Month: September 2025

The White House denials after the note was released got pushback from a Trump family member.

Republican lawmakers are urging President Trump to back a clean, short-term funding resolution and refrain from seeking to attach an array of controversial MAGA priorities that might provoke a government shutdown. Republicans on Capitol Hill are bracing themselves for whatever special provisions Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought may demand from…
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Writing about the Jeffrey Epstein saga has the feeling of using an air horn. It calls a great deal of attention to oneself, produces unpredictable and intense results in its audience and really should be saved for moments when it’s absolutely necessary — scaring off a charging bear, preventing a maritime disaster, being Pitbull, etc. …
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Jimmy Kimmel’s audience cheered at Rob Reiner’s line, which he delivered in character.

The “Late Show” host mocked the president’s latest social media outburst.

A dozen Senate Democrats on Tuesday laid out the key principles they hope to see in a bill regulating the cryptocurrency market.  The framework, put forward by Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and other crypto-friendly Democrats, offers up their view on the central issues underpinning market structure…
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The late night host isn’t buying the president’s explanation for this one.

Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife “might just be trying to cast” a particular “image of herself,” said Salon’s Amanda Marcotte.

Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin spelled out the “worst-case scenario” for the president.

“The Daily Show” host took a far-too-close look at the president’s medical reports and concluded “something is up.”

The president was slammed for hypocrisy.

The “Late Night” host had a simple suggestion for the president for the next time he wants to celebrate a birthday.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said sending the National Guard to his city is the “wrong solution to a real problem” in a new opinion piece for The New York Times. “Lowering crime rates here does not require an occupation of our city by armed members of the National Guard, as the White House continues…
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It’s the latest move to signal a more conservative direction for the storied news network.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and other Democrats are trolling Vice President Vance over a post on President Trump’s alleged birthday note to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Back in July, Vance criticized what he called a “complete and utter bulls‑‑‑” Wall Street Journal report on a “bawdy” birthday note Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein…
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Officials with the Treasury Department, including Secretary Scott Bessent, as well as the White House, State Department and U.S. Trade Representative participated in Monday’s meetings, a person familiar told The Associated Press.

Harry Enten said the president is consistently “underwater” on the issues, including one that helped him win a second term.

President Trump on Monday suggested that “a little fight with the wife” should not count when it comes to Washington, D.C., crime statistics amid his crackdown in the nation’s capital. “Can you imagine our capital being the most violent city? But it was — it was really bad, into a totally safe zone. It’s called…
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The photo, which features Epstein and a longtime Mar-a-Lago member, arrives on the same day of the release of a separate crude page from the book.

The court’s conservatives continue to authorize Donald Trump’s law-breaking without saying a word.

President Donald Trump’s social media team was really grasping at straws with their latest “diss.”

Senate Republicans on Monday formally got the ball rolling on their bid to invoke the so-called nuclear option and change the chamber’s rules in order to expeditiously confirm dozens of President Trump’s stalled nominees in the coming weeks. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday started the process of making the rules change on…
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The vice president asked where the letter was back in July, leading Gavin Newsom to comment on Monday, “This aged well.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Republicans on Monday that they’ll regret their decision to reexamine the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.  Jeffries said Democrats will use their participation in a newly launched GOP investigation of the rampage to highlight President Trump’s role in fomenting the violence that day. “Republicans will…
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Iryna Zarutska, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene.