Month: August 2025

The president claimed Saturday morning that another deal is in the works.

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday to deny the Trump administration’s request to end a policy in place for nearly three decades that is meant to protect immigrant children in federal custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles issued her ruling a week after holding a hearing with the federal…
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The State Department on Saturday said it would halt Gaza visitor visas to the U.S. “All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,” the department wrote in…
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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) hammered Costco on Friday for appeasing “far-right extremists,” after the retailer said earlier this week that its pharmacies would not dispense the abortion medication mifepristone. “I am deeply alarmed by news reports that Costco is refusing to sell safe, effective, and legal medication for no other reason than to appease the…
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said he thinks President Trump was manipulated at the Friday Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  “Putin doesn’t want a deal. He doesn’t want peace. And the only way to convince him to stop this diplomatic rope-a-dope, playing the President, delaying any kind of ceasefire, is through strength,” Blumenthal said…
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday criticized President Trump for walking away from his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin without a ceasefire agreement. The lawmaker, a vocal critic of the president, suggested that the lack of a deal shows the Trump administration may be “being soft” on Russia — especially after the threat of…
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) wrote a letter to local residents Friday seeking to quell anxiety over the Trump administration’s federal takeover of Washington’s law enforcement. Under a provision in the district’s Home Rule Act, President Trump earlier this week deployed National Guard troops and federal officials to patrol the streets in the nation’s capital.…
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European leaders on Saturday said they welcomed President Trump’s efforts to bring peace to Ukraine but pushed for more “ironclad security guarantees” after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump called NATO and European leaders following the summit in Anchorage, Alaska — which did not include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — to debrief them…
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Former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday shared his analysis following the roughly three-hour meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, doubling down on his prediction that Putin would ultimately win. “I think Trump did not lose, but Putin clearly won. Trump didn’t come away with anything except more meetings,” Bolton said…
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Zelenskyy, who was not invited to Alaska for the summit, said he held a “long and substantive” conversation with Trump early Saturday.

Experts say that American Eagle’s response to the outrage over its campaign featuring the “Euphoria” actor tells us a lot about the current political climate.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with President Trump on Monday at the White House in the aftermath of Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Trump spoke with Zelensky and European leaders while on Air Force One returning home from his first face-to-face meeting with Putin since his first term in office.…
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White House efforts to tighten its grip on the Washington, D.C., police force are prompting pushback from the city’s leaders, escalating tensions as the Trump administration sought to compel Washington’s help with immigration enforcement. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday sought to install an “emergency police commissioner” to approve any new Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) policies, while also demanding…
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(NewsNation) — President Trump alleged Friday that Democrats are paying protesters to fight his Washington, D.C., crime policies. But how do paid protests actually work? NewsNation spoke with Adam Swart, the CEO of Crowds on Demand, about his company that provides services “for impactful advocacy campaigns, demonstrations, PR stunts, crowds for hire and corporate events,”…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday predicted that the Russia-Ukraine war could end before Christmas — if there’s a trilateral meeting between President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Make no mistake, this war is a war of aggression by Putin against Ukraine. However, I have always said Ukraine will not…
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President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin left the world guessing on Friday after a historic summit that yielded no details about what was discussed, what was agreed to and what remaining sticking points remain to ending the war with Ukraine. The two leaders holed up behind closed doors for around three hours at Joint…
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The host noted that he was having “real comms problems” just minutes after the uncomfortable, on-air moment.

Trump claimed heading into the summit with Russia’s leader that stopping the killing in Ukraine was the top priority.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — President Trump said Friday he made progress on key points during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin but did not specify what those points were or what disagreements remained to achieve peace in Ukraine. “We didn’t get there, but we have a good chance,” Trump said, signaling there was…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to back away from appointing a commissioner to take command of Washington, D.C., police after a federal judge expressed concerns Friday.   Government attorneys said at a hearing that Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) head Terry Cole will instead become President Trump’s designee to request services from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)…
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The president seemed pleased with the former first lady’s possible endorsement, but seemed to ignore what he’d actually have to do to get it from her.

“This is the most savage takedown of anyone I’ve ever heard in my life,” one social media user said in response.

John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, doubled down on his view that the president’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska will not result in a peace deal.  “I don’t think there’s a peace deal anywhere in the near future,” Bolton told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Friday. “As long as Putin is…
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The California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal Thursday to increase the number of yearly rocket launches from Elon Musk’s SpaceX at Vandenberg Space Force Base.  The commissioners unanimously voted down the push to increase launches of SpaceX rockets from 50 to 100 a year from the base north of Santa Barbara, citing concerns that they…
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Former Obama aide David Axelrod claimed Friday that President Trump’s red-carpet embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the summit in Alaska will “maybe enrage a lot of” Americans.  Axelrod, who has often criticized the president and the administration’s actions, argued that nowadays Americans do not agree on “very much,” but “one thing they…
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