Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Trump’s social media post and subsequent comments about the killing of actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were “inappropriate,” according to a new YouGov poll released Friday. “YouGov showed Americans Trump’s post — as well as social media posts about Reiner by several other politicians from…
The battle over health care subsidies, tensions with Venezuela and the Department of Justice’s partial release of its Jeffrey Epstein files will take center stage Sunday on the weekly political talk shows. Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.) will join “The Hill Sunday” with Chris Stirewalt to discuss the latest on all of these issues. Four…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday released more files, documents and photos connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a day after the deadline for releasing all of the files. DOJ on Friday released thousands of its documents, but came under criticism from Democrats and Republicans in Congress for not complying with a law…
U.S. personnel seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday as President Trump ratchets up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The seizure of the vessel, which took place in international waters, was led by the Coast Guard and assisted by the U.S. military, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary…
A photo in the latest batch of Justice Department files related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein showed a table drawer with photos of Trump inside. Now the file is gone.
UFC fighter Sean Strickland said Friday that he will not participate in the White House fight next year, citing the Trump administration’s controversy around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I think I’d wanna do the White House… if there was some kind of inclusion for fans,” Strickland told video streamer Adin Ross and…
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday warned against making early endorsements in the 2028 presidential race, pushing the GOP to seek a competitive primary instead. “I think it’s very important that the Republican party have a competitive primary,” McEnany, who served at the end of President Trump’s first term, told Fox New’s…
The House Oversight Committee member also mentioned contempt charges in his comments about Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) on Friday said the Justice Department (DOJ) violated the law by releasing only a portion of information tied to its probe of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by President Trump last month, required officials to produce files, images, flight logs and…
The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, U.S. officials said.
Whoopi Goldberg on Friday took a page from President Trump’s playbook, accusing Trump of suffering from “Obama and Biden Derangement’ Syndrome. Trump addressed the nation earlier this week in a late-night speech, touting his accomplishments since returning to the Oval Office and declaring that he inherited a mess, including affordability issues and economic woes, from…
“And then you have ‘Marjorie Traitor Brown,’ I call her … because green turns to brown under stress,” Trump said at a rally in North Carolina.
Brett Smiley, the Democratic mayor of Providence, R.I., is asking the FBI to issue a reward to the anonymous Reddit user whose tip led to the suspect in last week’s Brown University shooting. The FBI offered a reward of up to $50,000 for any information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the individual…
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The State Department on Friday restricted the visas of two Honduran officials over national security concerns, claiming they tried to impede on a special vote count following the nation’s election last month. The Trump administration revoked a visa for Mario Morazán, a magistrate of the Electoral Justice Tribunal. Marlon Ochoa, a member of the Honduras…
President Trump, while speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Friday, boasted about his claim against the federal government requesting a large payout in taxpayer money over legal battles he faced after leaving office in 2021. Turmp submitted two claims against the Justice Department (DOJ) seeking up to $230 million in damages, The New York…
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a lead co-sponsor for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, said Friday that lawmakers were mulling possible impeachment moves after the Justice Department (DOJ) released a tranche of heavily redacted files tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Khanna raised questions about the “quality” of the documents released and the…
Maria Farmer, among the accusers of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, rejoiced Friday after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released swaths of files tied to its probe of the disgraced financier. Farmer, who detailed reporting Epstein’s crimes to the FBI in 1996, said authorities “hung up” on her mid-sentence at the time. A…
“Welcome to what the world realized years ago, Rob.”
“So he watched the Hunger Games and thought that was a great idea.”
President Trump is closing out the first year of his second term with a slight rebound in his approval ratings, but the numbers are still far lower than where they stood at the beginning of the year as concerns over the economy take hold. Trump’s approval tumbled to a second-term low of 41 percent last…
Sean Strickland said he’d take part in the fighting event on the South Lawn under one condition.
President Trump on Friday attacked former ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and claimed she became a “stone cold liberal,” asking supporters at a rally, “What the hell happened?” Trump revived the feud by calling her “Marjorie Traitor Brown,” which he said was “because green turns to brown under stress.” “But what the hell happened…
President Trump on Friday told supporters that Democrats will shut down the government over health care in January, after Affordable Health Care (ACA) tax credits are set to expire going into the new year. “The problem is that Democrats will shut down the government because they are beholden … to the insurance companies,” Trump said…
Andrew Weissmann said a “huge part” of the administration’s Epstein scandal is now the material that the DOJ isn’t sharing with the public.
The order, titled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” emphasizes the role of the upcoming Artemis missions for Americans to journey to the moon and Mars.