Month: August 2025

Several Republicans are opening the door to getting the FBI involved in forcing Texas Democrats to return to the state amid a protest over a congressional map the GOP wants to pass, which would potentially net them five additional seats in the 2026 midterms. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) wrote to FBI Director Kash Patel this…
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President Trump’s new “reciprocal” tariff rates on dozens of trading partners are set to finally take effect on Thursday, as markets, businesses and consumers brace for a major shake-up of the global trade system. The president signed an executive order last Thursday that announced the new rates but bumped the start forward by a week. Once the…
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will kick off her town hall tour Wednesday evening, just days after launching a bid for governor. Mace on Monday joined a crowded Republican primary field to succeed Gov. Henry McMaster (R), which includes Rep. Ralph Norman (S.C.), state Attorney General Alan Wilson, state Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Sen.…
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Americans are split on whether President Trump’s support for Israel has gone too far or is just about right, according to a survey released Tuesday.  The Economist/YouGov poll found 36 percent of U.S. adults think the president’s backing of Israel has gone too far, while another 32 percent said his support for Israel is about…
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New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was manipulated for the 2024 presidential election. In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” the anchor said, “in trying to justify his firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” the president “said…
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The POTUS took to social media to rain down verbal fury upon the senator.

“We don’t need to be treated like children,” one tourist fumed about Trump bullying museums to rewrite history and erase transgender people from exhibits.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter met to discuss trade Wednesday, one day before President Trump’s steep tariffs were slated to take effect. Keller-Sutter, who also serves as finance minister, and Swiss Vice President Guy Parmelin, who is also the economic minister, traveled to Washington this week in a last-ditch effort…
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When he refers to a demographic as “these people,” you know we’re in for some racist mess.

Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) published a report on Wednesday condemning President Trump for delaying sanctions on Russia amid the ongoing war with Ukraine. Trump promised while on the campaign trail to resolve the dispute between the two nations quickly, but peace talks thus far have not been fruitful. “Six months…
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President Trump on Wednesday will formally announce a deal with Apple to invest $100 billion in manufacturing in the U.S., an effort to increase domestic production and avoid tariffs. The announcement is expected to include the launch of the American Manufacturing Program, which would be dedicated to bringing more of Apple’s supply chain to the U.S. and involves…
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The University of California, Los Angeles, announced Wednesday the Trump administration has frozen $584 million in research funds after the federal government launched an investigation into antisemitism at the institution earlier this year. “Currently, a total of approximately $584 million in extramural award funding is suspended and at risk,” said Julio Frenk, chancellor of the…
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A senior U.S. official said sanctions on Russia’s key trading partners are still expected to go into effect on Friday, after President Trump’s special mission envoy Steve Witkoff met Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Trump said Wednesday afternoon that Witkoff and Putin had a “highly productive” meeting, claiming that “great progress” was made.  The…
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“He’s doing a great job, and he would probably be favored at this point,” Trump said when asked who may lead the GOP after his second term ends.

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has joined the Democratic Party after falling out with the GOP, saying the switch has been coming for a while.  Duncan, in an op-ed published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday, said his journey to becoming a Democrat began well before President Trump tried to “steal” the 2020 presidential…
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The MSNBC host doubled down on his previous theory about the convicted sex trafficker’s path to freedom.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump “being clueless” about the prison transfer of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is “on brand” for the president. “When it came to what the president told me today, that he was not personally aware of the Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer, do you believe that?” CNN’s Kaitlan…
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President Trump’s first-term surgeon general, Jerome Adams, sharply criticized the decision by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday to pare back investments in mRNA vaccine projects, including those underway to help fight bird flu and COVID-19. “I’ve tried to be objective & non-alarmist in response to current HHS actions…
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that there is “possibly starvation” in the Gaza Strip but doubled down on the argument that Palestinian militant group Hamas is stealing food sent into the war-torn enclave.  “I think there is certainly hunger and deprivation and possibly starvation, particularly in the northern parts of Hamas that…
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OpenAI said Tuesday it will offer ChatGPT to federal agencies for $1 a year as part of a new partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA).  The announcement comes one day after the agency added OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) model to its government purchasing system, alongside Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude. “One of the best…
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Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is predicting further disruptions to President Trump’s wide-ranging tariff regime, with consequences for financial markets. He said Wednesday that Trump’s emergency tariff authority, which is the legal basis for Trump’s country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs that are set to go into effect on Thursday, is likely to be struck down…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) joked Tuesday that a “kindergarten class” drew his state’s district map after comedian Stephen Colbert called the map “crazy.” “If you’re considering doing a little more redrawing in Illinois, you already have some crazy districts in Illinois. Take a look at this — look at — look at 17 here.…
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The Texas Democrat pointed out the president aimed the same barb at radio host Charlamagne tha God.

President Donald Trump has unsuccessfully tried to dampen the public’s interest in the story, so his vice president is stepping in.

Slightly more Americans distrust the federal economic data than trust it, according to a survey that was published on Tuesday.  The Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent of Americans “completely or somewhat”  distrust federal government data on the economy, while another 42 percent “completely or somewhat” trust it. Some 12 percent of respondents said they…
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