor and director Mel Gibson has sued the Justice Department claiming unlawful termination. Elizabeth Oyer alleges she was fired because Gibson, who lost firearm rights due to…
About those White House website arcade games
The White House has launched an online arcade featuring possibly vibe-coded knockoffs of five retro-classic arcade games modified to promote pro-Trump MAGA themes. And yes, it’s everything you would expect: Poorly made, copyright-infringing, creatively and morally bankrupt nostalgia bait that…
The corruption of US immigration enforcement
The single most corrupt thing so far about the current United States federal government under this president is the corruption of the immigration enforcement bureaucracy. There are many competitors for this sad award, but at the level of government policy,…
Trump administration thwarts global vaccine catch-up
Over the last 40 years, worldwide access to childhood vaccines has saved more than 150 million lives and lifted tens of millions out of poverty. However, aid organizations still struggle to reach the world’s poorest children, especially those whose countries…
Ken Paxton’s $27 million a day silence
Begin with the number, because the number is the whole story. Texas hospitals are losing an estimated $27 million a day. On the first of September, the federal government withheld approval of roughly $10 billion owed to Texas hospitals for…