Month: August 2025

President Trump has activated 800 National Guard members to address what he calls a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. — even though data shows violent crime rates are falling.

Conservative pundit and social media personality Benny Johnson used an appearance in the White House Press Briefing Room’s “new media” seat to rail against crime in Washington, D.C., and suggest a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer, who was recently assaulted in the District, be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “As a D.C. resident…
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Republicans love their boogeymen; the grotesquely exaggerated villains they use to justify their worst policy ideas. President Trump loves to parade his favorite boogeymen: the “criminal aliens,” the dishonest media, the Democrats, and so on. These dehumanizing caricatures help him rile up his base and lead them to back his cruelest initiatives.  As the GOP-controlled…
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said his counterpart, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was “in denial” about the suffering in Gaza. His comments come after Australia’s commitment on Monday to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, following in the footsteps of Canada, France and the United Kingdom.  Albanese said he spoke with Netanyahu…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking on what he calls a “no regrets strategy,” saying he must “fight fire with fire” in countering the President Trump-led redistricting efforts in Texas.  In exclusive comments made to The Hill, Newsom said he is feeling “very confident” about moving forward with his own redistricting plan, as the California…
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Later this week, the eyes of the world will be on the war in Ukraine not the horror in Gaza as strongmen Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska for peace talks. But don’t forget about the crisis in Gaza.   While the world waits and watches for a settlement of the Central European crisis,…
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Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan was elaborating on President Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) trolled President Trump with a social media post Tuesday declaring a “SECOND-TO-LAST WARNING” in the ongoing blue state/red state battle over redistricting — ribbing Trump over his polling, squishy deadlines and distinctive communication style. “DONALD TRUMP, THE LOWEST POLLING PRESIDENT IN RECENT HISTORY, THIS IS YOUR SECOND-TO-LAST WARNING!!! (THE NEXT…
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(NEXSTAR) — At the end of last year, it seemed that marijuana could be rescheduled in the U.S. That idea came screeching to a halt when proceedings were put on pause in January. There were early hopes that the then-incoming Trump administration would get the ball rolling, but that didn’t immediately materialize either. On Monday,…
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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro will provide an update Tuesday afternoon on Washington’s crime numbers as the number of homicides this year in the nation’s capital hits 100. The press conference comes a day after President Trump declared a crime emergency in D.C. and announced that his administration is taking control…
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White House officials are launching a review of some of the Smithsonian’s museums aimed at ensuring “alignment” with President Trump’s “directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.” A Tuesday letter to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch was signed by the Domestic Policy Council’s Vince…
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California Republican Doug LaMalfa shrugged off the boos and jeers by asking a constituent if they wanted to “talk about something productive.”

President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggested the agency should stop issuing monthly jobs reports, claiming that the data the agency uses to calculate them is not reliable. E.J. Antoni, whom Trump nominated Monday to lead BLS, said the agency should “suspend issuing the monthly jobs reports, but keep publishing…
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Attorney General Pam Bondi said she met Tuesday with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and that the two agreed to “work closely” after President Trump signed an order federalizing the city’s police force. “I just concluded a productive meeting with DC @MayorBowser at the Department of Justice,” Bondi wrote on social platform X. “We agreed that there is nothing…
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Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) is set to launch a comeback Senate bid in Ohio next year, multiple outlets are reporting, months after he was ousted by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R). Cleveland.com, Politico and Axios reported Brown’s plans on Monday, though the former senator had yet to officially launch his campaign.  The only Democrat elected…
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E.J. Antoni said the Bureau of Labor Statistics should suspend a monthly estimate that recently upset President Donald Trump.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak to reporters Tuesday afternoon as National Guard troops begin their deployment in Washington to crackdown on what President Trump has called “violent crime” in the nation’s capital. Trump on Monday activated the National Guard and announced he was putting the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control.…
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) favorability is at its lowest point among New Yorkers in the past 20 years, according to a new survey. The Siena College poll, released Tuesday, found that Schumer — who was first elected to the Senate in 1998 — is underwater among Big Apple voters, with 39 percent having…
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Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) launched a campaign Tuesday for the Alabama Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.). In an announcement video, Moore touted being the first elected official in the country to endorse Donald Trump for president in 2015. “I didn’t wait to see which way the wind was blowing,” the lawmaker said.…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appointed state Sen. Jay Collins (R) as lieutenant governor on Tuesday, filling the position that had been vacant for six months.  “He’s been a man of action. He has delivered conservative wins, and I think has been one of the most productive state senators in modern Florida history,” DeSantis said…
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) accused President Trump of promoting “racist viewpoints” after the president suggested Monday that his crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., could expand to other major U.S. cities, including Baltimore. Scott in an interview late Monday suggested that the White House should, instead, work with mayors who are already trying to drive…
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National Guard troops began arriving in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after President Trump deployed some 800 members to the nation’s capital to combat what he called out-of-control violent crime. The troops were seen arriving at the D.C. Armory, the National Guard’s headquarters in the city, and are expected to be on the ground…
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and aligned advocacy groups are planning Saturday protests against GOP redistricting efforts in Texas.  Nearly 50 events condemning a vote proposed by Republicans in the Lone Star State will take place across 20 states nationwide. The demonstrations are dubbed “Fight the Trump Takeover.” “From Texas to California to Illinois, the…
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Send in the troops! That’s President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce violent crime in the nation’s capital. The president made the announcement yesterday that he would be implementing a 30-day takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police department, and supplementing their efforts with 800 National Guard troops.  In response, Democrats, liberal pundits and the mainstream media reacted…
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“Give your boy a pardon,” the former star urged the president.