Month: August 2025

Unions are alarmed by the plan for the Federal Labor Relations Authority, saying it will give the president more power over the federal workforce.

The historic peace summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin took place this weekend in Alaska, with the two nations coming somewhat closer to achieving a lasting peace in Ukraine.   Those who had hoped this meeting would result in an immediate end to the conflict were left disappointed; however, top U.S.…
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Pennsylvania state Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R) is entering the gubernatorial race to challenge Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) as he seeks reelection next year. Garrity announced her candidacy Monday in a video posted on social platform X, making her the first major Republican seeking to face off against Shapiro in 2026. The video accuses Shapiro, viewed…
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Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) compared President Trump’s police takeover in Washington, D.C., to the post-Reconstruction era in the United States when racial segregation was codified into law and upheld by law enforcement. In an interview Sunday on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist, noted three Republican-led states — Ohio, West Virginia…
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President Trump outlined two of the parameters for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to pursue peace with Russia ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the White House on Monday: Give up Crimea and stop pursuing NATO membership. “[Zelensky] can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,”…
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A coalition of Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Monday over its bid to condition federal funding for crime victims on cooperation with immigration enforcement. The lawsuit claims the Office for Victims of Crime, housed within the Justice Department, established a policy barring access to Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds unless the states go…
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Several top Senate Democrats are urging President Trump to walk back a deal with Nvidia and AMD that would allow the companies to sell artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China after they agreed to share 15 percent of revenue from sales.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.),…
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The Russian dictator and the U.S. president sat down for bilateral talks in Alaska last week.

How much longer can responsible people work for President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services under the leadership of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?  That question arises every time Kennedy pulls funding for vaccine research or purges respected scientists at the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force or the Food and Drug Administration.   For a while,…
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President Trump is scheduled Monday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a host of European leaders at the White House. The Ukrainian leader said he expects to discuss “key issues” at the meeting, which comes days after a historic summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Since that summit, Trump has…
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President Trump is set to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Monday for the first time since their disastrous meeting in February. Trump appears set to pressure Zelensky into accepting a peace agreement based on terms he discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit in Alaska on Friday.  Zelensky…
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Trump keeps invoking national security to enact his policies — and it’s all a ploy to get more power.

California Sen. Adam Schiff (D) is requesting information from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about its recent approval of a megamerger between entertainment giants Paramount and Skydance, a deal that has been overshadowed by President Trump’s rocky relationship with CBS News. In a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Schiff outlined a series of concerns, including those related…
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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India must stop buying and selling Russian oil if it wishes to garner favor with the Trump administration, which has upped tariffs on New Delhi to 50 percent. President Trump this month announced an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods over the country’s purchases of Russian oil,…
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The former FBI director is a die-hard Swiftie who perhaps tried too hard to make that clear.

I was a mayor for 10 years. All mayors deal with crime, and we have learned a lot about what works to make cities safer for everyone.   That’s why so many cities, including Washington, D.C., are safer today than they were 10, 20, or 30 years ago. And that’s why we know President Trump’s send-in-the-troops stunt in Washington, D.C., is…
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Multiple Republican-led states are sending their own National Guard troops to the District of Columbia to bolster President Trump’s sweeping anti-crime clampdown in the nation’s capital. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine all announced over the weekend that they would send hundreds of soldiers from their…
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said President Trump was “completely played” by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the leaders’ historic summit in Alaska on Friday. In an interview on “CNN Newsroom” on Saturday, Swalwell criticized Trump’s treatment of Putin at the meeting and said world leaders fear the U.S. is “shirking its responsibility” to defend democracy…
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Zelenskyy is bringing with him to the White House an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show Trump a united front against Russia.

President Trump announced Monday that he plans to sign an executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots and “seriously controversial” voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In a statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump leaned into his long-standing disdain for mail-in voting, saying other countries have abandoned the practice “because of the MASSIVE…
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The conservative newspaper’s editorial board has a message for Trump ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.

Here’s a thought experiment. What would happen if we put thousands of heavily armed soldiers into the streets of major American cities to enforce laws and deal with civil unrest, even though the troops had no significant training in either regard? And what would happen if citizens held mass demonstrations against this affront to their…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Monday that a Russian attack hours before his high-stakes meeting with President Trump and European leaders at the White House was “demonstrative and cynical.” “This was a demonstrative and cynical Russian strike. They are aware that a meeting is taking place today in Washington that will address the end…
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Supply chain experts say to expect higher prices in these categories soon.

The performance of faux POTUS and FLOTUS on “DWTS” went viral.