Month: November 2025

Body language experts share what the exchange suggests about the dynamic between the president and the New York City mayor-elect.

Florida Republicans are fuming as the Trump administration proposes to open up new drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. “The new maps released today by @SecretaryBurgum and @Interior outlining potential new offshore oil drilling sites in the Gulf of America are HIGHLY concerning—and we will be engaging directly with the department on this issue,”…

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Sunday that her security has ramped up since President Trump accused her and fellow Democratic lawmakers of committing “sedition” for encouraging servicemembers to defy unlawful orders. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Slotkin was asked to respond to Trump’s latest social media posts doubling down on his attacks…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Sunday she was surprised by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announcing her resignation over the weekend. “Honestly, I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” Crockett told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “You’re on the other side of the president for one week, and you…

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that the White House backs New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani keeping Jessica Tisch as the city’s police commissioner. “We are really reassured that [Mamdani has] kept the police commissioner. In previous administrations in New York, we have seen law and order really go south,” Hassett told…

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) stood by his past criticisms of President Trump, even as he praised the president for their “productive” White House meeting focused on affordability. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker noted that, during his press conference with Trump on Friday, a reporter asked…

President Trump doubled down on his claim that a group of Democratic lawmakers with backgrounds in military or intelligence service have committed sedition by encouraging servicemembers to defy unlawful orders. In a pair of posts on his Truth Social platform late Saturday, the president said those lawmakers should be in jail, rather than defending themselves…

President Trump said Jack Nicklaus, the retired professional golfer, will oversee an overhaul of the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews. Trump told reporters he was tapping Nicklaus as the architect of the project on Saturday before boarding Marine One to head to Andrews, where he later took an aerial tour of the landscape. “We’re…

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday said he is pessimistic about the bipartisan push for a congressional stock trading ban becoming a reality, describing the issue as the “fox guarding the henhouse.” “We’re not going to pass anything,” Burchett said during an appearance on John Catsimatidis’s radio show, “Cats Roundtable,” on WABC 770 AM. “Or…

Legal experts and White House critics are worried the Justice Department (DOJ) could become a piggy bank for those with grievances as President Trump and a number of his allies pursue million-dollar settlement claims. While Trump’s push for $230 million in compensation for two probes into his conduct would be the most lucrative of the…

State Department officials on Saturday aggressively pushed back on claims shared by some senators that President Trump’s 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine originated from Russia and is not the administration’s position. Earlier on Saturday, PBS NewsHour correspondent Nick Schifrin reported comments from Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Angus King (I-Maine) where the lawmakers claimed…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed that Texas National Guard troops who were deployed to Illinois in October have been ordered to return back to the Lone Star State before Thanksgiving.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s shocking announcement that she is leaving Congress in January is still reverberating in Washington and beyond. The news, delivered Friday in a lengthy statement, appears to have caught some people off guard — including President Trump, whose feud with the Georgia Republican and the beef’s rippling effects played a role in…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned pivots to “exercise caution” when operating in the region around Venezuela because of the “worsening security situation and heightened military activity” in and near the South American nation as tensions with the United States simmer. The FAA’s advisory, issued on Friday, notes that “threats could post a potential…

“You cannot Make America Healthy while denying food to our most vulnerable citizens,” wrote Maxwell Taylor Kennedy in a scathing op-ed.

The escalating feud between President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reached a new level on Friday with the Republican lawmaker announcing her resignation planned for January. A longtime ally of Trump’s, Greene has increased her criticisms toward the GOP and the administration for several months. She amped up her disapproval during the government…

Democrats won a huge victory this week in getting Republicans to enact legislation compelling the Trump administration to release the full files on Jeffrey Epstein. Their next battle is keeping the pressure on the Justice Department to comply. Democrats are eyeing a series of tactical maneuvers — letters, lawsuits, additional subpoenas and votes of contempt…

The Kennedy Center said Friday that it is being paid $7.4 million to hold the draw for the World Cup at the performing arts venue on Dec. 5. FIFA is donating $2.4 million to the Kennedy Center as it prepares to host one of the biggest events in sports, Roma Daravi, the Kennedy Center’s vice president of…

Conservative activist Terry Schilling on Saturday appeared to struggle to provide a simple answer to a direct question from Abby Phillip.

Former national security adviser John Bolton ripped President Trump’s 28-point proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, arguing the plan was written from “the Russian point of view.” The Russians “couldn’t have written a better treaty themselves,” Bolton said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert” on Friday. “I think it’s selling out…

Comedian Bill Maher on Friday joked about the feud between President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over the impending release of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein, while also indicating that the cable show host and the lawmaker have something in common. “I mean, Marjorie Taylor Greene was his biggest ally, and then…

The potential Andrews redesign follows construction crews already having demolished the East Wing of the White House to make room for a $300 million ballroom.

A State Department spokesperson denied their account, calling it “blatantly false.”

“I’ve never seen him sort of care for his children, his vice president or his cabinet’s credibility the way he seemed committed to honoring Mamdani’s credibility,” Nicolle Wallace said.

The FBI this week concluded its probe into the first assassination attempt against President Trump during a Pennsylvania campaign rally last year, finding that the deceased suspect acted alone and without motive. FBI Director Kash Patel, in an interview with Fox News, said Trump was informed of the FBI’s conclusion to its investigation “as a…