Donald Trump’s inability to understand the issues facing America’s national security and the fight against terrorism led his press secretary to viciously attack a reporter who tried to pry the truth out of the White House. Press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked about a haphazard series of tweets Trump wrote about FISA, the act lays […]

Donald Trump and his inner circle have repeatedly expressed frustration that voters are not crediting them for the state of the economy. But the reason is not that complicated. And on Wednesday evening, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders accidentally admitted that reason when she tweeted out the latest Quinnipiac University poll: 66% of voters […]

Donald Trump and his allies are fiercely resisting the allegations in Michael Wolff’s explosive new book, “Fire and Fury,” that Trump lacks the basic mental competence for the day-to-day functions of the presidency — a question that even before the book’s release, was being hotly debated. But White House attempts to beat back the allegations […]

Donald Trump’s presidency has seen many a bizarre moment with the press, but somehow, he manages to find new and bizarre ways to abuse them and the American people. Such was the case Thursday afternoon when White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders took to the podium amid a chaotic news cycle that features serious […]

Donald Trump’s White House is arguably the most dishonest in American history, with not just his spokespeople but his own Twitter feed a constant source of demonstrably false statements. But that hasn’t stopped the White House from expressing outrage at what it claims are falsehoods in a new bombshell of a book about Trump’s embarrassingly […]

Donald Trump’s latest nuclear threat against North Korea has dominated news coverage since he made it, and on Wednesday afternoon, his chief spokesperson somehow made things worse. At the White House daily briefing, Trump’s unhinged conflicts were a recurring theme. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders fielded many questions about Trump’s public falling out with former […]

For all of his attention-seeking, Donald Trump has spent most of his time as president hiding from accountability by refusing to hold a solo press conference. His last such event was on Feb. 16, 2017, which was 320 days ago. It was the only one of his presidency so far. At Tuesday’s first White House […]

On the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting that claimed 26 lives — including 20 young children — Donald Trump didn’t bother tweeting any message of condolence or remembrance. His silence reflects the administration’s do-nothing approach to gun violence, which White House press secretary Sarah Sanders made clear on Thursday. Asked by […]

The day after the Trump administration removed yet another high-profile black woman from her job in the White House, they were unable to name a single black staffer working on the Trump team. Former “Apprentice” contestant and Donald Trump apologist Omarosa Manigault-Newman was removed from her White House position — and from the White house […]

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders asserted a schoolyard defense to justify Donald Trump’s latest degradation the office of the presidency by sending out demeaning and sexist tweets. In the daily White House press briefing, Sanders was asked by Fox’s Jon Decker why Trump could not restrain himself when responding to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Trump […]

For the Trump administration, no news is good news, because almost any news is “fake news.” And the stubborn, panicked fear of journalists doing their jobs is pushing this White House to extremely undemocratic ends. During a contentious press briefing Monday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders grew visibly and vocally aggravated with CNN’s Jim Acosta, when he […]

Donald Trump’s sexually predatory chickens are coming home to roost, thanks in part to new calls for accountability from his accusers and from Democratic leaders. At Monday’s White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Sanders made perhaps the most absurd attempt yet to push back on what we all already know. Sanders spent a good […]

Under pressure to name any of Donald Trump’s accomplishments as the calendar winds down on his first year in office, and unable to point to any bills passed or agenda items completed, the White House has of late begun to point to rolling back regulations. But it turns out even this desperate grasp is more […]

“Alternative facts” just won’t die in the Trump administration. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders took the latest stab at attempting to supplant actual reality with the Donald Trump version of it, in which everything good is thanks to him, and anything bad is the fault of someone, anyone, often everyone, else. Sunday morning, Sanders took […]

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is actually trying to shame civil rights hero John Lewis for disrespecting civil rights heroes like … John Lewis. The Georgia congressman and Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson announced they will not be attending the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Saturday because Donald Trump will be there, saying […]

