Today in News History

On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 815, Wu Yuanheng, Chinese poet and politician (born 758) passed away. In 1934, Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and academic (died 2002) was born. In 1946, Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (born 1864) passed away. In 1981, Martin Hurson Irish Republican Hunger Striker passed away. In 1990, Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan triggers an avalanche on Lenin Peak, killing 43 climbers in the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history. In 2000, Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (born 1914) passed away. In 2014, Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919) passed away. In 2017, Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955) passed away. In 2024, President of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. In 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks, American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Why Trump Is Resorting to the 'Communist' Trope

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July 13, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Name Calling

With the economy, foreign policy and immigration all going poorly for the president, he's scrambling before the midterms

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CNN

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· Jul 5, 2026

Trump slams communism in July Fourth remarks

President Donald Trump mentioned his disdain for communism multiple times in his July Fourth speech. His comments are the latest in a series of public attacks on the ideology after democratic socialists have won in Democratic primaries across the country. #cnn #news #trump

Sky News Australia

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· Jun 29, 2026

Trump warns of rising communist threat after socialist primary wins in New York

Fox News contributor Paul Mauro reacts to US President Donald Trump’s warning of a rising communist threat following major socialist primary wins in New York. “The idea that communism would not only return in some form here domestically but be so attractive to young people who really don’t seem to understand the history of it is really disconcerting,” Mr Mauro told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “This distinction that’s often drawn between the Democratic socialists and communists is an artificial one. If you listen to what they’re saying, they are communists. “I do think he [Donald Trump] is right to call attention to it … because at the end of the day, history shows it just doesn’t work.”

Salon

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· Jun 27, 2026

“I’d be the greatest communist in history”: Trump tells evangelicals

President pivots from joking about communism to warning evangelical voters about godless communists Democrats

Foreign Policy Journal

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· Jul 6, 2026

Heritage Foundation Expert Warns Socialist Wave Could Put “Communists In Double Digits” In Congress

Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation who fled communist Cuba in the 1970s, is sounding the alarm over what he calls a dangerous political shift accelerating across the United States. Gonzalez told Fox News Digital that the socialist “threat is real now,” arguing that the trend represents a fundamental transformation of American [] The post Heritage Foundation Expert Warns Socialist Wave Could Put “Communists In Double Digits” In Congress appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

PolitiFact

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· Jul 9, 2026

What Trump’s communism claims miss about Democrats and democratic socialists

Trump wrongly equates the Democratic Party with communism

Off The Press

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· Jul 5, 2026

Rick Santorum: Trump is Right on Communism

President Donald Trump was correct to say that communism is “completely inconsistent with the American form of government, and it has to be confronted,” former Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum told Newsmax on Sunday. Appearing on “Sunday Report” with co-hosts Bill Spadea and Krysia Lenzo, Santorum praised Trump’s Fourth of July address marking the nation’s []...Click to read more

Real Clear Politics

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· Jul 12, 2026

Bashing Communism Is an American Tradition

Bashing Communism Is an American Tradition

The Daily Beast

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· Jun 26, 2026

Trump Melts Down Over Wild Conspiracy in Unhinged Outburst

President Donald Trump has shared a wild doomsday prepper conspiracy theory about an imminent communist threat to America emanating from New York.Trump, 80, has spent the week warning his Truth Social followers about the rise of “Communists,” after several candidates back by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured major wins in House primary races on Tuesday.That included Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who has been outspoken about ICE in the 13th district, progressive democrat Brad Lander in the 10th district and democratic socialist Claire Valdez in the 7th district. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Brisbane Times

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· Jun 27, 2026

Trump returns to scene of DC shooting, sets out his aggressive election plan

The US president says communism is spreading through the Democratic Party “like an uncontrollable form of cancer”, calling it “the greatest threat to our country since its founding”.

Fortune

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· Jul 2, 2026

Trump trots out the C-word — communism — not getting the memo that capitalism has been largely discredited with Gen Z

President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They’re communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party’s ascendant left are communists who want to “completely destroy the traditional American way of life” and even engage in assassinations. []

Talking Points Memo

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· Jul 6, 2026

Recommendation

Donald Trump now appears to have latched onto “communist” and the threat of “communism” as his new turnkey solution to...

