Month: July 2025

Senators hoping for an August respite after several weeks of late-night votes may not be in luck, with President Trump asking Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) Saturday to cancel the chamber’s traditional late-summer recess in order to confirm his executive and judicial appointments. “Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories…
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy bashed Stephen Colbert on Saturday, calling the late-night host “ungrateful” after Colbert’s show was axed by CBS in what the network claimed was a “financial decision.” “For these people, including like Colbert, to be like, ‘This isn’t really right and we’re blindsided’ — buddy, you’re losing 40 million dollars a…
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Influential figures in the MAGA realm who have pushed the administration to release more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case are coming to President Trump’s defense after The Wall Street Journal reported that the commander-in-chief allegedly sent a lewd letter to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender over 20 years ago.  The Journal reported…
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Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, urged lawmakers to keep pushing for the release of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files as the White House has attempted to tamp down on the issue. “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. We know that,” Garcia asserted on MSNBC Friday. “It’s time…
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The case of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dominated headlines once again this week as President Trump has struggled to manage the fallout over an FBI and Department of Justice memo that pushed back on several conspiracy theories about the convicted sex offender. This is likely to be the focus of much of this week’s Sunday…
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged President Trump to negotiate a trade agreement this week as the U.S. has pursued increasingly aggressive action over the criminal prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president. “What we cannot have is President Trump forgetting that he was elected to govern the U.S. he was elected not…
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“They were best friends,” said former model Stacey Williams of Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump.

Navy Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the first female to serve as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy is being reassigned, the Defense Department announced Friday. Davids was instead tapped to serve as deputy chief of naval operations, plans, strategy and warfighting development, according to a press release. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte was…
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President Trump took a swing at ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel on Friday following CBS’s decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” suggesting he is “next” on the chopping block. “I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings,” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social, a day after the…
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President Trump on Saturday said even if his administration releases all of the grand jury testimony in the case related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it will not be enough to satisfy the “troublemakers and radical left lunatics.”  “I have asked the Justice Department to release all Grand Jury testimony with…
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Jason DeFord, the country singer known as Jelly Roll, was hyped up about President Trump’s proposal for the White House to host an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on the South Lawn, saying earlier this week that it would be “awesome.” “Now, listen, I know this is causing a little bit of controversy, but for…
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Fallout continues to grow after an Israeli tank shell struck the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza on Thursday, drawing strong condemnation from international faith leaders. The shell killed three people, wounding 10 and damaging the building. Hundreds of Palestinians had been using the church compound for shelter and aid during the now 21-month war…
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President Trump is doubling down on the administration’s claim that U.S. military strikes “completely destroyed” Iran’s three nuclear sites last month, pushing back against a new assessment reportedly showing that only one of the three facilities was wrecked.   “All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to…
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper criticized CBS’s parent company over its recent decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” arguing that Paramount Global is in a “bend-the-knee phase” to President Trump.  “Obviously, President Trump has made no secret of his hatred of being mocked, specifically the jokes that people like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy…
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Russia, in the face of President Trump’s recent sanctions threat, attacked Ukraine with over 300 drones overnight, hammering the port city of Odesa. The attacks targeted about 10 regions in the war-torn nation late Friday, with Russia launching 344 drones, of which around 200 were Shahed drones and 45 missiles, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.…
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice weighed in earlier this week on President Trump’s ultimatum on Russia, suggesting it is a “turning point” in peace efforts in the over three-year-long war in Ukraine. “This last week was a turning point,” she said Thursday during a panel moderated by NBC’s Andrea Mitchell at the Aspen Security…
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The tangled and tumultuous relationship between President Trump and media mogul Rupert Murdoch has taken a new, dramatic turn. Trump is suing Murdoch, his company News Corporation and the Wall Street Journal’s parent company. The suit was filed on Friday, following through on earlier social media postings from the president. Trump being Trump, he had…
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President Trump has voiced a desire to ignite a new “baby boom” in America, floating a $5,000 baby bonus and other policies aimed at spurring family formation. But the administration’s tariff policies are now undercutting that vision — even in the wake of a U.S.–China trade deal that brings some clarity to parents and industry, but not nearly enough…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced late Friday that the visas of Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, his “allies on the court” and immediate family members have been revoked over the ongoing “political witch hunt” against Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro.  “[President Trump] made clear that his administration will hold accountable foreign nationals…
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The conspiracism that propels MAGA has turned on its host.

“I’m a boomer mom. I’m no longer in contact with my eldest boomer sister, as she was so happy that Trump would not allow FEMA to help with our wildfires.”

Some top Democrats at the Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday paid grudging compliments to President Trump’s political moves as the party looks to learn from its November losses and chart a new path forward.  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) lauded the Republican as a “very talented politician” despite their disagreements, while Rep. Jim Himes (Conn.), the…
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The “Parks and Recreation” star admitted he’s no “mathematician” before hitting the president with a brutal reality check.

The Bulwark’s Tim Miller said the community doesn’t like “being played for fools.”

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Friday bashed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. “Tulsi Gabbard is not competent to be the director of national intelligence,” he told moderator Peter Baker at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. “I believe she is trying to politicize the workforce and work product,…
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