Month: August 2025

“We’ll straighten that one out probably next,” Trump said of the Windy City.

David Axelrod, the Obama-era White House chief strategist, weighed in on the FBI raid of John Bolton’s house Friday, arguing the move will “send a message” to critics of the Trump administration. “I think this is not just an attempt to, or could be, an attempt to silence John Bolton, but also to send a message to…
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The second-highest-ranking official at the Treasury Department, Michael Faulkender, is departing President Trump’s administration after being confirmed by the Senate about five months ago.  “I would like to thank Deputy Secretary Faulkender for his dedication and service. Since January, he has played a critical role in overseeing the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s operations and…
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The Department of Justice on Friday released a transcript and audio files of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, a former associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Blanche sat down with Maxwell over the course of two days. The transcript of the first day’s interview on July 24 totals 263…
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Walmart on Thursday increased its customer discounts to counteract the impact of tariffs as President Trump’s trade policies threaten to continue to drive up prices around the country. On Thursday, the nation’s largest retailer raised its fiscal year sales and profit forecast. In its second quarter, Walmart offered more than 7,400 discounts, including 30 percent…
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The latest piece of art added to the White House walls portrays President Trump with four historic American politicians who championed tariffs during their tenures.  The new artwork, unveiled Thursday by White House staffer Harrison Fields, is titled “The Tariff Men.” The portrait includes former Presidents William McKinley, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson and former Rep. Henry…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday responded to a state judge’s ruling ordering his administration to dismantle operations at Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center in the Everglades. “We knew this would likely happen and we will respond accordingly,” the Sunshine State leader said during a press conference.  DeSantis has been overwhelmingly supportive of…
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The Trump administration remains on track to shed about 300,000 employees by the end of the year, following layoffs and buyouts that were prompted by President Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor told The New York Times in a new interview that he doesn’t anticipate significant…
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President Trump said he spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who told him he would remove some of the retaliatory tariffs against the United States and calm trade tensions between the neighboring nations. “He’s removing his tariffs, yeah, he’s removing his retaliatory tariffs, which I thought was nice. And we’re going to have another…
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President Trump said Friday the federal government would turn its attention to Chicago next to try to crack down on crime after surging law enforcement and deploying the National Guard in Washington, D.C. “After we do this, we’ll go to another location, and we’ll make it safe also,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.…
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Nearly half of California voters support Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)’s push to create more safe Democratic congressional seats before the midterm election, a new poll found, but support hasn’t crossed the crucial 50 percent threshold and many voters remain undecided. About 48 percent of voters surveyed in the University of California Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental…
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President Trump suggested Friday that he may once again extend the deadline for TikTok’s parent company to divest from the popular video-sharing app or face a U.S. ban.  For months, Trump has sought to strike a deal to keep TikTok available in the U.S., pushing back the deadline three separate times. The latest extension is…
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The president touted his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., in a sprawling speech Thursday to police officers, federal agents and National Guard troops.

In Lewis Carroll’s classic work, the Queen of Hearts famously demanded, “Off with their heads!”  Increasingly government leaders worldwide are following suit by removing the heads of their country’s statistical offices who report unwelcome, inconvenient data on levels and trends truthfully.   The latest example is President Trump’s recent firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
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A Spanish-language reporter who was detained earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging he’s being held in custody in violation of the Constitution. Mario Guevara, 47, was arrested by police near Atlanta on June 14 while filming a “No Kings” protest — which sprung up in opposition to President Trump’s…
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The Pentagon said Friday that National Guard members deployed in Washington, D.C., will soon be carrying service-issued weapons while supporting law enforcement efforts in the city. An official told The Hill that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had signed an order authorizing the move, which the White House previewed over the weekend. “At the direction of…
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President Trump recently described Smithsonian museums as “out of control” for emphasizing, in his view, “how bad slavery was.” He’s accused cultural institutions of rewriting our nation’s history, claiming these efforts “undermine” America’s achievements by casting our founding principles as “inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed.”   But let’s pause there real quick. Because…
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At least three African countries so far have struck a deal with President Trump’s administration to accept deportees from the United States.  Uganda became the latest African nation to forge an agreement with the administration to accept migrants who were deported from the U.S. The East African country said Thursday it had reached a “temporary”…
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Cook, the first Black woman on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, has said she has “no intention of being bullied to step down from her position.”

Another day, another reality check for the Democratic Party: Their candidates have alienated Gen Z, particularly white young men (although young men of color aren’t huge fans of Democrats either).  The New York Times dug into some numbers this week, and found the Democratic recruitment drive is failing all over the country. Voter registration used…
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President Trump on Friday afternoon is expected to make an announcement from the White House. The announcement comes after former national security adviser John Bolton’s home near the nation’s capital was raided by FBI agents. During his visit to The People’s House museum in Washington on Friday morning, the president said he “knew nothing about…
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President Trump said Friday he would fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook over allegations she committed mortgage fraud if she does not resign, which Cook has indicated she will not do. “Yeah, I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign. What she did was bad. So I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign,” Trump told reporters…
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Heading into the Jackson Hole Economic Summit, investors focused on how Jerome Powell’s message might differ from his assessment of the economy at the July Federal Open Market Committee meeting.   Powell indicated then that the decision to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 4.25 to 4.50 percent reflected the Fed’s view that labor market conditions were…
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The FBI’s raid at the home of President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton is drawing renewed attention to the president’s past criticism of the former White House official. Trump and Bolton have long clashed following their time working together in Trump’s first term, and the president has previously called for the hawkish former adviser…
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President Trump said Friday he was not given advance notice of an FBI search of former national security adviser John Bolton’s home but criticized his former aide as a “low life” and suggested he could be “very unpatriotic.” “He’s not a smart guy. But he could be a very unpatriotic guy. We’re going to find…
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