TASS

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· Jul 4, 2026

US will never be communist country — Trump

According to Donald Trump, there is a resurgence of the communist menace in the United States, including from newcomers to the country

MS NOW

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· Jul 11, 2026

Trump is trying to start a new Red Scare

The president keeps calling his political opponents “communist,” in defiance of history and common sense. The post Trump is trying to start a new Red Scare appeared first on MS NOW.

Independent Journal Review

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· Jul 7, 2026

Is Communism On The Rise?

The debate over communism has returned to the center of American politics, not as a distant history lesson, but as a warning about where some leaders believe the country could be headed. For many Americans, communism is not just an economic theory. It is tied to memories of the Cold War, Soviet spying, religious persecution, []

Loonie Politics

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· Jul 2, 2026

Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They’re communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party’s ascendant left are communists who want to “completely destroy the traditional American way of [] The post Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Lawyers, Guns & Money

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· Jul 6, 2026

Commynists!

Donald Trump has decided that calling Democrats Communists is the next move. It may be spreading to other Republicans.. It’s in line with his having Roy Cohn, ally of Senator Joseph McCarthy, as a mentor. But that was a long time ago. The bad word in this category that Republicans have used more recently has [] The post Commynists! appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

Associated Press

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· Jul 4, 2026

Trump hails US exceptionalism before veering into political speech at America 250

At Mount Rushmore on Friday, Trump spoke of communism as a "mortal threat to American liberty.” #trump #usa Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

The Hill

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· Jun 29, 2026

Trump calls democratic socialists ‘biggest threat to our nation there is’

President Trump slammed democratic socialist candidates Monday, calling their movement more dangerous to the U.S. than previous world wars and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “They use the word social democrat because it sounds so nice, but it’s really communism you’re talking about,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think it’s the...

Intellectual Takeout

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· Jul 9, 2026

Rejecting Socialism While Restoring America’s Christian Roots

In a recent article, Annie Holmquist maps out the twisting path leading eventually from liberalism to communism. She points to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1978 Harvard Address in which he declared, “Liberalism was inevitably pushed aside by radicalism, radicalism had to surrender to socialism, and socialism could not stand up to communism.” To avoid this slide, she urges a

The New Civil Rights Movement

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· Jul 2, 2026

Nobel Economist Torches the Socialist Panic Republicans Keep Pushing

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is dismantling the right’s attack on what some see as an increasing embrace of socialism in America — by defining what actual socialism is, explaining that most Americans support European-style social democracy, and revealing that right-wing radicals’ attack on so-called socialism is really just an effort to dismantle social democracy and [] The post Nobel Economist Torches the Socialist Panic Republicans Keep Pushing appeared first on The New Civil Rights Movement.

National Review

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· Jul 10, 2026

Is Gen Z Lazy?

Karoline Leavitt touched off a firestorm with her explanation of socialism’s popularity among her generation.

Raw Story

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· Jul 11, 2026

Trump throws tantrum over ‘loud and unattractive people’ in latest rant against communism

In his latest attack on communism, President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at “loud and unattractive people” who he said were allowing the Democratic Party to be steered toward the left.“The Radical Left Lunatics, often referred to as Dumocrats, have lost control of their Party,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “They are being led by loud and unattractive people who have totally lost their way. Hopefully, they will fight back, and not let this sick, Communist ideology, take over America!”Trump has increasingly referenced communism in recent weeks following a string of electoral victories in Democratic primary elections by self-proclaimed democratic socialists. Critics have accused Trump of focusing on communism as a tool to distract Americans from his administration’s failures to adequately address the issue of affordability.

Irish Star

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· Jul 5, 2026

Trump posts exaggerated figures as he slams NATO 'freeloaders' in social rant

President Trump's explosive Truth Social rant was directly triggered by the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara, combined with bitter, unresolved resentment over a recent U.S. conflict with Iran

Investing.com

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· Jul 4, 2026

Trump extols America, rails at communism in US 250th celebration

Trump extols America, rails at communism in US 250th celebration

Hot Air

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· Jul 1, 2026

'Red Scare?' You DO Know What Happens in EVERY Communist Country, Don't You?

