It did not go well. By Steve Benen On Tuesday, Donald Trump broke new ground, calling for U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s impeachment, not because the jurist did something wrong ...

MSNBC analyst Steve Benen claimed that keeping track of the first month of the Trump administration's machinations has made him feel like he's running a marathon at a sprinter's pace. That's ...

The Republican is apparently simply asserting the right anyway. By Steve Benen Midway through Barack Obama’s third year as president, Congress approved a controversial measure related to ...

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy ...

By Steve Benen As a rule, Donald Trump’s perspective on criticizing judges depends entirely on whether he’s faring well or poorly in the courts. After his 2020 defeat, for example, the ...

It’s worse now. By Steve Benen As Donald Trump prepared to leave the White House after his 2020 election defeat, the Republican threw caution to the wind when it came to pardons. Seemingly ...

Now he says he’s buying one as a favor to a campaign megadonor. By Steve Benen During his 2024 presidential candidacy, Donald Trump had a variety of villains he targeted with great enthusiasm.

By Steve Benen After Donald Trump’s re-election defeat in 2020, a variety of far-right media outlets eagerly embraced the Republican’s baseless conspiracy theories about the outcome ...