Month: August 2025

Maryland’s Wes Moore taunted “President Bone Spurs” with a blunt reminder.

If it goes bust, “the odds are high that the US economy will be plunged into a recession,” warned the famed economist.

The president tore into onetime friend Chris Christie, who had criticized him during a TV appearance earlier in the day.

President Trump on Sunday sought to ramp up pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) over his defense of the “blue slip” practice that allows home-state senators to veto nominees to district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices. “I have a Constitutional Right to appoint Judges and U.S. Attorneys, but that RIGHT has been…
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President Trump on Sunday raised the possibility of launching a criminal probe into former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and his alleged involvement in the “Bridgegate” scandal of 2013. Trump threatened an investigation against his former ally-turned-foe in a post on the Truth Social platform on Sunday, after watching Christie’s Sunday morning appearance on…
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France will summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to its foreign ministry on Monday after the American diplomat levied sharp allegations against his host country over its “lack of sufficient action” in response to the rise of antisemitism. The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday that the country has “taken…
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President Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) lobbed insults at each other on Sunday as the president threatens to send National Guard troops to more American cities, including Baltimore. Trump on Sunday morning slammed Moore, who was elected governor of the Old Line State in 2022, for suggesting the president visit the city and…
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“The city of Chicago does not need a military occupation,” he said.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) opened the door to more Democratic redistricting efforts across the country, as he pledged to respond “appropriately” to any similar actions undertaken by Republicans. “Texas acted in a way to try and rig the congressional maps, so they could add a couple of different seats to the Republican column,”…
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said in a Sunday interview that he is actively looking into redistricting options in his state, as the partisan effort expands across the country. “When I say all options are on the table, all options are on the table,” Moore said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”…
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The battle between top Republicans and Washington, D.C., could see another wrinkle next month, when Congress returns to a race against the clock to prevent a government shutdown by the end of September.  Local leaders said the last shutdown showdown left the District with a roughly $1 billion budget hole after Congress overrode its local…
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Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director and former head of U.S. Central Command, on Sunday said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of agreeing to a peace deal “unless he’s given additional territory.” In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Petraeus said he was not optimistic about the prospects…
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President Trump congratulated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the country’s Independence Day, saying in a letter that the American people believe in Ukraine’s future and respect its people’s sacrifices. “Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the American people, I extend my congratulations and warmest wishes to you and the courageous people of Ukraine as you…
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Trump’s push for Republican-led states to redraw their U.S. House of Representatives districts to protect their majority in next year’s midterm elections could set the stage for Republicans to dominate the chamber in decades to come.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Sunday met virtually with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported but returned to the U.S., and vowed to continue fighting to protect the Maryland resident. Van Hollen said the meeting was their first since the Maryland senator traveled to El Salvador to check on his constituent earlier this…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is key in President Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportations.

Earlier this week, the president accused the “woke” cultural institution of only focusing on how “horrible our country is” and “bad slavery was.”

After the extraordinary scene of Texas Democrats fleeing their state to forestall a rare mid-decade gerrymander, Texas Republicans nevertheless moved this week to approve a new congressional map. It is designed to give their party five additional seats in Congress in next year’s midterm elections, as requested by President Trump.  California Democrats responded this week by rushing to advance…
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview that aired Sunday that Ukraine “has the right to exist” but added a caveat to that right related to territory. “Mr. Foreign Minister, let me ask you about something that President Putin said in June. He said, quote, ‘I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to…
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Republicans are plowing forward with plans for redistricting in several other states now that Texas is poised to approve its newly redrawn maps. The Lone Star State kicked off the redistricting arms race when Republicans in the state Legislature agreed to move forward with rewriting their congressional lines at the insistence of President Trump. Now,…
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Comedian Bill Maher warned Democrats on Friday about President Trump’s recent comments, which he said his administration is “looking at” reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. “New rule, I told you so. I’ve been telling Democrats for years, ‘The Republicans are going to steal pot from you as an issue,’” Maher said on his…
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Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.

A recent study from Stanford University and King’s College London published in July by the British Journal of Political Science revealed something that is probably not a surprise to most people familiar with small business in America: people who own businesses lean to the political right.  “Leveraging diverse sources of data — representative surveys from…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) accused President Trump of “abusing his power” in the wake of a reported plan to send National Guard troops to Chicago, a move that would follow similar action in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. “The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal…
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) endorsed Rep. Chip Roy (R) in his bid for Texas attorney general, throwing his support behind his former chief of staff on Saturday.  “I am proud to endorse Chip Roy for Attorney General of Texas. As my very first chief of staff, Chip has been a close friend and ally of…
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