'Red Scare?' You DO Know What Happens in EVERY Communist Country, Don't You?

The Daily Signal

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· Jul 11, 2026

AP Warns Against Trump’s ‘Darkly Political’ Anti-Communist Remarks

Communism is an evil philosophy. Communist regimes have killed hundreds of millions of people and made millions more live in a police state. But somehow, speaking ill of communism alarms the same journalists who constantly suggest democracy is in peril under President Donald Trump. Authoritarianism is bad—unless it’s communist. Trump denounced communism in a July...

Twitchy

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· Jun 28, 2026

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Pushes Back on Trump Rhetoric, Says Democratic Socialism Is Not Communism

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Pushes Back on Trump Rhetoric, Says Democratic Socialism Is Not Communism

AzerNews

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· Jul 5, 2026

Donald Trump: We don't want communists in our country

United States President Donald Trump once again reiterated his opposition to communism, declaring that we don't want communists in our country, while addressing the crowd at the July 4th celebration on the National Mall in Washington DC. Communists haven't got a chance, he added, AzerNEWS reports.

South China Morning Post

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· Jun 28, 2026

Trump bashes Washington’s likely next mayor as he touts Potomac golf course project

US President Donald Trump lashed out on Sunday at Washington’s presumptive next mayor, calling her a communist who would destroy the capital city, even as he touted grandiose building projects including the refurbishment of a golf course. Trump said in the Truth Social post that he would meet Janeese Lewis George, who prevailed in the Democratic Party mayoral primary on Tuesday which all but assures that she will win November’s election in the heavily Democratic city. But Trump warned that he...

ArcaMax

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· Jul 1, 2026

Democratic socialists' primary wins give Trump new midterms attack lines

WASHINGTON — Victories in some Democratic primaries by far-left candidates have given President Donald Trump a new campaign-trail boogeyman amid his low poll numbers: communism. “It’s becoming a communist party. These are not social ‘...

The Daily Wire

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· Jun 26, 2026

Trump Declares ‘Game On’ As America’s Communists Make Their Move

President Donald Trump took a shot at the far-Left wing of the Democratic Party on Thursday and sent a message to “communists” after radical candidates won multiple elections in New York earlier this week. Trump suggested that he wasn’t surprised to see far-Left candidates, such as Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Brad Lander, win ...

Disclose.tv

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· Jul 4, 2026

[Video] NOW - Trump says "Communists"

NOW - Trump says Communists are slandering and attacking America's heritage and identity: Our American ancestors did not shed their blood... just so that a band of thieves, radicals, and lunatics could come in loot, pillage our nation.@disclosetv

Sky News

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· Jun 24, 2026

Like him or loathe him, Tucker Carlson is a window into Trump's world

Like him or loathe him, Tucker Carlson is a window into Trump's world

Tampa Free Press

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· Jun 27, 2026

‘I’d Be The Greatest Communist In History’: Trump Warns Faith & Freedom Crowd Of U.S. Collapse

President Donald Trump took the stage at the Washington Hilton on Friday to address attendees at the Faith Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference, centering his remarks on the threat of what he termed “creeping communism” inside the United States. During his address, Trump used a hypothetical scenario to explain why he believes the [] ‘I’d Be The Greatest Communist In History’: Trump Warns Faith Freedom Crowd Of U.S. Collapse

Drudge Retort

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· Jul 5, 2026

'Communist Menace in Our Land' is Trump's New Rally Cry

Ahead of his planned speech on the National Mall, the president framed the upcoming midterm elections as a battle against communism.

Daily Mail

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· Jul 6, 2026

Trump reignites feud with Giorgia Meloni as he mocks Italian PM with 'restraining order needed' picture ahead of crunch Nato summit

Trump reignites feud with Giorgia Meloni as he mocks Italian PM with 'restraining order needed' picture ahead of crunch Nato summit

Al Jazeera

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· Jun 26, 2026

After progressive US primary wins, Trump takes aim at ‘godless communists’

Trump has repeatedly conflated democratic socialists and communists; no communist are running on the Democratic ticket.

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