Month: August 2025

More than 1,000 arrests have been made since federal law enforcement was sent into Washington, D.C., earlier this month, the White House announced Monday. Overall, 111 firearms have been seized and six known gang members have been arrested, including a MS-13 and a Tren de Aragua gang member, according to the White House. Additionally, 49…
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is seeing his national profile rise as his feud with President Trump intensifies and he seeks to position himself as a leader in the chorus of Democratic governors resisting Trump.  Trump and Moore spent much of the weekend firing insults at each other after Trump threatened to deploy the National…
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) mocked President Trump for the commander in chief’s claim that the governor privately told him that he’s the greatest president of his lifetime.  Trump spoke to reporters from the Oval Office on Monday, recalling his meeting with Moore at the Army-Navy football game in December. He claimed that Moore hugged…
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is changing up his approach to Donald Trump ahead of a possible 2028 Democratic presidential run.

Donald Trump and his cronies should be so proud of themselves.  There certainly were prior administrations that intentionally or ignorantly advanced policies that caused massive harm to both public and ecological health. In a forthcoming book on the history of U.S. law and the environment, Brigham Daniels and I identify a long history of damaging actions…
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Two-thirds of voters support President Trump’s efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, according to polling taken following Trump’s high-stakes meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this month.  The Harvard CAPS/Harris polling released Monday found 66 percent support Trump’s efforts to end the war — which has been raging for more…
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An overwhelming majority of voters said transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case is important to their views on President Trump, according to a new poll.  A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday found 65 percent of respondents said transparency around the case of the disgraced financier is important to their opinion of Trump, while 22 percent…
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The president has engaged in authoritarian discourse plenty of times before.

The song satirist also clawed at the president’s “tiny” ahem in a parody of “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King.”

The orders come amid Trump’s crackdown on the nation’s capital.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Monday renewed his call for President Trump to visit Baltimore, in the latest escalation of their feud. In an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the Democratic governor touted the progress he’s made since becoming governor two-and-a-half years ago in cutting the violent crime rate and reducing the number of…
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The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is knocking President Trump over the U.S. government’s plans to take a 10 percent equity stake in Intel. “Not long ago it would have been hard to imagine a Republican President demanding government ownership in a private company, but here we are,” the Journal editorial board wrote…
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Former Trump administration appointee Ty Cobb said Monday that he doesn’t think the FBI’s raid of President Trump’s ex-national security adviser John Bolton’s home and office last week will lead to any charges, but he acknowledged it had a chilling effect on people who might otherwise criticize Trump. “I went down and locked my door,”…
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Some good news from the nation’s capital: Following the federal takeover of the Washington, D.C. police that was spearheaded by President Trump two weeks ago, crime in the city has decreased markedly.  That’s right: D.C. saw a noticeable drop in carjackings and robberies, and while there are obviously statistical fluctuations from week to week that…
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Illinois launched a legal advice line for LGBTQ residents Monday, the first state to do so as the Trump administration’s policies on gender and sexuality face a wave of legal challenges.  The helpline, Illinois Pride Connect, offers free and confidential legal advice on discrimination, harassment and safety concerns, as well as access to housing, health…
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Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin on Monday praised his party’s efforts to push back on GOP-friendly congressional maps in Texas, arguing Democrats can’t be the only ones who “play by the rules anymore.”  “I’m sick and tired of this Democratic Party bringing a pencil to a knife fight. We cannot be the only…
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The U.S. government could take equity stakes in more companies in the future as the Trump administration looks to build a sovereign wealth fund, National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett said Monday. President Trump announced Friday that Intel agreed to give the federal government a 10 percent stake in the struggling company in exchange…
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President Trump during a winding press event Monday at the White House vowed to file lawsuits against California over its plan to redraw the state’s congressional lines and against the use of blue slips in the Senate. The president told reporters a lawsuit will be filed “soon” after California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature formally approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-Calif.)…
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President Trump on Monday appeared to ease off his threat of a federal crackdown on crime in Democratic-run cities but is doubling down on his takeover of Washington, D.C. “I was telling some of the people that in a certain way you really want to be asked to go. I hate to barge in on…
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A Russian military plane was intercepted off the coast of Alaska on Sunday — the third in less than a week, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a news release. Officials have stressed, however, that while the aircraft were detected in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) — a stretch of…
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed against the “blue slip” practice that allows home-state senators to veto nominees to district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices. “A U.S. Atty/district judge nominee without a blue slip does not hv [have] the votes to get confirmed…
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The Fox News host may have overplayed the situation in urging on the president.

During the 1980s, Donald Trump and Richard Nixon were friendly acquaintances and mutual admirers.  In 1982, Trump wrote Nixon a fan letter saying, “I think you are one of the country’s great men, and it was an honor to spend an evening with you.” Later, Trump wrote, “One of my great ambitions is to have the Nixons…
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President Trump on Monday appeared to back off on his threat to deploy the military or take other unilateral actions to crack down on crime in liberal cities, saying it would be better to be asked by state and local officials for federal assistance. “I was telling some of the people that in a certain…
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One of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, wrote a memoir before she died that is slated to be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf announced. The 400-page book, “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice,” is scheduled for release on Oct. 21. “Giuffre offers an unsparing…
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