Democrat Voter News

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan has expressed her disappointment after President Donald Trump said he would “take a look at” pardoning the men who were convicted of plotting to kidnap her in 2020. “I’m disappointed that they’re even considering it, frankly,” Gov. Whitmer, a Democrat, said in an interview with WOOD-TV on Thursday. Whitmer said…

Two weeks before Election Day last year, Donald Trump dropped into western North Carolina, where the devastation from Tropical Storm Helene was still fresh and frustration with Washington was boiling over. If elected, Trump pledged, he would do better in future crises, learning the lessons of the destruction the hurricane had unleashed there on Sept.…

Elon Musk has announced that his time as the leader of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reaching its end. “As my scheduled time as a special government employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President [Trump] for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” Musk said on X. “The…

The federal Court of International Trade has blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, arguing that emergency laws invoked by the Administration did not give Trump unilateral authority to impose the levies. Per the court, the U.S. Constitution gives Congress exclusive powers to regulate trade with other countries, something which Trump cannot supersede. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]…

You may be familiar with POTUS (President of the United States), MAGA (Make America Great Again), and GOP (Grand Old Party), but there’s a new acronym that President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of. Short for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong coined the phrase shortened as “TACO” to describe the President’s…

Donald Trump’s sweeping and volatile tariffs have left businesses in uncertainty, roiled global markets, upended U.S. relations with trading partners, and pushed up the prices of consumer goods. But on Wednesday, a federal court ruled that Trump didn’t have the authority to impose them in the first place. A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court…

The Trump Administration on Wednesday announced new visa restrictions against foreign officials who it says are “complicit” in censoring Americans on digital platforms, the latest escalation in its challenge to international regulations it sees as infringing on American free speech. Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed the restrictions as a defense of American sovereignty and…

Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul who had a near-constant presence in the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s second-term administration, has expressed dissatisfaction with Trump’s legislative priority: a massive tax and spending package dubbed the “big, beautiful bill.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Like some Republican lawmakers, Musk criticized the megabill over how it would significantly raise…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on May 21 that the country was in talks with the U.S. about taking part in President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system. Asked how much Canada was willing to shell out for the project that is expected to cost upwards of hundreds of billions if not trillions…

“Don’t cry.” That’s how Phil Robertson, who found fame and fortune through his hunting-business empire and some controversy but also popularity for his outspoken religious and political beliefs, requested people respond to his death. “Dance, sing, but don’t cry when I die,” he said on a podcast with his son Jase in 2023 after undergoing…