Nine million kids in America are about to lose their health care, and Donald Trump couldn’t care less. Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expired on Oct. 1, and several states are warning American that their children’s coverage could be terminated, but neither Trump nor fellow Republicans in Congress have done anything about […]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders could only muster a weak defense when a reporter challenged her to clarify why Donald Trump has given his full-throated endorsement to Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. Near the beginning of the daily White House press briefing Tuesday, Sanders said Trump was backing Moore despite the credible allegations of child molestation against […]

Donald Trump kicked off his week shrouded in controversy, from his unequivocal endorsement of Roy Moore, to his cheerleading for a near-universally loathed tax bill, to reversing decades of U.S. policy on Israel, to opening up protected monuments to oil and gas drilling. But reporters arriving at Air Force One in Utah on Monday quickly […]

Donald Trump’s Twitter feed is a toxic stream of lies, misspelled and misused words, childish attacks, jaw-dropping narcissism, and promotions for Fox News. In the last 24 hours, it’s also been a platform to promote anti-Muslim videos by a far-right extremist — a move that is receiving widespread criticism, at home and abroad, and particularly […]

Fox News’ Bill Hemmer had a simple, albeit somewhat unexpected, query for White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday: Why does the Republican tax plan target lots of middle-income Americans for a tax hike in coming years? Sanders had no coherent response, which is typical. Instead, she insisted middle-class Americans would “benefit” from the […]

At least one of the anti-Muslim videos that Donald Trump tweeted may be a complete fabrication, but the White House – which has railed against fake news – believes that is perfectly acceptable. The video labeled “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches” that Trump tweeted was investigated by Dutch authorities, who determined that […]

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders argued that Donald Trump deserves a pass on his history of sexual assault because has never “admitted wrongdoing.” Multiple senators have requested that Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) be investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee after allegations of sexual misconduct were made. Franken himself conceded that such an inquiry […]

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested that only a court ruling could prompt Donald Trump to directly condemn Roy Moore. Trump has steadfastly refused to call on Moore to drop out of the race for Alabama’s open Senate seat. A stream of Republicans has reacted to revelations of alleged child molestation and sexual […]

Donald Trump’s penchant for friendliness toward brutal dictators who terrorize and kill their own people is a massive embarrassment to the United States. But even worse, Trump and his administration keep claiming he talked to said dictators about their crimes, when he never actually did — and then getting exposed. On Veterans Day weekend — a […]

Donald Trump’s practice of holding secret, closed-door, off-the-record meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin is a break from precedent that is hugely damaging for U.S. foreign policy. Which is why, after news that Trump is planning another such meeting on his tour of Asia, the White House responded to widespread outrage by backing off the […]

Donald Trump’s Asian tour has been marked with bizarre and humiliating episodes, from Trump remarking he only just learned how many countries there are, to giving out signed “Donald & Shinzo” hats, to boasting about how he turned down a “fancy lunch” to eat with U.S. troops in South Korea. But in China, Trump and […]

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders would not condemn the practice of slavery, and complained that simply asking the question was “disgusting.” Sanders was asked Wednesday by American Urban Radio Networks White House correspondent April Ryan if the Trump administration believes slavery is “wrong.” It was the second time Ryan asked, after being ignored during Tuesday’s […]

The White House loudly complained about the free press covering the recent indictments and guilty pleas of top Trump campaign officials on serious charges, including “conspiracy against the United States.” In the daily press briefing, ABC reporter Jonathan Karl asked press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about comments from White House chief of staff John Kelly that […]

Despite three separate Trump campaign officials busted by the feds, the White House is absurdly, ridiculously, laughably insisting this has nothing to do with Donald Trump or his campaign. Instead, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, this has “everything to do” with Hillary Clinton. During Monday’s press briefing, that was the spin […]

The Trump administration refused to condemn comments from Nazi sympathizer and former White House staffer Sebastian Gorka, who went on Fox News Thursday and said that Hillary Clinton should be executed. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked about Gorka’s comments, in which he said Clinton should be convicted of treason, just like Julius and […]