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President Trump went after former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D), now Democratic Party Senate candidate, and hyped up his opponent, Republican Michael Whatley, during his speech on Friday at Fort Bragg, N.C. military base. “We want to keep this area safe, and we can’t do that without the leaders. And your ex-governor is not…

Sports commentator and pundit Stephen A. Smith is downplaying his interest in launching a 2028 campaign for president, though he says he’s “not ruling it out.” “So when somebody talks about me being a president or whatever, I have no desire to be a politician, zero,” Smith told CBS News’s Bob Costas in an interview…

A federal judge dismissed charges against two men who were accused of assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a scuffle in Minnesota last month that resulted in one of them being shot in the leg. U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson granted federal prosecutors’ motion to have the charges against Alfredo…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday called for leaders around the world to champion the working class and knocked the Trump administration’s foreign policy moves, bringing her progressive vision to the global stage at the annual Munich Security Conference as chatter builds about her political future. The New York congresswoman took part in a panel…

President Trump said Friday the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie was making “progress” as the search nears the two-week mark. “[The FBI] took it over originally. It was a local case originally, and they didn’t want to let go of it, which is fine,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday…

President Trump on Friday said he is hopeful U.S. negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program will be successful, but he warned that if they fail, it would be a “bad day” for Tehran. As the U.S. builds up its defense forces in the Middle East, the Trump administration is also negotiating with the Islamic…

Nearly half of Republicans disapprove of President Trump’s ambitions to acquire Greenland, according to a new survey.  The poll, released by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on Friday, found that 51 percent of GOP voters approve of how the president has handled the Danish territory. Forty-eight percent of Republican respondents disapprove. Among Democratic…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is closely allied with President Trump, distanced himself from the Trump administration’s maneuvering to seize control of Greenland, declaring in an interview: “Who gives as s‑‑‑ who owns Greenland?” Graham downplayed the significance of the Trump administration’s aggressive posturing to take over the mineral-rich territory, which belongs to Denmark, in…

President Trump will speak to troops and military families Friday afternoon in Fort Bragg, N.C., where he is expected to highlight the specialized forces that assisted in the U.S. military’s capture and arrest of ex-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Trump, who touted the Jan. 3 mission as a major win for U.S. national security, has signaled…

The Trump administration cannot proceed with plans to rescind $602 million in public health grants from four Democratic-led states, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah determined the four states — Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota — were likely to succeed in their claim that the government’s desired termination…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday moved to end deportation protections for people from Yemen, the 13th country from which the Trump administration has struck the status. The move leaves just four countries that the administration has not sought to end what is known as temporary protected status (TPS), which bars immigration agencies…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday that the U.S.’s role as a leader on the world stage is “lost” and urged President Trump to repair the transatlantic relationship to challenge threats from China and Russia.  “The United States’s claim to leadership has been challenged and possibly lost,” Merz told a crowd of foreign heads of…

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced a reshuffling of top staffers in his department as the Trump administration looks to shore up health wins that can boost GOP success in the upcoming midterms. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Deputy Administrator Chris Klomp will be chief counselor…

President Trump endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s reelection bid on Friday. Trump called Orbán “a truly strong and powerful Leader” in a lengthy Truth Social post announcing support for his longtime political ally, crediting the prime minister with “delivering phenomenal results” for Hungary.  “He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and People,…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this week that he expects upcoming sales of Venezuelan oil to bring in $5 billion. “Sales today are over a billion dollars and in fact, we have sort of short-term agreements over the next few months that will bring in another $5 billion,” he told NBC News in an interview…
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing a wave of backlash from many in the conservative media ecosystem following her testimony this week before the House Judiciary Committee about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. During a contentious hearing Wednesday, Bondi sparred with lawmakers over the release of the files and…

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is demanding confirmation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that its investigation into her participation in the “illegal orders” video is over after a grand jury failed to indict her and several other lawmakers earlier this month. In a Thursday letter obtained by Punchbowl News, lawyer Preet Bharara asked Attorney General…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Harvard University on Friday, accusing it of withholding data the Trump administration wants to determine if the school is complying with the Supreme Court decision to ban affirmative action in higher education admissions. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, says Harvard has dodged giving the documents for…
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President Trump’s nomination of Jeremy Carl to oversee the U.S. in international organizations is in doubt over opposition from a key Republican senator, who pointed to Carl’s past statements on Israel and Jews as disqualifying. Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is signaling he will block Carl’s nomination advancing out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Curtis’s…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) offered a frank assessment in a podcast released Friday about where he believes Democrats’ strengths and challenges lie heading into November’s midterm elections. Fetterman told Politico’s Dasha Burns on “The Conversation” that he expected Democrats to regain control of the House and narrow the Republican majority in the Senate, suggesting his…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said he will skip the National Governors Association (NGA) meeting at the White House next Friday after President Trump excluded him and another Democrat from a separate dinner for governors and their families the following day.  Moore, the vice chair of the bipartisan NGA, addressed the president’s decision to single…

The U.S. is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group already positioned in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) area, as tensions between Washington and Tehran ratchet up.  The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford and its escort ships, which are currently in the…

U.S. businesses and consumers bore about 90 percent of the cost of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, according to a recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The study, published Thursday, found that the majority of costs that came from tariffs were passed onto the American public in the first 11 months of…

President Trump has announced on his Truth Social platform that he will block the opening of the $4.7 billion Gordon Howe bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario unless the U.S. “owns one half of this asset.” In response, Canadian Prime Minister Minister Mark Carney has pointed out that the Canadian Government paid for the bridge,…

Donald Trump has been accused of taking advantage of tragedies to promote himself, from falsely blaming Rob Reiner’s murder on “Trump Derangement Syndrome” to refusing to apologize for a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama, and now attempting to put his name on public landmarks and institutions.