Month: August 2025

Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) urged his party to “fight back” on Sunday as Democratic legislators left the Lone Star State in an effort to block Republicans from advancing House maps that would hand the GOP five extra pick-up opportunities before the 2026 midterms. “My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of…
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Andrew Puzder, a former fast-food chain CEO, was confirmed by the Senate on Saturday as the U.S. ambassador to the European Union (EU). Puzder’s confirmation went through in a 53-44 vote, with New Hampshire Sens. Maggie Hassan (D) and Jeanne Shaheen (D) crossing the aisle to vote with most Republicans in support of Puzder. Sen.…
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Two foreign leaders have become more vexing to President Trump than he expected: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Each of them has complicated the political calculus for Trump on the world stage, owing not only to the suffering each of them has imposed on Ukrainians and Palestinians, respectively, but also…
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President Trump railed against Charlamagne tha God on Sunday after the radio host predicted the Jeffrey Epstein saga would pave the way for traditional Republicans to take back the GOP from the MAGA base. Charlamagne made the remarks in an interview on Fox News’s “My View with Lara Trump,” which is hosted by the president’s…
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The Senate on Saturday night confirmed President Trump’s pick Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Pirro, a former Fox News host and prosecutor who served as district attorney for Westchester County in New York, was confirmed along party lines in a 50-45 vote. Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Mitch…
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White House officials on Sunday defended President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad criticism. “The president wants his own people there so that when we see the numbers, they’re more transparent and more reliable,” Kevin Hassett, chair of the…
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The president unceremoniously sacked the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ top boss after weak employment numbers were released Friday.

The radio host told Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump that “traditional conservatives are going to take the Republican Party back” in an interview.

This summer’s MAGA revolt over the Epstein Files has challenged the longstanding assumption that President Trump has an unbreakable bond with the Republican base. Trump loyalists from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to Steve Bannon to Tucker Carlson have recently criticized the president not just on the Epstein disclosures but also on Medicaid cuts in the…
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Nine months after Trump won a second term, Democrats appear to harbor more resentment toward their party than do Republicans, an AP-NORC poll says.

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said on Sunday that the party will begin deliberating the 2028 primary calendar later this month at a meeting in Minneapolis. “We’re going to start that conversation actually this month in August at our DNC meeting in Minneapolis,” Martin said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,”…
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The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018, which overwhelmingly passed across party lines in the House and Senate, institutionalizes atrocity prevention in the U.S. government. This includes legally mandating an interagency atrocity prevention coordination body, requiring training for foreign service officers on the prevention of atrocities, requiring an atrocity prevention strategy and, critically, annual…
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) blasted Republicans for undertaking a mid-decade redistricting effort in Texas, saying the move reveals concerns about the party’s economic message ahead of the midterms. “If Republicans were confident on their policy agenda, they’d be eager to defend it with the people and to defend at the ballot box next November,” Padilla…
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he would support an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “I think an investigation is certainly in order,” Padilla said in an interview on NBC News’s ‘Meet the Press.” Padilla noted he recently called for an investigation into potential violations…
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National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett signaled in a Sunday interview that he is open to succeeding Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he’s tapped to do so. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Hassett said President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are in the process of finding a replacement…
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National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett said on Sunday that a market reaction to President Trump’s tariff policies will not deter him from proceeding with his plans to levy fees on imports. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker asked the White House economic adviser whether Trump could change the…
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A recent poll conducted by CBS News provides an encouraging look into public support for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon and eventually send humans to Mars. Sixty-seven percent of respondents favor a return to the moon and just 33 percent oppose one. On Mars, sixty-five percent favor sending astronauts to the red planet with…
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Comedian Bill Maher defended President Trump’s fight against higher education, saying college campuses have become “indoctrination factories” in need of a wake-up call. In the latest episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the host said he doesn’t agree with the president’s approach, but he said he agrees with some of the criticism motivating…
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in an interview set to air Sunday that President Trump’s newly announced tariff rates are “pretty much set” and the public should not expect them to come down in the near future. “I don’t, I don’t think they will be in the coming days,” Greer said on CBS News’s…
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This time the call is coming from inside the White House — and that should scare you more than anything.

President Trump has called his base “stupid” and “foolish” for inquiring about the Epstein sex trafficking investigation. People still want answers.

The years-long effort to ban members of Congress from trading stocks is back in the spotlight following a House Ethics Committee report that took issue with transactions made by a member’s spouse, and after a Senate panel advanced legislation to prohibit lawmakers from making transactions. And some lawmakers are vowing to keep the topic front…
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Health experts and school leaders are thrilled with President Trump’s revival of the Presidential Fitness Test, but they are hoping for substantial revisions to program, which was first deployed nearly 60 years ago.   Advocates say the test, which hasn’t been used since 2012, will need a makeover to shift its focus away from competition…
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer weighed in on President Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer, saying the commander-in-chief has “real concerns” about the jobs numbers that extend beyond the dismal Friday report.  “Even last year during the campaign, there were enormous swings in the jobs numbers, and so…
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Multiple Democratic governors are supportive of their colleagues’ interests in redrawing their state’s Congressional maps to benefit Democratic Party candidates ahead of the 2026 midterms, responding to a push from President Trump and others to draw new lines in Texas to be more favorable to GOP candidates.  Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) said she is…
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