Month: August 2025

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said Sunday that there “possibly” needs to be limits when it comes to the detention of immigrant children. “We do see, though, in the courts that the Trump administration is trying to do away with limits on child detention. One of ICE’s only family detention facilities is in your district in…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that his country will not let Russia “deceive” the U.S. as a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin looms. “Of course, our team is working with the United States — not a single day goes by without communication on how to ensure real peace. We understand…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “can’t tolerate” going “after his customers” ahead of an Alaska meeting between Putin and President Trump. “Putin could give a damn about sanctions. He evades them. He could give a damn about how many Russians die. The one thing that he can’t tolerate and…
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Vice President JD Vance on Sunday accused the Biden administration of refusing to release files on Jeffrey Epstein because of the financier’s connections to Democrats. “We know that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot of connections with left-wing politicians and left-wing billionaires … Democrat billionaires and Democrat political leaders went to Epstein island all the time.…
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Vice President Vance on Sunday said he wants peace and to stop funding the Ukraine war, ahead of a Friday meeting in Alaska between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a ceasefire deal. “We’re done with the funding of the Ukraine war business. We want to bring about a peaceful settlement to…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has “no choice” but to escalate its offensive in Gaza as his country faces heightened criticism for its conduct amid the war in the territory. “Given Hamas’s refusal to lay down its arms, Israel has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Sunday it would be illegal for President Trump to order the FBI to arrest Texas state Democratic officials for fleeing their state to halt Republican redistricting efforts. “Well, first of all, Texas law does not apply in the state of Illinois, and there’s no federal law that would allow…
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance is “making sure that Ukraine has what it needs to stay in the fight” ahead of a summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15. When President Trump announced direct talks with Putin in Alaska, a big concern was that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
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Vance had a distraction tactic ready to go while appearing on Fox News this weekend.

President Trump ripped the Federal Reserve’s renovations to its headquarters Sunday ahead of a a press conference Monday addressing “crime and the beautification” of Washington, D.C.   “The Press Conference on Crime and ‘Beautification’ will be held tomorrow, at 10:00 A.M. EST, in the Press Briefing Room, and it will not only involve ending the…
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Sunday that he doesn’t believe there is a risk that peace negotiations in Alaska with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will reward Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Rutte on “This Week” if he believed, like former national security adviser John Bolton does, that…
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President Trump signaled he was ramping up plans to address violence and crime in Washington, D.C., reiterating he would have a news conference at the White House on Monday, adding, “There will be no ‘Mr. Nice Guy.’ “I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have…
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U.S. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker said President Trump will have to “trust but verify” Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska on Friday, where they plan to hold talks about ending the war with Ukraine. On CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash, Whitaker reassured that, if the world leaders reach a…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Sunday said he’s not ruling ‘anything out’ when it comes to a potential 2028 presidential bid. “I’m focused on running for reelection as Governor of the State of Illinois, and everything that I do really is focused on lifting up the people of my state,” he said to NBC’s…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says that peace negotiations in Alaska between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be “a positive step forward.”  “If, in fact, an agreement can be negotiated which does not compromise what the Ukrainians feel that they need, I think that’s a positive step forward. We all want to see…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday shrugged off the idea of Vice President Vance being the likely Republican frontrunner for the 2028 presidential elections. “Neither Trump, nor he nor the Republicans of today have anything of significance to say to working class people,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash.  “Doesn’t…
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In the 1978 film “Superman,” the hero performs many impossible feats, including traveling backward in time by flying around Earth at super speed. President Trump, who seems to fancy himself an all-powerful “Super President,” appears eager to go back in time as well, in an effort to return America to “the good old days” of…
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U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said “it’s possible” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. CNN’s Dana Bash asked Whitaker on “State of the Union” if Zelensky would be invited to the Alaska summit to discuss a ceasefire deal.  “I certainly think it’s possible,” Whitaker…
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The former Biden White House press secretary gave an eyebrow-raising response to a personal question from an MSNBC colleague.

(NEXSTAR) – Campaigning for office a year ago, standing in front of a table loaded up with bags of flour, cartons of eggs and gallons of milk, President Donald Trump told voters, “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.”  Unfortunately for him – and money-strapped Americans – it hasn’t…
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New York City Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa said that President Trump’s interference in the New York election could embolden Democratic candidate Zohran Mandani.  “In this situation, it doesn’t help if he intervenes in New York City,” Silwa told Fox 5’s Morgan McKay on “Politics Unusual” on Friday.  “Every day it’s Trump versus Zohran Mamdani, it’s a good…
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The naming of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator was as much of a surprise as was President Trump’s withdrawal of his nomination of Jared Isaacman to the same post.  So, how is Duffy doing, trying to bring the space agency out from its summer of discontent? Duffy has been spending a lot of…
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Her husband Paul Pelosi’s plush stock portfolio has long been a topic of conversation.

Dr. Phil McGraw called the President Trump-led national redistricting war “Bulls—” during an interview with Comedian Bill Maher.  McGraw, during a Friday interview on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,”  debated with Maher around the fact that redistricting is done by both Democrats and Republicans, as well as between censuses.  “Texas is doing it because they say…
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(NEXSTAR) — It can be hard to imagine the dark, cold nights of November when you’re in the throes of August, but believe it or not, we’re not far from those drearier days. That means we’re also not far from the biannual tradition you either appreciate, despise, or otherwise forget about: the changing of the…
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