Month: July 2025

The federal government is reportedly paying more than 154,000 employees not to report to work under the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program.  Thousands have been receiving pay since June and will continue to be compensated until the end of fiscal 2025, according to a report from the The Washington Post. The outlet spoke with two…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday, a day before “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of foreign trading partners are set to go into effect. President Trump has stood firm on his Aug. 1 deadline after he paused his earlier round of reciprocal tariffs to allow for trade deals. In recent weeks, the…
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) urged the Trump administration Thursday to maintain some parts of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip export framework laid out by former President Biden.  In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the bipartisan duo called for the administration to keep provisions…
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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Thursday that President Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for his commitment to “restructuring” global trade rates.  “I’m thinking that since he’s basically taught the world trade economics, he might be up for the Nobel on economics because this is a fundamental restructuring of the international trade environment in…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing heavy backlash from Democrats over a Wednesday remark in which he talked about “a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.” “In a way, it is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security,” Bessent said Wednesday during an event with Breitbart News, discussing “Trump accounts.” The Trump administration has proposed savings accounts…
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary again promoted a conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Wednesday of funding the lab that created the virus. Makary, when asked by NewsNation’s Connell McShane about the longevity of the Trump administration’s changes to federal health agencies such…
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Former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper used a joint op-ed to push back on claims from the Trump administration that Obama-era intelligence officials misrepresented conclusions about its review of Russia’s effort to influence the 2016 election.  “Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, and John Ratcliffe, the Central…
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris will return to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Thursday for her first postelection interview since her November loss to President Trump. The appearance comes a day after Harris announced she would not run for California governor next year and also as she promotes her new book, “107 Days,” detailing…
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President Trump said Thursday he would allow another 90 days for trade talks with Mexico, punting a 30 percent tariff that was set to go into effect Friday. Trump spoke Thursday morning with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ahead of the announcement. Trump said Mexico would continue to pay existing tariffs, which includes a 25 percent…
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The family of Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, said it was taken aback by President Trump’s comments about her when claiming that Epstein “stole” women who worked at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida years ago. “It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware…
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The deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is sparking global indignation, with a group of experts warning the war-torn enclave is on the brink of famine, if it hasn’t already reached it. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC — which is backed by the United Nations and major relief agencies — issued…
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President Trump celebrated the deal Brown University struck with the administration to restore funding Thursday, another notch under the president’s belt in his war with higher education.  “Congratulations to Brown University on the settlement made with the United States Government. There will be no more Anti-Semitism, or Anti-Christian, or Anti-Anything Else!” Trump posted on Truth…
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On May 28, The U.S. Court of International Trade struck down President Trump’s global “reciprocal tariffs,” most of which are based on Trump’s claim that the U.S. trade deficit is a national emergency.    The Trump administration appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which immediately stayed the other court’s order and permitted the tariffs to…
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“I think it’s really disgusting. It’s lowbrow. It’s something that I believe is shameful in every regard,” said the former Fox News personality.

“I’ve seen him look upset before but I’ve never seen Trump look actually broken,” said the “Late Night” comedian.

The president pounded the hell out of his Truth Social re-share button.

“I don’t know how this calms this down,” said the New York Times reporter.

The Fox News host received one brutal reminder after another.

Rep. James Comer gets his latest accusation thrown right back at him.

Jess Glynne scolded the administration for using a viral TikTok meme to push its agenda.

The “Daily Show” correspondent advised the president to put his name on the taxpayer-funded items instead of setting them ablaze.

The president had a case of heavy eyelids during a White House event.

Congress had never considered legislation to block America’s billions in annual military aid until 9 months ago, and past efforts won 19 votes at most.

It’s one of many of Trump’s new taxes set to go into effect Friday.

South Korea will also invest $350 billion in the United States and purchase $100 billion in U.S. energy products, Trump said.