President Trump said he did not raise the prospect of renaming New York’s Penn Station as “Trump Station,” pushing back on media reports that he offered to unfreeze billions in federal funds in exchange for the name change. In a post Monday on his Truth Social platform, the president doubled down on his opposition to…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday went after President Trump over the removal of a Pride flag at New York City’s Stonewall National Monument, where the modern pro-LGBTQ movement started. “This sacred ground is so important, and in 1969, as everybody knows, brave New Yorkers stood up here as an act of resistance…
Ryan Routh, the man accused of plotting to kill President Trump as he golfed in south Florida during his 2024 presidential campaign, is challenging his life sentence. Routh’s attorney filed a notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit signaling that he intends to fight both his conviction and the prison time he was…
President Trump said Monday he would direct the Justice Department to seek the death penalty for kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie if the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is found dead. In a brief phone interview with the New York Post, the president said consequences for the kidnappers would be “very, very severe…
Democrats are ready to spend big to boost a Virginia redistricting effort that could give the party four more House seats, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has said, amid the national battle over congressional lines ahead of the midterms. “Whatever it takes,” Jeffries told CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview aired Sunday, when asked how…
Presidents’ Day has become a reminder of the stark contrast between past presidents and the current one, Donald Trump, who has treated truth and civility as optional, and has blurred the line between error and intent.
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that a “small” security force is set to stay in Minnesota after announcing last week that Trump administration immigration crackdown efforts were set to end in the state. “There will be a small force, a security force … that will respond to when our agents are out…
Congressional Republicans are facing a difficult decision: quit, stay silent, or accept the price of Trump worship as the midterms approach and public approval of Trump and the Republican Party remains low.
Democrat Nathan Sage, the executive director of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, is ending his bid for Senate in Iowa, citing a struggle to keep fundraising competitive. “After long and thoughtful conversations with my family, my team, and trusted supporters, I’ve made the incredibly difficult decision to end my campaign for the United States Senate,”…
Shame on the Justice Department for its years of failures in this sordid scandal. Shame on those who are trying to defend the indefensible. And shame on Congress if it allows this injustice to continue.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem waved off criticism of recent comments she made about ensuring “we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country,” calling the remarks “commonsense.” In response to a clip from CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday in which Jake Tapper asks border…
Democrats are asking new questions about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the FBI’s search of a Georgia voting center after an affidavit showed the federal case relies on widely debunked claims about the 2020 election. The document, unsealed as part of a court challenge earlier this week, credited Kurt Olsen, an ally…
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Some Senate Republicans are warning that the party is not doing enough to address affordability heading into the midterm elections, with hopes of passing more big-ticket items this year quickly fading away. Legislating has been difficult in this Congress, with fractious Republicans holding only a narrow majority, and is only expected to slow further in…
A growing number of Olympic athletes competing for the U.S. in this month’s Winter Games are expressing discomfort with representing the U.S. under President Trump’s administration, sparking intense pushback from the president’s supporters and Trump himself. Trump attacked U.S. athlete Hunter Hess directly after Hess said he was conflicted about competing for Team USA given…
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Florida’s GOP also got in on the act with a Valentine’s Day post that was slammed as “so f**king dumb” and more.
The former GOP congresswoman said one of the party’s biggest problems isn’t getting any better.
They need “to f**king do something about it,” said the “Last Week Tonight” host.
An exchange on “The Five” was slammed as “sick” and “tasteless.”
The GOP lawmaker called out the president and his inner circle for not being transparent.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that President Trump remains intent on acquiring Greenland. “I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same. He’s very serious about this,” Frederiksen said at the Munich Security Conference, according to the BBC. Throughout December and January, the president raised his view that the U.S….
In an interview that aired Sunday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) urged his party to take a more aggressive governing posture to fight back against the Trump administration and regain popularity. “There’s something that we have to make sure that we do better and that’s actually meet people where they are and move with a…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) declined to say whether President Trump is racist in an interview released Sunday, just over a week after a video depicting the Obamas as apes posted to the president’s Truth Social account sparked bipartisan backlash. “I think that’s a question for President Trump,” Moore, shaking his head, told CBS News’s…
Clinton got into a heated back-and-forth with a Czech politician who argued Trump was a response to “woke” culture gone “too far.”
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dismissed concerns Sunday over President Trump going after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) earlier this week, chalking it up to a friendly disagreement. The president called the Oklahoma governor a “RINO” — or a “Republican in name only” — on Wednesday after Stitt announced that the National Governors Association (NGA), which…
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) reiterated Sunday that he will not support Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, until the Department of Justice (DOJ) concludes its probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. “I’ve tried to make it very clear that I have no intention of supporting any confirmation of any Fed board…