Gideon Taaffe

2 months ago | mediamatters.org | Gideon Taaffe |Noah Dowe |Pete Tsipis |Jane Lee |Isabella Corrao |Alicia Sadowski | +1 more

Right-wing media are predicting a “golden age” as President Donald Trump's so-called “Liberation Day” hits some of the United States’ closest trading partners with sweeping tariffs.

Mar 27, 2025 | mediamatters.org | Chloe Simon |Noah Dowe |Jack Wheatley |Gideon Taaffe

On March 24, The Atlantic published a bombshell story from Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg reporting that he had been mistakenly added to a group chat on the messaging app Signal in which senior Trump administration officials discussed plans for a U.S. military strike in Yemen.

Mar 18, 2025 | mediamatters.org | Jack Winstanley |Gideon Taaffe |Jack Wheatley |Pete Tsipis

Right-wing media have continued their crusade against judges who challenge President Donald Trump and his administration, attacking a federal judge who issued an order to halt the deportation of approximately 250 suspected gang members. After the administration failed to stop the flight, Judge James Boasberg demanded details on the Department of Justice’s “possible defiance” of the order.

Feb 26, 2025 | mediamatters.org | Gideon Taaffe |Jack Winstanley |Kayla R Gogarty |Jack Wheatley

President Donald Trump has been openly courting MAGA media figures — giving them significant access to his new administration and even appointing former Fox News hosts to prominent positions in the government. The Trump administration has simultaneously welcomed MAGA influencers into the White House, Cabinet departments, and other federal agencies while restricting access of mainstream media that have long covered those institutions.

Jan 30, 2025 | nationalmemo.com | Gideon Taaffe |Chloe Simon

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces a Senate vote to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, right-wing media are split on whether to support his nomination. Some claim the nominee — who has a long history of undermining scientific research and promoting health misinformation — is a “bipartisan” solution for “Making America Healthy Again,” while others have highlighted his past extremism, Democratic affiliations, and pro-abortion beliefs.