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Trump's plan to help people sell their homes could make things worse

Trump's plan to help people sell their homes could make things worse

President Donald Trump has a plan he says will help ordinary homeowners sell and buy their properties — but a publication that specializes in finances says things

Trump owes Americans billions — and he might be forced to pay

Trump owes Americans billions — and he might be forced to pay

President Donald Trump has stalled refunding the billions he owes US businesses and taxpayers from his illegal tariffs — and, according to a top lawyer, Americans

Trump throws 'vulnerable' retired Warthog back in action

Trump throws 'vulnerable' retired Warthog back in action

President Donald Trump may not have the resources to finish what he started in Iran, judging by how deep down into the military’s pocket he’s having to dig for

Republican attacks on liberals hailed as 'epic-level gaslighting'

Republican attacks on liberals hailed as 'epic-level gaslighting'

President Donald Trump and his supporters describe liberals as “radical” and “extreme,” an accusation that one comedy writer describes as “epic-level gaslighting

Trump's relationships with women expose his pugnacious foreign policy approach: analysis

Trump's relationships with women expose his pugnacious foreign policy approach: analysis

President Donald Trump’s belligerent foreign policy can be understood by his “abusive, impulsive narcissist relations with women,” says the associate editor of

The only thing worse than having Trump as a sworn enemy

The only thing worse than having Trump as a sworn enemy

Maybe Donald Trump can publish another bestseller, an updated rewrite of Dale Carnegie's 1936 "How to Win Friends and Influence People."After all, since his years

Behind a Trump voter's jaw-dropping confession

Behind a Trump voter's jaw-dropping confession

Unstable Tyrant Trump is running out of lies, fantasies, and promises to break. An NBC interview of a Pennsylvania woman next to a gas station signals the trend

The genuine reason Trump is trapped — and why Americans are up a creek

The genuine reason Trump is trapped — and why Americans are up a creek

This week, Trump said that he’d do whatever is necessary to ease the oil crisis. He also assured America that the crisis “will be over soon.” Bull----. The problem

Trump's vicious response to Robert Mueller's passing draws condemnation

Trump's vicious response to Robert Mueller's passing draws condemnation

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the high-profile investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and potential coordination

Critics tear about Trump admin over ‘bales’ of shredded Epstein documents

Critics tear about Trump admin over ‘bales’ of shredded Epstein documents

Social media reacted with fury at the news that unknown officials were shredding “bales” of paper connected to Jeffrey Epstein in the prison housing convicted sex