Month: September 2025

Trump recently demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi bring charges against the former FBI director, saying the delay was bad for his “reputation.”

The head of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division during President Trump’s first term, Makan Delrahim, joined Paramount Global on Thursday after the company merged with rival Skydance two months ago.  Delrahim will serve as the company’s chief legal officer, beginning on Oct. 6, and will oversee all “legal, regulatory, compliance and public policy matters,”…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took aim at President Trump on Thursday for airing his frustrations about a broken escalator while addressing the United Nations this week. In a facetious post on social platform X, Newsom posted a seven-second video of a gold-rimmed escalator, which appeared to be stalled. “A REAL DISGRACE,” Newsom wrote on…
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday American farmers have been overshadowed and outsold by Argentinian soybean production, and he slammed the Trump administration for agreeing to soften the South American country’s economic hardship. Argentina recently suspended its 26 percent export tax on soybeans, an opportunity used by China to purchase more than 1 million tons…
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The Trump administration’s plans to fire thousands of federal workers in the event of a government shutdown is akin to “mafia-style blackmail,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said.

Dozens of prisoners who were on federal death row but had their sentences commuted under former President Biden will be moved to supermax prisons, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. Biden, just a month before leaving office, commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row, moving the classification from execution to life without…
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The campaign of New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for releasing her military records, which included sensitive personal information, to an ally of her gubernatorial opponent. “The Trump administration blatantly violated federal law by releasing Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted personal military records to an agent of the Ciattarelli campaign —…
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The former CNN host’s excellent idea for revenge was inspired by Trump’s latest attack on Joe Biden.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday accused President Trump of engaging in “mafia-style blackmail” after his budget director promised mass firings if the government shuts down at the end of the month. “President Trump is engaged in mafia-style blackmail, with his threats ultimately harming the American people,” Van Hollen said in a statement Thursday.…
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The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas called Wednesday’s shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility the “very definition of terrorism” Thursday.  In notes that investigators found at the shooter’s home, the gunman “hoped his actions would terrorize ICE employees and interfere with their work,” acting U.S. Attorney Nancy…
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The Pokémon Co. International said it was “not involved” in the creation of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid video, adding it did not give the agency permission to use its intellectual property.  “We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] that includes imagery and language associated…
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The president leveled a threat at ABC shortly before Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show returned on-air. Law professors share what concerns them the most.

Much is still unknown about the actual arrangement, but Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping “gave us the go-ahead” to proceed with the deal.

Comedian Bill Maher said in a Wednesday interview that he does not think Republicans will “give up power” if they lose upcoming election cycles. In an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.,” Maher predicted that, as long as Republicans still view Democrats as an “existential threat to this country” in 2026 and 2028,…
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The U.S. rejected a United Nations political declaration Thursday about combatting chronic disease and promoting mental health because of language the Trump administration said was objectionable.  Speaking to U.N. delegates at the meeting in New York City, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Trump is committed to solving the nation’s…
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Three school districts are liable to lose millions in federal funds after missing a Trump administration deadline to implement bathroom policy changes that would reverse efforts intended to help transgender students. Public schools in Chicago, New York, and Fairfax County, Va., could lose $24 million for not complying with Education Department directives to force students…
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The manufacturer of Tylenol on Thursday clarified an old social media post that said it doesn’t “actually recommend” using its products while pregnant, which the Trump administration resurfaced following its assertion this week that the over-the-counter pain reliever could be linked to autism. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) highlighted a post by…
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Layoffs ordered by the Trump administration are exacerbating food insecurity for Washington, D.C., residents and those in the surrounding area, according to a Thursday report.  The Capital Area Food Bank said the dismissal of nearly 18,000 federal workers in the region is increasing hunger for local families. “Since then, with the Supreme Court’s July 2025…
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Sen. John Thune urged leaders to be “very guarded” about giving unscientific health advice.

While the president jokes about the killings, legal experts worry he could use the same logic to target others, even those in the U.S.

The president has made it his mission to impose his own taste on the People’s House during his second term.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) slammed the Trump administration Thursday for attempting to “exploit” political violence by blaming Democrats for the uptick in attacks on officials nationwide, including a deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.  “Criticizing the way that ICE is rounding up people in this country in a deeply inhumane and…
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Kimmel’s show was temporarily suspended after he commented on conservatives’ reactions to Charlie Kirk’s killing.

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Thursday decried the Trump administration’s plans to initiate a reduction in force if discretionary funding lapses next month as outlined in a new White House memo.  “America’s federal workers — the hardworking people across the country who keep our essential government services running — have already suffered immensely from the…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) spoke with reporters Thursday afternoon with less than a week until government funding lapses. The Sept. 30 deadline is inching closer after Senate Democrats blocked the House GOP-led continuing resolution that would have kept the lights on until Nov. 21. Lawmakers and their aides are now bracing for a…
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