WASHINGTON — The insults continue to fly. As congressional lawmakers began to vote Tuesday on Democratic and Republican bills to keep the federal government funded, President Donald Trump posted ...

Is this what it takes to win the messaging battle in 2025?: Washington leaders have a new and unexpected weapon in their political arsenal for the 2025 government shutdown: trolling with memes.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday urged House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to focus on resolving the government shutdown instead of complaining about President Donald Trump's sombrero memes.

Want to know who’s winning in politics? Look at who’s laughing and who’s trying to keep their chin up. Remember those joyful early days of then-Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign? They were ...

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on CNN discussed President Donald Trump's behavior and negotiations to end the government shutdown: JAKE TAPPER, CNN, ANCHOR: And we're back with our ...

First Lady Melania Trump shared a post from her official meme coin page, boosting the price of her official Solana meme coin. The token is now trading above $0.18—still nearly 99% off its all-time ...

see more of our stories on Google. Add Axios on Google President Trump in the Oval Office on August 14, 2025. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images.

Vice President JD Vance brushed off outrage over President Donald Trump sharing a video meme depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, saying he was confused by claims it was ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

A meme of a man blinking repeatedly in disbelief went viral in 2017. Now 39 years old, here’s what he looks like now. Drew Scanlon, from San Francisco, went viral in 2017 for a GIF of him shaking his ...