WASHINGTON—The phrase “wormwood to detox your soul” isn’t typically associated with a presidential-inaugural ball event, but this is Trump 2.0 and norms are rapidly shifting.The motto comes courtesy of the Make America Healthy Again ball where nonalcoholic,
Trump narrowly won the critical swing state of Pennsylvania over Vice President Kamala Harris last fall, which clinched his return to the White House. During his pre-inauguration rally speech on Sunday, Trump lauded Musk for all his help with the campaign.
MSNBC political analyst and former Senator Claire McCaskill joins Rachel Maddow to react to President Trump bringing his inauguration inside the Capitol. Trump made the move due to cold weather but McCaskill highlights how it shut out his supporters.
Of the many watch parties going on in Washington DC, the packed one at the Heritage Foundation, which led the compilation of Project 2025 policy tome shaping Trump’s agenda, had special significance.
At parties throughout Washington over the long Inauguration weekend, creators and strategists who take credit for Donald Trump’s victory toasted their success on the dimes of TikTok, Google, and Spotify.
Across many facets of society—in sports, entertainment, the classroom and the workplace—there are signs that MAGA isn’t just retaking the White House. It is gaining a firmer foothold in the broader culture.
Donald Trump and his MAGA movement are in power again, and this time they look more like insiders, at the vanguard of a cultural and political shift.
J.D. Vance’s meteoric rise to power reached new heights as he was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States. Vance took the oath of office, administered by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh,
US President Donald Trump fired chef Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition after he was seen with Trump's alleged
No 1970’s era disco group came out in the marbled halls of the Capitol. But it would scarcely have been a surprise.
Former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said that the one shocking thing she saw from President Donald Trump was just how "disrespectful" he was to his MAGA supporters who got him where he is. She began by talking about being in Washington,
"Invariably people say, 'I would never be stupid enough to join a cult!' But you don’t join a cult – you join a group of people who appear welcoming and supportive, who seem to understand you deeply,