Month: August 2025

President Donald Trump says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) hopes that the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in her home state will help bring the war in Ukraine to an end. “This is another opportunity for the Arctic to serve as a venue that brings together world leaders to forge meaningful agreements,” Murkowski posted on…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a CNN segment about a pastor who believes women should not vote on the social media platform X.  The segment largely focuses on Pastor Doug Wilson, a Christian nationalist who cofounded the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) in Idaho. The report shows Wilson advocating for a Christian nation and entertaining…
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President Trump will increase the federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D.C., for the second night of patrolling, adding organizations after touting a successful first night. The additional organizations include the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Police, as well as the U.S. Marshals Service, to ensure…
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(NewsNation) — Videos circulating on social media claim President Trump is shortening the school year to six months. Is there any truth to the statement? The claim is completely inaccurate. The president cannot dictate the length of the school year; this is determined by individual states. Outlandish claims across the internet Videos are appearing on…
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New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte will not engage in the tit-for-tat redistricting war ahead of the 2026 midterms.  “The timing is off for this because we are in the middle of the census period, and when I talk to people in New Hampshire, this is not at the top of their priority list,” she…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports alleging President Trump berated the leader for denying there is a starvation crisis in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. “The report alleging that a shouting match occurred between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump is total fake news,” Netanyahu’s office said in a Friday statement after NBC…
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President Trump on Friday said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday, hosting the Russian leader in the U.S. for talks about ending the war with Ukraine. “The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place…
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Roland Mehrez Beainy, a co-owner of Trump Burger in Texas, is facing deportation. Beainy, a 28-year-old originally from Lebanon, entered the U.S. in 2019 with a non-immigrant visitor visa and overstayed, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The restaurateur was arrested by ICE on May 16 and placed in detention. He was then granted…
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Even Trump’s critics showed up — just not how he thinks.

Get ready for three days of intense trial debate that could have huge implications for the future powers of any presidency.

President Trump hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday for the signing of a peace accord he said would bring to an end 35 years of fighting between the two former Soviet republics. “It’s a long time — 35 years they fought, and now they’re friends. And they’re going to be friends for…
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A White House official told the Associated Press that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as acting commissioner.

Mexico’s president on Friday said U.S. forces would not be allowed to enter her country after reports that President Trump had directed the military to fight drug cartels in other countries that have been labeled foreign terrorist groups.  “The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military. We cooperate, we collaborate, but…
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UCLA is the first public university whose federal grants have been targeted by the administration over allegations of civil rights violations.

Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer (R) is suspending his Senate campaign that sought to primary Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), saying he doesn’t want to further contribute to division in the country.  Bauer, in a Friday post on social platform X, said he didn’t make the decision lightly and entered the race with a…
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President Trump on Friday afternoon is welcoming the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the White House, as the nations sign a peace deal to end decades of conflict. Trump is also expected to sign individual bilateral agreements with both nations to boost investment in the U.S. — just a day after his latest tariff…
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The administration is taking aim at an aspect of educational life that has long been a bugbear for conservatives.

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley argued Friday morning that Democrats have “learned absolutely nothing” since experiencing major losses in the 2024 election cycle. “Well, the Democrats have learned absolutely nothing coming out of 2024. They have doubled down on the same failed agenda that they ran,” Whatley told Fox Business. “They are, right…
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President Trump’s former communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Friday the Federal Reserve could reduce the interest rate following the onslaught of tariffs.  “I think the economy is weakening and you may even get a 50-basis-point cut from the Federal Reserve in September,” Scaramucci told MSNBC.  Trump has been urging Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to…
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President Trump’s tariff war could push prices 1.8 percent higher in the short term, potentially costing the average American household about $2,400, according to a new analysis from The Budget Lab at Yale. The nonpartisan think tank found that consumers faced an overall effective tariff rate of 18.6 percent, the highest in nearly a century.…
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Political pundit Karl Rove said both Democrats and Republicans face an uphill battle when it comes to redistricting, amid state regulations and contested campaigns.  “First of all, let’s admit there are gonna be consequences for both parties as a result of what is happening in Texas that neither party will like,” Rove said during a…
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The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Office of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), the state’s top prosecutor, who brought a successful civil fraud case against President Trump. The probe by federal prosecutors, launched by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York, issued two subpoenas this week,…
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Federal grants will now undergo evaluation by Trump’s political appointees.

The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James received subpoenas for documents this week relating to her fraud case against Donald Trump.