Month: August 2025

The Republican House Speaker diminished Maxwell’s credibility Friday, one week after the convicted sex trafficker sang President Donald Trump’s praises.

His opponents are battered and bewildered. They study the polls, hire consultants and assemble coalitions. Their punditry permeates television. And yet, the central question remains. Why does President Trump keep winning?  He defies the odds again and again, rewriting his political obituary with each new victory. The critics cannot comprehend it. The political class has…
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On Tuesday, Republicans lost their supermajority in the Iowa Senate.  Catelin Drey’s victory in Senate District 1 is not just a local upset — it is part of a growing national pattern of Democratic overperformance in state legislative special elections. Donald Trump carried this district by more than 11 points in 2024. Drey’s victory represents…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Friday that he has created a new task force to dismantle homeless encampments in his state’s largest cities, citing public safety concerns. “California has put in place a strong, comprehensive strategy for fighting the national homelessness and housing crises — and is outperforming the nation as a result in…
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The Trump administration this week approved the sale of extended-range missiles and other related devices to Ukraine to bolster Kyiv’s defensive posture against Russia in a $825 million arms deal.  The agreement, which Congress was notified of, will include 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles, 3,350 GPS units, missile containers and other related equipment…
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The vice president suggested on Fox News that one lesson the Democrats could learn from his fearless leader is “to laugh at themselves a little bit.”

President Donald Trump said he will fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud, but has yet to say the same about his “friend.”

The idea that the White House can reverse funding that Congress already approved is “a clear violation of the law,” said the Republican senator.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are launching a probe into Michael Boulos, the son-in-law of President Trump, following reports he and his cousin brokered a deal with a Saudi businessman to provide the appearance of access to the Trump family. A spokesman for Boulos previously denied reporting from The New York Times that found Boulos, through…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday defended the Trump administration for mulling a broader deployment of National Guard troops to major cities to fight crime, but he was noncommittal when it came to a federal law enforcement crackdown in his own district. “I don’t know, that’s not my call,” Johnson said in an interview on…
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President Trump recently called marijuana policy “very complicated” while noting he had “heard great things” about medical marijuana. He is right on both counts — medical cannabis policy is complex, but the benefits are undeniable. With the right leadership, it is a challenge worth tackling.  He’s not alone in this view. Former Rep. Bob Barr…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday he thinks the House will “probably” vote on “one measure or another” related to releasing more information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after a battle over the case sent the chamber into an early break last month. Johnson said he’s not so sure the move will be a…
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk is seeking to dismiss a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit claiming he waited too long to disclose his growing share in Twitter, the social platform now called X.  “The SEC’s allegations, even accepted as true, make clear that Mr. Musk allegedly late-filed a single beneficial ownership form by a matter…
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed into law a new House map on Friday that’s expected to give Republicans five additional pickup opportunities ahead of 2026, delivering the GOP a major win before the midterms while opponents challenge it in court. “This is Gov. Greg Abbott. I’m about to sign the law that creates the…
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On July 31, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments over President Trump’s tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.  The legal question is simple enough: Can a president invoke a “national emergency” under the act to rewire U.S. tariff policy? The Court of Appeals will likely say no. But will the Supreme…
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“I think he might like that nickname,” Dana Perino said of the president.

Vice President Vance, along with a top Kremlin negotiator and a chorus of critics allied with President Trump, attacked Politico on Friday over an article about special envoy Steve Witkoff’s “struggles to manage” peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.  “This story from Politico is journalistic malpractice. But it’s more than that: it’s a foreign influence operation…
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Related video: Sunrise’s Trevor Shirley on Trump’s FIRING of Fed. Reserve’s Lisa Cook | SUNRISE Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller reupped his support for an interest rate cut in September, expressing openness to additional cuts in the next three to six months to prevent the labor market from tumbling.  “Based on what I know today,…
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Charlamagne Tha God previously argued that President Donald Trump is “losing it as badly as Biden.”

(NEXSTAR) — Cracker Barrel’s recent attempts to introduce a new logo didn’t go over so well with its most vocal critics, prompting the company to revert back to the old logo on Tuesday. A couple of other recent changes to the Cracker Barrel website, however, have largely gone under the radar. White House claims credit…
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) blasted a White House budget office for advancing proposal to rescind $4.9 billion in funding allocated to the State Department and the dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), calling it “unlawful” and a rejection of bipartisanship. The Democratic leader warned it also takes Washington a step closer to…
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Hundreds of people are expected spend the Labor Day weekend taking part in protests against President Trump’s robust agenda since returning to the Oval Office, on top of advocating for policies that benefit workers. “Billionaires are stealing from working families, destroying our democracy, and building private armies to attack our towns and cities,” organizer May…
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Like all good flimfam artists, President Trump is a master of misdirection.  As Americans grow increasingly skeptical of his inflationary tariffs, deficit-swelling tax cuts and senseless push to gut federal agencies and research, he floods the zone with a firehose of falsehoods to shift media and public attention elsewhere.   Take his grandstanding plan to dispatch…
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Friday called on President Trump to fire Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, over the ouster of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez and several high-profile resignations. The termination of Monarez and the resignation of other senior officials has…
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Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are asking a federal judge to issue a gag order against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, to bar them from making “baseless public attacks” against the Salvadorian national who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador earlier this year. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers said in a Thursday…
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