Month: July 2025

President Trump is scheduled to participate in a White House Faith Office luncheon Monday afternoon. Trump signed an order establishing the office, part of an effort to empower faith-based entities, in February. Monday’s event is scheduled for noon EDT. Watch it live in the player above.

Political commentator and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson blamed Attorney General Pam Bondi in a new interview for the intense scrutiny the Trump administration has faced over its handling of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the NBC News interview published Monday, Carlson said he doesn’t believe the Department of Justice…
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Donald Trump talks like a man of the people but leads like a brand ambassador for dysfunction.  Sure, the president dominates headlines, social media feeds and MAGA merch stands. But for the everyday Americans who handed him power out of desperation for change and an alternative to the Biden administration, Trump is starting to look…
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President Trump said the U.S. would impose “severe” tariffs on Russia if Moscow did not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in the next 50 days. “We’re very, very unhappy with [Russia], and we’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in about 50 days,” Trump said during a…
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I’ve been a fan of Superman for a long time, so I have been eagerly awaiting his newest movie incarnation. And I must say, it is strange to see this iconic American hero targeted by people who call themselves patriots. There’s a lot to like about Superman. He fights fascism and bigotry. He uses his power to defend the powerless. He is…
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A hacker posted racist and antisemitic messages to the official social media account representing the beloved “Sesame Street” character Elmo on Sunday. The pirated posts on the Muppet’s X account, which has nearly 650,000 followers, also included expletive-laced commentary about President Trump and the ongoing fight among some Trump allies over documents related to Jeffrey…
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President Trump on Monday morning is scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. The meeting comes after Trump announced plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine. It was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EDT. Watch it live in the player above.

President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan ripped into a heckler who interrupted his address during a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) gathering in Florida on Saturday, saying the unidentified man doesn’t have the “balls” to be an immigration or border officer. “This guy lives in his mother’s basement — the only thing that surprises me, you…
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Former President Obama’s message to Democrats is to “just toughen up” amid frustration with the political landscape under President Trump. “I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up,” Obama said in remarks…
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“President Donald Trump says there’s a TikTok buyer that he’ll reveal in ‘about two weeks,’” read a June 29 CNN headline. The phrase “about two weeks” has become a hallmark of Trump’s communication style — an ever-moving deadline that signals action is imminent but never quite arrives.  Roughly two weeks before that TikTok claim, Trump…
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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban, who was a surrogate for former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign, criticized Democrats’ approach to political messaging and urged them to move beyond just blaming President Trump. “We pick the wrong pressure points,” Cuban said in an interview on Crooked Media’s “Pod Save America.” “It’s just, ‘Trump sucks.’ That’s the…
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Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who is a staunch ally of President Trump, said Sunday night there should be a special counsel to examine the handling of files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Loomer, who has bashed Attorney General Pam Bondi for her handling of Epstein documents, told Politico’s Playbook newsletter that a special counsel…
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President Trump is touting a “major” announcement on Russia ahead of a meeting Monday morning with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. The meeting comes a day after the president announced the U.S. would sell Patriot missiles to European allies, who could then pass those arms to Ukraine. Trump on Sunday again expressed disappointment with Russian President…
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President Trump is not known as a compassionate man. But if he were, he’d probably be rethinking his decision to gut the federal programs that help families deal with weather disasters. He obviously has no respect for science. If he did, he would finally admit that climate scientists have been correct all along: Fossil fuels…
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Former Vice President Mike Pence wrote to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday to commend him for getting a massive reconciliation package that included an extension of the 2017 tax cuts across the finish line. “Our team at Advancing American Freedom is deeply grateful for your conservative leadership in extending the Trump-Pence Tax Cuts, and…
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is calling on House Republicans to hold a vote demanding the Trump administration release the “FULL Epstein files.” “Why are the Epstein files still hidden? Who are the rich & powerful being protected?” Khanna said in a post on the social platform X over the weekend. “On Tuesday, I’m introducing an…
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Elon Musk, who has revolutionized the auto industry, launched rockets into space and built a global business empire may now be facing his most daunting challenge yet: shaking up the two-party system in American politics.  Put another way, for all of his technological genius, Musk is likely to discover that the same institutional barriers that…
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President Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom between Sept. 17 and Sept. 19, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday. Trump formally accepted King Charles III’s invitation, according to the palace, and will visit Windsor Castle along with first lady Melania Trump. Trump is a rare head of state accorded a…
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The newspaper’s conservative editorial board also hit the president with a cold truth about his tariff strategy.

The Oct. 7 Hostage Crisis began long before that dark day in 2023.   In August 2014, my son, Lt. Hadar Goldin, was ambushed and killed during a humanitarian cease-fire brokered by the United Nations and U.S. Hamas terrorists dragged his body into a tunnel and have held him hostage ever since — denying him, and…
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Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer said he was “a bit confused” when President Trump joined the team to receive the trophy for its FIFA Club World Cup win on Sunday. As Chelsea’s Reece James received the trophy, Palmer was jumping directly behind the team’s captain and Trump stood between Palmer and goalkeeper Robert Sánchez. “I knew…
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) raked in over $11.8 million during the first half of 2025, according to her campaign.  Over $4 million of the haul will go to Hochul’s reelection campaign and over $7 million will go to the New York State Democratic Committee, according to a campaign aide.  Hochul ends the period…
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The Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for the Fed chair’s removal.

The most obvious explanation for why trust in media is at its lowest point in five decades is that much of what passes for news reporting these days is unreliable — sometimes intentionally so. But there’s an equally credible, though less-discussed, theory for the trust gap: The news industry is rife with unlikeable creeps. Take, for example,…
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The conservative attorney responded to a suggestion from the president.