Month: July 2025

The defanging of Iran — chiefly by Israel, with a strong assist from President Trump and the U.S. Air Force — doesn’t just signal a dramatic power shift in the Middle East. It is also a setback to Iran’s senior partners in the anti-American axis — Russia and China.  Neither has offered their battered ally…
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) hammered Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem over the federal response to deadly Texas flooding that has killed at least 120 people, claiming Noem has “no idea what she’s doing.”  “If you look at what happened in Texas, evacuations are done at the local level in coordination with the…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) Senate campaign said on Friday it raised $2.9 million in the second quarter of 2025. Paxton is challenging incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for his seat in the 2026 midterms. Cornyn, who is considered a GOP fundraising giant, has not yet released his second quarter haul. However, the pro-Cornyn…
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Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur known for shaking up industries from electric vehicles to space travel, has officially announced the launch of the “America Party,” which aims to disrupt the entrenched two-party system in U.S. politics. It sounds like a bold move — an audacious bid to reclaim freedom for the country amid what Musk…
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Friday will head to Texas Hill Country, the scene on July 4 of devastating flooding that killed at least 120 people, with dozens still missing. “That was a terrible event. Terrible event,” Trump told reporters Monday when he announced the visit. “Texas was just absolutely, so badly…
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The White House is capitalizing on the premier of the new “Superman” movie to cast President Trump as a powerful hero for the country. The administration posted an image to social media late Thursday with a depiction of Trump wearing Superman’s outfit, complete with a red cape, flying through the air along with the caption…
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President Trump praised Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem for the federal response to the recent deadly floods in Texas that have killed at least 120 people, amid scrutiny over the speed of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) action in the Lone Star State. Trump, during a phone interview with NBC News…
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As part of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says one of the agency’s top targets is eliminating artificial food dyes by the end of 2026.  Makary, a surgical oncologist tapped by President Trump to serve as the the 27th FDA chief, joined NewsNation on Thursday…
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Larry Summers has some nerve. The economist is ripping Republican’s “cruel” efforts to rein in out-of-control Medicaid spending. Yet he himself participated in one of the biggest welfare reforms of our lifetime. In 1996, with Summers serving in his Treasury Department, President Bill Clinton signed into law measures that ended welfare as an “entitlement,” pushed…
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President Trump said late Thursday that a deal was struck with NATO to send weapons to Ukraine, with the military alliance bearing the brunt of the cost.  “We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100 percent,” he said in a phone interview with NBC News. “So, what we’re doing is…
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The Monty Python star also jabbed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The cuts have been roundly criticized by current and former diplomats who say they will weaken U.S. influence and its ability to counter threats abroad.

Two regional Planned Parenthood affiliates have stopped accepting Medicaid, citing a provision in the GOP’s massive tax-and-spending bill signed into law by President Trump earlier this month. The move has sparked legal challenges, patient confusion and warnings of widespread health care disruption. Planned Parenthood locations in Washington, D.C., and Colorado posted notices this week alerting patients that…
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The homeland security secretary slammed a CNN report detailing how a rule she put in place slowed down FEMA’s response to the tragedy.

University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers updated the “TACO” acronym and expressed his concern about what could be about to happen.

The Democratic Party’s credibility with voters has plummeted even further since the 2024 election, raising alarm bells as the party looks to rebuild ahead of the midterms and the next presidential election, according to a new poll obtained by The Hill.  The poll, which was conducted between May and June by Unite the Country, a…
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“So there were mistakes made. And that shouldn’t have happened,” the president told his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, in an interview for her Fox News show.

“Who wants to tell her?” one critic responded to the outlandish claim from Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law.

Democrats and Republicans may not agree on much, but this issue united many of them.

The defense secretary’s video was mocked as “so cringe,” and more.

The new clip from Home of the Brave highlights the connections between the president and the late sex offender.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat warned it was a classic sign.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz said he doesn’t believe the West Wing is aware of the “damage” Noem has caused to the agency.

Ronny Chieng made light of the president’s “very strong response” to a wildly “specific” assassination threat from Iran.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened an investigation into Minnesota to determine if the state, including the Minnesota Department of Human Services, has engaged in race and sex-based discrimination in its hiring practices.  “Our investigation is based on information that Minnesota may be engaged in certain employment practices that discriminate against employees, job applicants…
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