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Donald Trump
![United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy departs following a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0604-dejoy-leaves-hearing-400x300.jpg)
FBI Probes Allegation That DeJoy Used Illegal Scheme to Rise as GOP Megadonor
Former employees have alleged that DeJoy pressured them to donate to GOP candidates with the promise of reimbursement.
![Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on May 18, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021-0602-trump-waves-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Blog Shuts Down Weeks After Launch, Having Failed to Garner a Following
Though the blog was supposed to “redefine the game,” it garnered very little traffic compared to his social media posts.
![A man stands partially obscured behind sineage denoting the entrance of a U.S. polling place](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0602-voting-400x300.jpg)
100+ Democracy Scholars Issue Dire Warning About Threats to Voting Rights in US
As Republicans refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election, they're escalating attempts at voter suppression.
![Trump supporters rally in Tampa, Florida, at a Make America Great Again rally on July 31, 2018. Trump has recently been telling people he will be reinstated as president in August 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0601-MAGA-400x300.jpg)
Republicans Are Vocally Opposed to Democracy, From Texas to Myanmar
State-level Republicans are laboring to effect their own slow-rolling coup in the upcoming elections.
![Caution tape from the U.S. Border Patrol marks a road along the levee next to the Border Wall at the international bridge that connects Hidalgo, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-539636608-400x300.jpg)
With Steel or Surveillance, Biden May Fill “Gaps” in Trump’s Border Wall
Whether the new barrier will be physical or technological, families along the border can only guess.
![Then-President Donald Trump gestures during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on January 29, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0528-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Wrongly Implies Gas Prices Have Risen Because He’s No Longer President
Higher demand due to more of the economy opening is the main factor driving up prices.
![Tucker Carlson speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 21, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0527-tucker-carlson-400x300.jpg)
Tucker Carlson Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg in Right-Wing Media’s War on Truth
Fox News, Breitbart, Newsmax, One America News, and more are flooding the media space with racist and pro-Trump lies.
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Trump’s Grand Jury Is Fodder for GOP Fundraising But Terrible for GOP Politics
Trump responded to the grand jury announcement by declaring it a “witch hunt” and insisting, “I have done a great job.”
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Trump & Gingrich Team Up on MAGA-Style “Contract With America” Ahead of 2022
The document will seek to attack, among other items, the 1619 Project and critical race theory.
![A contractor working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, looks at ballots from the 2020 general election on May 3, 2021, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0525-arizona-cyber-ninjas-400x300.jpg)
AZ State Secretary Blasts Election “Auditors” for Latest Ballot Storage Mishap
The ballots were stored without temperature or humidity controls in a trailer outside the Phoenix Memorial Coliseum.