Month: July 2025

House Republicans are moving to create a long-delayed select subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — more than six months after it was initially announced. A resolution to create the subcommittee was filed on Wednesday, GOP leaders tell The Hill, after months of it being put on the backburner and lawmakers hashing…
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The withholding of funds could lead to teacher layoffs and the cancellation of after school programs for millions of kids.

The Congressional Voting Rights Caucus spoke to reporters Wednesday afternoon as hearings around redistricting — efforts led by Republicans and supported by President Trump — in the Lone Star State are set to begin. GOP lawmakers in Texas are using the special session to attempt to lock in the party’s majority in Congress by means of weakening…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday she does not think President Trump supports federal agencies contracting with Elon Musk’s AI company. “I don’t think so, no,” Leavitt said. Asked if Trump would then want the government to cancel a recently announced contract with Musk’s AI venture, Leavitt said she would talk to the…
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Trump’s administration has been under enormous pressure to release more files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The network released newly unearthed photos and video showing the president and sex offender together at events in the 1990s.

President Trump’s net approval rating reached its lowest point yet of his second term in office in the Decision Desk HQ polling average.  Trump’s net approval rating reached 9.2 points underwater on Monday, the lowest it’s been since DDHQ started tracking his approval numbers during his second term. The average found that 53.4 percent of…
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday released a previously classified House report, her second such disclosure after accusing the intelligence community of a “treasonous conspiracy” in its review of foreign influence in the 2016 election. The report – a 2020 product from the House Intelligence Committee – casts doubts on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…
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Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, I was pleased to see homes and businesses unfurl their American flags.  The sight of those flags reminded me of something that caught my eye when I first started working at the Pentagon — the American flag patch on an Air Force officer’s flight suit looked “backward.” The…
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The head of entertainment behemoth Skydance is vowing to ensure the company presides over “unbiased journalism” and embraces a “variety of viewpoints,” ahead of its acquisition of fellow media giant Paramount Global. During a recent meeting with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr, David Ellison — Skydance’s top executive and the son of billionaire…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon as the Trump administration wades through controversy around its handling of the probe into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s case. The Justice Department (DOJ) is facing pressure to release more files related to the investigation after a memo issued by the administration earlier this month…
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President Donald Trump is furious with former President Barack Obama, whom he is accusing of participating in a “coup” against him in 2016. Trump is referring of course to recent disclosures from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who has released documents showing it was Obama who encouraged intelligence officials to reach stronger conclusions about…
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A poll found President Trump’s approval rate underwater among men as his second White House stint hits the six-month mark. The responses collected by CBS/YouGov noted 47 percent of men approve of the job Trump is doing as president, while 53 percent disapprove.  Last October, before Trump’s election, CBS/YouGov found 54 percent of men supporting…
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Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) criticized the administration’s effort to sweep the Jeffrey Epstein files under the rug.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Wednesday that President Trump isn’t going to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but suggested the pressure on the Fed to lower interest rates will continue. Bessent was asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” if the president should say he will let Powell finish his term to give certainty to the…
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The president shared a fake video showing his predecessor getting arrested, mere days after his administration accused Barack Obama of treason.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday rejected the idea that the country would agree to a rushed trade deal with the United States.  The Trump administration implemented an Aug. 1 deadline for trade deals amid the threat of a 35 percent tariff on Canadian exports after imposing then pausing harsher levies earlier this year.  “The…
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In what Bloomberg termed “a dramatic reversal,” the Trump administration will grant licenses to Nvidia Corp. so that it can sell its H20 chips to Chinese parties. In April, Trump officials had prohibited the sale of H20s to that country.   At the same time, Advanced Micro Devices announced plans to resume sales of its MI308 artificial intelligence chip to…
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Roy Black, a criminal defense attorney who defended notable clients, including disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, died Monday at 80 years old, according to multiple reports. Black’s partner, Howard Srebnick, who joined his law firm 30 years ago, confirmed his death to the Miami Herald on Wednesday, calling him the “greatest criminal lawyer of our generation, perhaps…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will brief reporters Wednesday morning as drama surrounding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, which has upended floor proceedings in recent weeks, threatens to run into the upcoming government shutdown fight. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said the House would not vote on a resolution pressing the Trump administration to…
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Ian Maxwell, the brother of Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s charged co-conspirator, said he was “grateful” for the “positive” statement President Trump made about his sister in 2020. He was asked on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” if Ghislaine Maxwell, who was arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2020 and eventually convicted and sentenced to…
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On the long list of Republicans’ recent disgraces, Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to shut down the House until September rather than allow a vote to release Jeffrey Epstein’s files may be at the very top. Apparently the people who urged Americans to “do your own research” on vaccines really don’t want you thumbing through…
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David Richardson, acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday morning on ways to improve disaster response. From deadly wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year to the recent record flooding in Texas and hurricane season, the Trump administration has faced criticism over the…
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President Trump on Wednesday will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in a keynote address at an AI summit. It comes as the administration is expected to release its “AI Action Plan,” which will be structured around three core pillars, according to a preview obtained by The Hill. The key pillar involves removing regulatory barriers to…
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Mark Epstein, the older brother of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, refuted the White House’s claims that President Trump never visited the convicted sex offender at his office.  “That’s just another blatant lie,” the older Epstein said during a Tuesday appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”  “Because he was there. People that worked for Jeffrey in…
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