Month: August 2025

The move builds on an earlier executive order eliminating collective-bargaining rights for an estimated 1 million federal employees.

(WHTM) — The latest Emerson College Polling survey shows President Trump’s approval rating slipping to 45 percent. The president’s approval rating is down four points since January in the poll, while his disapproval is up 6 points, now at 47 percent. Additionally, a plurality of voters, at 48 percent, disapprove of Trump deploying the National…
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Vice President Vance said in a new interview that President Trump is in “incredibly good health,” but that he is prepared to step in as commander in chief if needed. “Yes, terrible tragedies happen,” Vance told USA Today. “But I feel very confident the president of the United States is in good shape, is going…
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The families of two children killed in a Minneapolis shooting earlier this week are speaking out, sharing memories of their kids and mourning the futures lost after a gunman opened fire on a Catholic school during a back-to-school Mass. “We will never be allowed to hold him, talk to him, play with him and watch…
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President Trump is seeking to claw back roughly $5 billion in congressionally approved funding for foreign aid programs using a “pocket rescission,” a rare use of presidential power that is likely to spur backlash on Capitol Hill and potential legal challenges. Trump made the request in a letter sent to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) late…
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The move comes just as the former vice president is expected to embark on a 15-city book tour.

The Trump administration is weighing plans to use a Navy base near Chicago to support migrant detention efforts in the Windy City as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) crackdown on illegal immigration. DHS asked the Naval Station Great Lakes for “limited support in the form of facilities, infrastructure, and other logistical needs…
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The California governor ramped up his social media carpet-bombing of MAGA world.

A group of top leaders who resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this week cast blame for their decision on the environment created by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump. “I think the CDC really is a place filled with great scientists and…
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President Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are facing pressure over the Trump administration’s decision to shakeup leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After four senior leaders resigned in the wake of CDC Director Susan Monarez’s ouster, critics question what the move means for vaccine…
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Increasingly, persons accused of or investigated for crimes are claiming that prosecutors are motivated by politics or vengeance. Despite these sometimes facially meritorious claims, they very rarely succeed.  That’s because prosecutors enjoy tremendous discretion in choosing which individuals to charge with crimes, and which individuals will receive leniency for cooperation. Individuals suspected of participating in…
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“I want my fellow Americans to recognize that ‘not Trump’ will never be enough,” one Gavin Newsom critic told us.

Now that Trump has taken over the local police, a favorable crime trend suddenly reflects well on his administration.

Fourteen months away from Nov. 3, 2026, I feel confident making one prediction: Next year’s midterm election will be the most dramatic in American political history. That prediction is based on the “D” in Donald Trump standing for “drama.” Meanwhile, a recent poll found 52 percent of Americans believe he is a “dangerous dictator” —…
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The rock legend flipped the president’s slogan on its head in the track.

Americans who have ordered items from overseas may find themselves out of luck as global shipping services pause some shipments to the U.S. A growing list of at least 25 countries has announced they will no longer ship certain small packages to the U.S. as the “de minimis” tariff exemption is set to end Friday.…
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Lorne Michaels, the chief of “Saturday Night Live,” confirmed earlier this month that there would be a cast shakeup before the upcoming season, and this week, those changes are starting to take place.  Let’s look at who’s in and who’s out at “SNL.”    Devon Walker (Out)   Devon Walker is pictured at the “SNL50:…
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She’s one of many Republicans who’ve been met with jeers and protests from constituents.

The Fox News host referenced a recent tragedy to reinforce her claim.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats face a critical choice on how much to work with Republicans on government funding when Congress returns next week – with a government shutdown and anger from their voters hanging in the balance. Senate Democrats took a beating from the base during the last funding showdown in…
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The Trump administration’s choice to run the massive tent camp at Fort Bliss, Texas, has raised questions. The Pentagon has refused to release the contract.

The state could be on the hook for the cost of converting an airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees.

Andrew Weissmann drew a damning comparison between “normal” Republican administrations and that of Donald Trump.

Greg Gutfeld hit back at Jessica Tarlov’s remarks with a sexist line.

The California governor mocked the vice president over a key question of readiness.