Month: July 2025

For perhaps the first time in my nearly four decades, both of our two major political parties are headed over an impending cliff and threatening to take the nation with them. Those of us in the vast, sane middle have every reason to fear that we will soon be longing for the days when Barack…
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Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer Alan Dershowitz said two judges in New York are suppressing information about the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s case, not the Trump administration. His comments come as President Trump and his Justice Department (DOJ) have been under heavy fire over its handling of the documents in the case. Dershowitz, who…
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“So what’s the bigger scandal here?” asked the “Late Night” host.

The Democratic National Committee announced an initial $1.5 million investment in Virginia on Tuesday in an effort to help candidates up and down the ballot in November’s off-year elections.  The investment in the state is one of the largest and earliest investments the committee has made to the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign during an off…
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The dramatic surge in funding for immigration enforcement agencies puts spending at a level that rivals foreign military forces, creating a benchmark critics fear will serve as the norm for years to come. President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” triples funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  Its $30 billion now exceeds funding levels for the militaries of Canada and…
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Although Trump “wouldn’t put it this way,” admitted Brit Hume.

The Club World Cup champion team didn’t, contrary to online rumors, edit the president from its snap. But critics do think the image choice made a statement.

The former Republican congressman will take questions from lawmakers for the first time since he was ousted as national security adviser.

The “Late Show” host said this “can only mean one thing.”

The “Daily Show” host said Trump’s supporters are finally getting to see the other side of the president.

It’s “beginning to unravel” for a damning reason, said the famed economist.

John Berman reminded Rep. Mike Lawler why the network was covering what he described as a “colossal waste of time.”

The White House press secretary’s claim about how the president spends his time is being met with disbelief.

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Monday said whether President Trump wants Ukraine to win the war against Russia is an “open-ended question.” “I think it’s still an open-ended question, because — just because Donald Trump is saying the right thing in the last 24 hours, it doesn’t make the last six months go away,” Moulton…
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The death of Jaime Alanís underscores the dangers of such raids and the trauma they cause immigrant communities.

Harry Enten flagged how the president is doing “bad to downright terrible” in the polls on this issue.

The president recounted how the Club World Cup trophy ended up in the Oval Office during an interview at the tournament finals on Sunday.

Experts in constitutional law and political science say what’s most concerning about the president’s recent attack on the comedian, who moved to Ireland in January.

President Trump moved to a more aggressive footing with Russia on Monday, promising to funnel weapons through NATO allies to Ukraine and threatening to hammer Moscow’s trading partners with sanctions. Even though there is a lengthy hiatus of 50 days before those sanctions would take effect, it’s still a notable shift from the president. Trump…
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday to allow the Trump administration to move forward with mass layoffs at the Department of Education, a move supported by President Trump-appointed leadership at the federal agency but feared by education supporters.   The 6-3 ruling along ideological lines helps Trump partially fulfill his campaign promise of dismantling the Education…
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Democrats are slamming former President Biden’s response to a series of investigations of him by Republicans on Capitol Hill and the Trump administration, arguing he is again taking the GOP bait to the detriment of his own party. At a time when Democrats have sought to go on offense over President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”…
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“[E]ither way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is grave,” she wrote in a blistering dissent.

A single moment from a right-wing student summit over the weekend will probably make Donald Trump angry.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has called for a heightened federal drone defense strategy, following reports of drone sightings in the Northeast toward the end of 2024. “I am writing to you with respect to the critical need for federal action regarding the threat posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as drones,”…
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Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who have been pushing for a Russia sanctions bill, on Monday hailed President Trump’s threat of tougher sanctions on Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t wind down his country’s attacks on Ukraine in the coming weeks. “It is long overdue for the financial backers of Russia’s…
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