Gavin Newsom, the Democrat governor of California, accused Trump of "doubling down on stupid". He said: "Never in the history of the US has there been a more destructive president than the current occupant of the White House in Washington. He is trying to recreate the 19th century. He is a wholly owned subsidiary of big oil gas and coal."…
"The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined," he said, lamenting the "devastating effects of war."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/09/pope-leo-diplomacy-war-00719217
"Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive," McConnell said in a statement. "And the use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America's most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/gop-lawmakers-denounce-trump-seize-greenland-00714611
A handful have lashed out against Trump in their rulings. Now, one judge has resigned from his post in order to speak out more forcefully...
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/14/donald-trump-judges-00652762
In an interview, Greene said if Republicans don't pivot to affordability quickly, the midterm elections are Democrats' to win.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/14/trump-greene-affordability-gop-00651581
"As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving overthe Rose Garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes, and gold-plating the Oval Office and building a $300m ballroom," Obama said. "So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance."…
"We've got a president who deployed the national guard in American cities and claimed to be stopping crime waves that don't actually exist," Obama said. "We've got masked ICE agents in unmarked vans pulling people in off the streets, including US citizens, on the suspicion that they don't look like real Americans."…
"It's like every day is Halloween except it's all tricks and no treats," Obama said amid reports of immigration raids taking place in Chicago and Los Angeles even on Halloween night… "There is absolutely no evidence Republicans' policies have made life better for you, the people of Virginia," Obama said at the rally.
"They have devoted enormous energy trying to entrench themselves in power and punishing their enemies and enriching their friends and silencing their critics."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/obama-virginia-abigail-spanberger
US president accuses Canada of 'egregious behaviour' after release of ad featuring Ronald Reagan criticising tariffs…
Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say 'unconscionable' actions in Gaza amount to genocide…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/jewish-notables-open-letter-un-sanction-israel
Leo's new document, an apostolic exhortation defending the poor and marginalized, is based on an unfinished text started by Pope Francis. In it, he quotes Francis, calling on the faithful to "welcome, protect, promote and integrate" migrants. Leo takes aim at Christians who embrace "secular ideologies or political and economic approaches that lead to gross generalizations and mistaken conclusions." (He suggests they "go back and reread the Gospel.") And, deploying some of the same charged phrases favored by Francis, he pillories market capitalism, deriding "the dictatorship of an economy that kills" by enriching a small wealthy elite.
"Either we regain our moral and spiritual dignity," the document states, "or we fall into a cesspool."…
Leo "was very clear that what is happening to migrants in the United States right now is an injustice," said Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Texas-based Hope Border Institute, who attended the meeting. "He said the church cannot remain silent."…
"What Cardinal Dolan may not have known is that many of Mr. Kirk's words were marked by racist, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigrant rhetoric, by violent pro-gun advocacy, and by the promotion of Christian nationalism," the sisters wrote in their statement. "These prejudicial words do not reflect the qualities of a saint. To compare Mr. Kirk to St. Paul risks confusing the true witness of the Gospel and giving undue sanction to words and actions that hurt the very people Jesus calls us to love."…
"He's putting us at risk," Adams said of RFK Jr, adding that Kennedy is "endangering America at large" with moves to limit access to vaccines, such as shots to protect against the deadly Covid-19 virus...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/06/jerome-adams-trump-surgeon-blasts-rfk-jr
