Month: November 2025

Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) on Friday said a bipartisan push would be required to force President Trump to release a transcript of a 2019 call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the wake of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. However, Vindman said he did not expect his Republican colleagues to…

President Trump has signed a bill requiring the release of the Epstein files, but his demand for an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s associates could delay the release and allow him to avoid criticism for hiding evidence of sex crimes.

Watching the bill to release the Epstein files go from a stalled discharge petition with 217 signatures to passing both houses of Congress by a combined vote of 527-1 has got to be one of the most dramatic events in American political history. 

The former talk show wingman lambasted the administration for going after the joke-makers.

Here’s where my unpopular opinion comes in — Mamdani and Trump are a lot more alike than either of them wants to admit. And that’s exactly why this meeting has real potential.  

The Kentucky Republican said that President Donald Trump’s recent rift with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) would “pale in comparison.”

President Trump’s federal immigration crackdown with move to New Orleans next week with 250 troops set to take part in operations in the city. The operation, which starts Dec. 1 and is dubbed “Swamp Sweep,” will be led by Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, The Associated Press reported. Officers intend to arrest 5,000 people between…

The former Fox News host’s bad takes just keep coming.

The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is warning that a failed effort by Republicans to gerrymander congressional districts in Texas could cost the party in the long term. “President Trump’s insistence that Texas Republicans redraw their House map before the 2026 midterms is looking like it could backfire in a big way,” the…

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) on Friday slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for not condemning President Trump’s recent post suggesting six Democratic lawmakers should be put to “death” for urging military members to defy what they classified as “illegal orders.” “The words that the president chose are not the ones that I would use. OK?…

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Democrats need to be “more open” to people like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — after she broke with President Trump on a number of issues. Greene’s criticism of House Republican leaders during the record-long government shutdown and public rift with Trump has captured headlines in recent weeks….

President Trump indicated he was giving Ukraine until next Thursday to agree to a peace proposal from the U.S. to end the war with Russia. Trump was asked during an appearance on the “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Fox News Radio about reports that the administration was giving Ukraine a deadline to sign off on the…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday that its operations in Charlotte, N.C., will not be ending “anytime soon,“ conflicting with reports from local law enforcement who said immigration officials have left the city.  “Operation Charlotte’s Web isn’t ending anytime soon,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote in a statement on social platform X….

After weeks of stalled talks over Russia’s war on Ukraine, Axios reported this week that Washington and Moscow had quietly hammered out a 28-point proposal to end the war.  U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll visited Kyiv on Thursday to discuss the plan with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said he expected a call with President…

Thousands of veterans discharged from the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine during the Biden administration may regain eligibility for GI Bill education benefits, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More than 8,000 service members were separated from the military for refusing to comply with the Pentagon’s coronavirus shot mandate, which was implemented…

Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz says President Trump has a deadline to address price increases and affordability concerns as his first year back in the White House winds down. “We’re gonna know the impact of prices one week from now at Thanksgiving and for the next five or six weeks,” Luntz said during an appearance…

Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) will speak with reporters Friday morning as he seeks more information from President Trump and his administration on the 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. The pressure comes just days after the president welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, when they faced questions over…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is warning the head of media conglomerate Paramount that she is ready to stand in the way of the company’s growth, which she argues is becoming increasingly anti-competitive. “We don’t think one man or one corporation named David Ellison should be able to buy up all the shows and buy up…

The MS NOW host pointed out a “violation of sanity” in the response to a Democratic video addressing service members.

A panel of federal judges upheld North Carolina’s 2023 congressional map Thursday as the judges continue mulling the legality of the state’s mid-decade redistricting push.  The panel has not yet ruled on whether that new map, which was drawn this year to add a Republican pickup opportunity in the House as part of a redistricting arms race, can stand for the…

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) is holding a press conference Friday morning to unveil legislation that would block the Trump administration from continuing to fund military strikes in the Caribbean without congressional approval. Moulton was one of a handful of Democrats to air frustration over the Pentagon‘s attacks on alleged drug boats and the pressure campaign…

The Justice Department reversed course on Thursday, alleging the full grand jury did review the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.  The change comes 24 hours after lead prosecutor Lindsey Halligan told a judge that all jurors were not privy to the final revised document displaying his charges, only the jury foreperson and one other…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Thursday that U.S. Capitol Police responded to an incident where a person appeared at her Washington, D.C., office and “made white supremacist threats and hand gestures.” No one was hurt in the incident, Crockett said in the statement. She credited Capitol Police for “their swift response.” The Hill has reached…

President Trump lifted his administration’s 40 percent tariffs on Brazilian food products on Thursday, marking the latest reversal on a string of tariffs that were imposed on other countries earlier this year. The action removes tariffs from products including coffee, fruit, cocoa, and beef. They were first imposed in July in an effort to punish…

President Trump on Friday will host New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House. Ahead of the meeting, the democratic socialist said he plans to discuss inflation with the president. Here’s what to watch for. On the other side of the Atlantic, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his government is assessing…