Month: August 2025

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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President Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax and spending package could speed up insolvency for Social Security’s trust funds, according to a new analysis from the Trump administration’s chief actuary for the program. The Office of the Chief Actuary (OACT) at the Social Security Administration (SSA) released an analysis this week of the law’s potential effects on…
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Texas Senate Democrats will speak Wednesday morning on their efforts to fight redistricting across the country that they argue are “attempts to rig” congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. The group, who will be joined by other Democratic lawmakers, fled to Massachusetts, Illinois and New York earlier this week to avoid voting on a…
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U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for three hours as President Trump’s shortened ceasefire deadline with Ukraine approaches and new sanctions loom. Witkoff was met at the Vnukovo airport by Putin’s envoy for investment and economic cooperation Kirill Dmitriev. After the huddle with Putin, which is Witkoff’s fifth…
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“Only someone as grotesquely amoral and mindless as he is would even think of saying something like that,” wrote one user on social media.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who has vowed to protect Texas Democrats who fled their state over GOP redistricting efforts, accused President Trump of trying to “steal” congressional seats from the people. “Donald Trump is trying to steal five seats from the people, frankly, of the country, not just the people of Texas, and disenfranchise…
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President Trump is set to announce that Apple will invest $100 billion in manufacturing in the United States in an effort to increase domestic production and avoid tariffs, a White House official told The Hill. The president will make the announcement at 4:30 p.m. EDT in the Oval Office. The announcement includes the launch of…
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Late-night host Stephen Colbert announced on July 17, during a live broadcast, that CBS would be canceling “The Late Show.” Colbert was quick to cast the move as political, with longtime friend Jon Stewart going further on “The Daily Show,” portraying Colbert as a victim of Trumpian machinations — complete with a gospel choir chorus of “Go f— yourself” aimed…
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The back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the creators of “South Park” intensified after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday used images from the adult cartoon to aid in recruitment efforts. The show, which has targeted President Trump in its new season, fired back at DHS later Tuesday, using a hashtag telling the…
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In a desperate power grab to preserve Republican control of the U.S. House in the 2026 elections, President Trump is demanding Republican elected officials in Texas and other states redraw congressional district boundaries. He aims to deprive Black and Hispanic voters — most of whom tend to support Democrats — of the ability to elect…
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) officially tossed her hat in the ring for Tennessee governor on Wednesday morning. “It’s official! I’m running for Governor to ensure Tennessee is America’s conservative leader for this generation and the next,” Blackburn wrote in a post on social platform X. “I would be honored to have your support.” The post…
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Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) defended GOP redistricting efforts, saying Republicans “deserve” more seats in Congress because the Lone Star State is a red state. In an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity” Tuesday evening, Patrick slammed Democrats for fleeing the state in a bid to block passage of a new Congressional map that would…
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White House peace envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at the Kremlin, just two days ahead of a deadline set by President Trump that calls for either a peace agreement in Ukraine or punitive action against Russia. Putin, who has lost favor in recent weeks with Trump, faces tough tariffs…
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