Month: August 2025

It’s the Trump administration’s latest effort to use federal funds to promote its views on Israel.

Trump repeated his mystifying claim that he is reducing drug prices by “1500%.”

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann dismissed the likelihood that criminal charges would be brought against former special counsel Jack Smith, saying that would be the “last thing” President Trump would want. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) confirmed this weekend it is investigating Smith, the former special counsel who brought two criminal cases against Trump,…
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While her contempt for the president was clear, Crockett told Democrats why he’s not the only threat to democracy.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) informed Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in a letter Monday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Trump’s signature domestic policy accomplishment, would add $5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade if its temporary tax relief provisions are extended for a full 10 years.…
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The president accused Senate Democrats of using confirmations of more than 150 of his nominees as leverage for funding deals.

The Georgia congresswoman and one-time Trump loyalist hints at the Republican Party “leaving me.”

The White House denied that Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice has received preferential treatment.

The dramatic collapse in talks over the weekend doesn’t bode well for the tougher job lawmakers are facing of funding the government next month.

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) said he plans to introduce legislation on Tuesday that would ban all middecade redistricting efforts nationwide and nullify any new maps approved before the 2030 census. In a statement Monday, Kiley took aim at his own governor, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has said he is exploring several options for California…
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In picking fights and waging wars on multiple fronts, President Trump should heed the advice of Britain’s greatest sailor and naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson: Only a fool or a stupid ship’s captain would ever fight a fort.  While immobile, unlike ships, forts were better defended and protected. And forts were more easily reinforced, rearmed and resupplied by…
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The president said he “HATES” the pop megastar.

American Eagle Outfitters Inc. stock soared Monday after President Trump voiced support for actor Sydney Sweeney’s controversial “great jeans” ad campaign. The stock was up more than 17 percent by midday Monday. At last week’s close, shared were down 36 percent this year, Bloomberg reported. “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out…
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk donated $5 million to the main super PAC affiliated with President Trump in late June despite an ongoing public feud, according to recent campaign finance filings.  Musk gave the sum to MAGA Inc. on June 27 — the same day he also donated $5 million each to the Senate Leadership Fund…
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As President Trump flails about in a futile effort to change the narrative about his friendship with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his explanations have only drawn more attention to their connection. Ironically, Trump’s resort to strong-arm litigation will likely lead to yet more damaging disclosures. History tells us why. Over a century before Trump’s “powerhouse” defamation case against the Wall Street Journal…
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Just 14% said they are not worried about the cost of everyday essentials, a new AP-NORC poll found.

President Trump on Monday weighed in on the recent controversial ad campaign with actor Sydney Sweeney for American Eagle, arguing the success of it is a sign that being “woke is for losers.” “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there. It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are ‘flying off the shelves.’ Go…
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Canadian Minister for U.S.-Canada Trade Dominic LeBlanc expressed optimism on Sunday about the prospects of a trade deal between the two countries — even as President Trump announced he would impose 35 percent tariffs on goods from the neighboring country. “We were obviously, obviously disappointed by that decision. We believe there’s a great deal of…
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several Texas lawmakers left the state Sunday to block a Monday vote on redrawn congressional maps designed to add five Republican seats in the US House of Representatives. At least 51 Democratic state representatives chose to leave Texas on Sunday. Some of those lawmakers said they’ve gone to New York, and others…
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William Beach criticized the president for the shock firing of Erika McEntarfer, his successor at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”  I’m outing myself as a comic-book nerd when I admit that President Trump often makes me think of a character from the Popeye strip — not Popeye, the spinach-eating sailor and strongman, nor his nemesis Bluto, but J. Wellington Wimpy, whose tagline has endured across decades of…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top adviser urged the United States to “strangle” the Russian economy with secondary sanctions, as President Trump’s deadline for the Kremlin to stop fighting or make a deal quickly approaches. Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelensky’s office, said on Sunday that Russia’s economy is struggling, pointing to data showing a sharp…
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Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to remove from office the Texas House Democrats who fled the state if they don’t show up for work. Many Texas Democrats left on Sunday to keep the state House from recording a quorum in its Monday legislative session, preventing the chamber from doing business. The Democrats fanned out across…
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) criticized President Trump on Sunday for firing his commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), saying the president was acting like a “petulant child.” The president’s longtime ally-turned-foe said he’s not surprised the president responded to the poor jobs data on Friday by blaming the messenger. “When…
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As President Trump expands the trade war with new tariffs against more than 60 countries, it would behoove his administration to pay attention to what polls and public sentiment are saying. Indeed, with Republicans holding an extremely narrow lead in the House of Representatives, how Americans feel about the administration figures to play a critical…
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