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Bizarre Epstein files reference to Trump, Putin, and oral sex with ‘Bubba’ draws scrutiny in Congress

"Is it a joke? Is it not? Who’s he talking about? We don’t know,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia said about the peculiar discovery in an interview with The Advocate.

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New 'Late Night' host Trump kills it with jokes on ending seven wars and GOP shutdown, and his pal Vladimir

Opinion: He's hosting the Kennedy Center Honors in December and a UFC fight on the White House lawn next summer, so why not a late-night show? writes John Casey.

Donald Trump’s infamous escalator rides reveal a man who always goes down, never up

Opinion: He descended the golden escalator and dragged us down with him, and his most recent ride says that his dictatorship will stall, writes John Casey.

Charles, a real king, hosts Trump, a wannabe king who trashes the monarchy and the causes Charles cares about

Opinion: Trump strolling around Windsor Castle, as if he belongs, flies in the face of all the causes Charles has stood for throughout his life, writes John Casey.

Putin and Xi talk 'hot mic' immortality amid Trump's 'demise' and an emerging new world order

Opinion: While two dictators dream of eternity. Trump looks like he’s already halfway gone, and he’s taking the U.S. with him, writes John Casey

If it means saving Ukraine and not caving to Putin, European leaders think the answer is kissing Trump’s a**

Opinion: Putting flattery at the feet of an habitual loser risks putting the world in an unenviable position, writes John Casey.

Two 70+ year-old men with unmoored morals meet in Anchorage, Alaska for...nothing

Opinion: Two old men obsessed with wealth, power, and flattery met in the frozen north — and the only thing that changed is Putin’s smile grew wider and heart grew colder, writes John Casey.

When push comes to shove, Brigitte Macron’s swat was more a mirror than a meme

Opinion: The French president isn’t the only one being batted around in a world gone enraged and violent, writes John Casey.

Remember Charlottesville, when Trump saw 'very fine people on both sides'? Today, he'd pick just one

Opinion: For Trump, it’s raging racism instead of dog-whistles after his Oval Office ambush of South African President Ramaphosa, writes John Casey.

Apple fined by Russian court for extremist 'LGBT content'

This is not the first time Apple has run afoul of Russian authorities for refusing to censor content under Putin.

Trump’s tariff on foreign films is his revenge on Hollywood, a Red Scare redux, and an autocratic power move

Opinion: A wanna-be authoritarian leader like Trump cannot tolerate dissident artists, which inevitably means he can’t tolerate his citizens either, writes John Casey.

What Laura Loomer's meeting with Donald Trump means for America, according to out national security expert

Luke Schleusener, CEO of Out in National Security, spoke to The Advocate about what U.S. allies and adversaries may take from the MAGA influencer's Oval Office visit and the firings that came after.

Hungarians protest Pride ban; Budapest mayor promises LGBTQ+ support

Thousands blocked major streets and bridges in Budapest to show their outrage.

If our neighbor Canada hates us and Trump, what does that say for the rest of the world?

Opinion: How can the rest of the peace-loving world accept and trust the U.S. as one of their own, writes John Casey.

Man arrested under Russia's 'international LGBT extremism' law dies in custody

Andrei Kotov ran a travel agency that reportedly catered to gay men.

Viral post saying Republicans 'have two daddies now' has MAGA hot and bothered

Recent events have bred some very strange bedfellows this year.

Russian police raid clubs in crackdown on LGBTQ+ 'propaganda,' make arrests

About a dozen people were arrested and convicted of "petty hooliganism."

Putin bans adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries permitting gender-affirming care

A second new law bans "childfree propaganda" with 5 million ruble fines (the equivalent of $48,000).

Russian parliament seeks to ban ‘childfree propaganda’ and adoption by foreign trans families in latest moves

The two bills are the latest in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.

In a critical election, the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times endorse fascism

The silence of major media outlets serves not as impartiality but as complicity in the erosion of democratic values and the rise of fascism, writes John Casey.


Police raid multiple bars, detaining over 50 people in Russian anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown

Masked officers with machine guns forced patrons to the ground in Moscow and elsewhere.