Month: July 2025

Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post’s longtime lead fact-checker, announced Monday he had taken a buyout, becoming the latest in a slew of the outlet’s top journalists to leave in recent months. “Much as I would have liked to keep scrutinizing politicians in Washington, especially in this era, the financial considerations were impossible to dismiss,” Kessler…
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For once, Trump might be telling the truth.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou is criticizing the trade deal struck by President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as an act of “submission” by the European Union (EU). “It is a dark day when an alliance of free peoples, united to affirm their values and defend their interests, resolves to submission,”…
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President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a trade deal over the weekend, with tariffs set at 15 percent for European goods. The European Union is also set to buy $750 billion in American energy in the deal, Trump announced, and agreed to invest an additional $600 billion in the U.S.…
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Rep. Mike Collins (R) announced Monday he’s jumping into the Georgia Senate race after teasing a potential challenge to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) last week. Collins in his ad touted helping President Trump pass his major policy legislation and his work on the Laken Riley Act, a law that allows federal officials to detain some…
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President Trump said Monday he had previously turned down an offer to go to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, calling out other people he said the press should focus on as the president has tried to move on from questions about Epstein. “I never went to the island, and [former president] Bill Clinton went there supposedly…
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A federal judge says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding.

President Trump said Monday he spoke to the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia after the two nations agreed to a ceasefire ending five days of fighting in the region. “Just spoke to the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand and Prime Minister of Cambodia. I am pleased to announce that, after the involvement of President…
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe is stepping into the fray, backing up claims by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that Russiagate’s origins can now be tied directly to a coterie of intelligence officials and also to former President Barack Obama. Obama allegedly directed those officials — James Comey, John Brennan and James Clapper — to…
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The Rev. Al Sharpton early Monday pushed back on President Trump’s claim that he was paid to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential bid, saying he neither received money from the campaign nor formally endorsed the Democratic ticket. “Absolutely not,” Sharpton said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked if he was…
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A senior State Department official with a history of incendiary comments and who was fired as a speechwriter during President Trump’s first term has been appointed as acting leader of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). Darren Beattie, the senior official in public diplomacy, was appointed acting head of the USIP, an independent, nonprofit think tank funded…
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The president rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there’s “no starvation” in Gaza.

“Superman” isn’t the only summer film I’ve been looking forward to. “Freakier Friday” hits theaters on Aug. 8 and I can’t wait — and not only because I’m expecting it to be a lot of fun, but because I think our country needs a dose of good-hearted humor, the same way we needed Superman reaffirming the values…
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Comedian Jay Leno bemoaned increased partisanship and political humor on late night shows, saying comics who opt for political jokes are making a mistake. “I love political humor, don’t get me wrong,” the former host of “The Tonight Show” said during a recent interview. “But it’s just what happens when people wind up cozying too…
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In 2022, I identified two rising stars who could redefine America’s political future: Wes Moore and Kari Lake.  I was half-right.  In 2022, Lake was the Republican candidate for governor in Arizona. She was a well-respected television journalist with high name identification, and great communication skills. She seemed poised to win, but her campaign violated…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Vice President Vance would be a “great nominee” for the Republican Party in 2028, should he decide to run for the White House. In an interview on Fox News’s “My View with Lara Trump,” Rubio sidestepped a question about his own presidential ambitions when asked by the president’s…
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President Trump is a 79-year-old lame-duck president, approaching a difficult midterm in which he is likely to lose his Republican House majority. To add to that is the hardball political reality behind his failing effort to hush the scandal surrounding the decased sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein: The right-wing talking heads with the biggest audiences are starting…
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of “hiding behind” the argument of protecting victims as it faces calls to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The Department of Justice says they will not be releasing further Epstein material in order to protect what they say is…
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe said he made referrals to the Justice Department for former Obama administration officials following the release of intelligence information about the 2016 election. Ratcliffe said that former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper, and former FBI Director James Comey could all face charges relating to…
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President Trump’s first-term ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, brushed off concerns on Sunday about higher prices for Americans following news of the U.S.-EU trade deal, which set tariffs at 15 percent on European goods. In an interview with CNN’s Jessica Dean, Sondland was asked to respond to folks who see the 15 percent…
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The “Last Week Tonight” host returned from a break to finish Trump’s call for Republicans to change the subject.

The “undeniable proof” during his round at Trump Turnberry in Scotland brought out some “caddie” remarks.

Last month, a Quinnipiac University poll asked voters to identify their biggest concerns six months into the second Trump presidency. The pollsters asked about nine specific issues, ranging from the health of democracy to President Trump’s performance on immigration, the economy, climate change and crime.  However, the most important issue wasn’t on the list. It’s…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) weighed in on talk of a possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the 20-year sentence she received for conspiring with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors was not harsh enough. Johnson said during an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” that it’s up to President Trump…
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Opinions on President Trump’s budget cuts to institutions like the Department of Education, NPR and PBS tend to differ along partisan lines. But the intent behind these actions is clear: to dismantle longstanding ideological bias within publicly funded educational and media institutions. However, if the administration’s objective is genuinely to root out institutional bias, its…
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