Month: October 2025

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said Democrats are discussing ways to prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from covering their faces when carrying out enforcement operations — should the party retake the majority in the 2026 midterm elections. “When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off,” the California Democrat told The New…
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The FBI raided the former Trump administration official’s home in August.

Jackie Norris, the chair of the Des Moines school board, ended her 2026 Iowa Senate campaign on Thursday, citing the recent resignation and arrest of the school district’s superintendent. “The recent Des Moines Public Schools [DMPS] Superintendent crisis demanded my full attention as Board Chair, and, overnight, put the School Board, our community, and me…
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President Trump announced a pair of efforts Thursday aimed at expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) as he seeks to deliver on a major campaign promise.  Trump in the Oval Office announced that his administration was issuing guidance that would allow employers to offer IVF coverage as a benefit as part of company insurance…
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White House border czar Tom Homan denied allegations that he accepted a $50,000 bribe from undercover FBI agents in exchange for contract promises, saying on Wednesday that he never accepted that sum of money from “anybody.” During NewsNation’s “Cuomo” town hall, Homan issued his firmest denial yet of the allegations when asked if he wants…
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Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Wednesday it is “curious” that the Trump administration is targeting Venezuelan boats with military strikes, given the tremendous size and scope of the drug trade. “Why Venezuela? We know that there are huge amounts of drugs that come through Mexico and other countries,” Kinzinger told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I…
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There are now around 10,000 U.S. forces supporting counternarcotics operations in the Caribbean, a Pentagon official told The Hill on Thursday, a substantial military buildup as the Trump administration ramps up its campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The majority of service members in the region are based in Puerto Rico, while Marines in the…
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President Trump will reportedly announce his first concrete steps on Thursday toward expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), an expensive procedure to induce pregnancy that he promised to make more affordable during his 2024 campaign. Trump signed an executive order in February asking for recommendations for policies that could lower IVF costs. He will…
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An anti-left scheme is afoot in the Internal Revenue Service, The Wall Street Journal says.

President Trump said Thursday that if Hamas does not heed repeated warnings to stop bloodshed in Gaza, the U.S. will have “no choice” but to use lethal force. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) claimed on Thursday that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is enabling President Trump amid his crackdown on immigrants without legal status in the U.S. “I do think he needs help,” Pritzker said of Trump to Tim Miller, the host of “The Bulwark” podcast. “And I don’t think…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sharply criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for seeking to provide as much as $40 billion in financing for Argentina to help the Latin American ally stabilize its turbulent financial markets. Greene — a staunch Trump ally who’s bucked her party on numerous issues in recent weeks — argued Argentina…
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The move amounts to special treatment for Trump’s favorite constituency within the federal bureaucracy.

Russia hit Ukraine’s energy facilities with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles Thursday, a day ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with President Trump at the White House.  Zelensky, who is expected to ask for more American-made air defenses and long-range missiles, said Russia fired more than 300 drones and 37 missiles at…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and his wife, MK, reported $1.4 million in income from gambling according to a Thursday release from his campaign.  The two made more than $10.3 million in taxable income and paid $30.2 million in federal taxes and $4.5 million in state taxes, according to the release obtained by the Chicago…
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(KTLA) – A military celebration marking the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday is sparking concern that the showcase could close a portion of the California’s 5 Freeway between Orange County and San Diego on Saturday. Part of the weekend event includes a live-fire amphibious capabilities demonstration at Red Beach, Camp Pendleton, according to a U.S. Marines…
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Something tells us the administration is not a fan of the Portland frog.

“It’s not my favorite,” GOP Sen. Josh Hawley said of Trump’s decision to bail out Argentina and its president, Javier Milei.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged her followers to join the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations protesting the Trump administration. “In two days, be a part of the largest peaceful protest in modern American history,” Clinton wrote in a post on X, with the link to register for demonstrations attached. “Join No Kings…
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Right now, more than 800,000 people in Arizona’s 7th District are without representation in Congress. Their duly elected representative, Adelita Grijalva, is being denied the right to be sworn in by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) not because of any wrongdoing on her part, but because Republican leadership has chosen to hold her seat hostage for…
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she understands why Democrats are hesitant to trust Republicans to negotiate in good faith over the ongoing shutdown, pointing to the Trump administration’s past use of “pocket rescissions” to claw back billions in government funding that had already been approved by Congress. Murkowski — a moderate Republican who previously criticized…
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JD Vance said the “kids” were just being “edgy” by praising Hitler. Except they were adults, and they rubbed shoulders with everybody in Republican politics.

FBI Director Kash Patel doubled down on statements that FBI agents will receive pay following previous remarks in the Oval Office. “FBI special agents will keep getting paid, because we prioritize the people who protect this country,” Patel wrote Thursday in a statement on social platform X. “President Trump made sure our men and women…
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On Oct. 1, Pfizer agreed to lower the prices of some drugs in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order on most favored nation drug pricing.  The order threatens drugmakers who don’t reduce their U.S. prices to match what they charge abroad with punitive sanctions, including Medicare and Medicaid price ceilings, export restrictions and revocation of drug approvals.…
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said if he was a woman he wouldn’t take medical advice from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing recent claims the secretary made that President Trump endorsed. MSNOW’s senior Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali asked Thune in a Thursday interview whether the GOP was becoming…
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