Monday, May 12, 2025

I'm a conservative, not a Republican. The difference? Trump.

I do not blindly vote Republican. I vote to advance conservative policy that President Donald Trump and the GOP have abandoned. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Mon May 12 2025

 
President Donald Trump, with a bust of Republican President Abraham Lincoln, in the Oval Office at the White House on May 9, 2025. For a long time, the goals of the Republican Party were to advance a conservative agenda. That has changed in the era of Trump.

I do not blindly vote Republican. I vote to advance conservative policy that President Donald Trump and the GOP have abandoned.

Scott Jennings
 

It's CNN, not Fox, offering master class in how to school liberals

With bemused smirks and concise doses of political truth, CNN's Scott Jennings has singlehandedly made televised commentary great again.

U.S. Marshals sit behind Sean "Diddy" Combs as he sits at the defense table alongside lawyer Brian Steel in the courtroom during his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 9, 2025.
 

Diddy's trial shows how Hollywood gets sex trafficking wrong

When pimps are turned into Halloween costumes, their real-life violence is often misunderstood. Diddy's sex trafficking trial may help change that.

Trump bans trans people from joining US military
 

Why are Republicans hell-bent on destroying a small percentage of us?

Trans servicemembers have done nothing to deserve this hate. They simply want to serve their country. Now they're barred from doing so.

Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro in New York City on Dec. 10, 2024.
 

Pirro is perfect choice for Trump: Unqualified and unflinchingly loyal

President Trump has tapped Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro as interim US Attorney for DC. It's the latest in a string of horrible staff decisions.

President Donald Trump makes an announcement about a trade deal with the United Kingdom, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2025.
 

Do Republicans want to help their donors or voters? Can't do both.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans in Congress seem to realize what their budget plan will cost them in the midterms – and they're worried.

Readers shared memories of their moms for this Mother's Day edition of USA TODAY's Forum.
 

We asked you about your mom. You shared your best friend with us.

This Mother's Day, we asked USA TODAY Forum participants to let us peek into their relationships with their moms. Here's what they shared.

People hold candles during a vigil following the shooting at Apalachee High School, at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Georgia, U.S. September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
 

I've lost my child. To moms like me: You are not alone

To every mother who, like us, is missing a child today due to gun violence, suicide or other tragedy – you are not alone.

Faten Madhoun prepares food at a soup kitchen in northern Gaza in May, 2025. Madhoun is a mother of seven who leads the largest soup kitchen in northern Gaza.
 

I see the starvation in Gaza every day. Please, don't look away.

The people of Gaza are being starved, not by accident but by design. Israel has banned the entry of all food, water and lifesaving aid.

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