Month: November 2025

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called President Trump “the worst thing on the face of the earth” during a recent interview with CNN’s Elex Michaelson. “He’s just a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the Earth,” Pelosi said in a video clip posted on X. The interview is expected to air in full…
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The White House argued lethal military strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific do not rise to the level of “hostilities” that would warrant authorization from Congress under the War Powers Resolution (WPR).  The administration said the WPR, which Congress passed in 1973, would only apply when putting the U.S. in harm’s…
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The president’s endorsement comes after months of scrutiny of his relationship with Cuomo.

The network’s data chief broke down how the president has been a big “drag” on a number of key races.

Needling his opponent on social media, the front-runner for New York City mayor posted, “I know how hard you worked for this.”

A trio of Democratic senators — Chris Murphy (Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Tina Smith (Minn.) — traveled to South Florida on Monday to address rising health care costs amid the government shutdown.  In a video Murphy posted to social platform X, the Connecticut lawmaker said they traveled to the area to speak with “regular…
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President Trump’s promise to defend persecuted Christians in Nigeria has put Abuja on the back foot and thrust Africa’s most populous country into the president’s unpredictable crosshairs.  Trump threatened over the weekend to mobilize American troops against Islamist terrorists killing Christians, blaming Nigeria’s leaders for failing to tackle the problem and labeling it a “country…
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President Trump’s sweeping tariffs will be scrutinized by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, placing the president’s most significant economic initiative into the justices’ hands.   The main question looming over the case is whether Trump can use emergency powers to justify his worldwide levies as he seeks to transform global trade — an untested expansion of…
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Former President Obama praised New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s (D) run in a recent call, according to multiple reports. The New York Times reported Saturday the call happened that day, with the former president telling Mamdani he could be a “sounding board” later on. The call lasted about 30 minutes, two sources familiar…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his support for the Senate filibuster, even as President Trump has pushed the upper chamber to use the so-called “nuclear option” to forgo it and reopen the government with a simple majority vote. At a press conference Monday, Johnson said he spoke to Trump “multiple times” over the…
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“You are vastly overestimating how much I care about where you take a s**t,” Oliver said before getting into the crux of the issue.

Plot twist! Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is siding with Democrats on this key issue as the government shutdown continues.

The president was asked about a pardon he signed last month. His response: “I don’t know who he is.”

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday publicly backed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) in his independent bid to be New York City’s mayor in the general election on Tuesday. In a post on his social platform X, Musk warned his nearly 229 million followers that supporting the city’s Republican mayoral nominee, Curtis Sliwa,…
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Roughly half of Americans say the country’s best times are in the past, according to a Politico poll released Sunday. In the survey, conducted in mid-October, 49 percent of respondents say the best of times are “behind us,” while 41 percent say the best times are “yet to come,” and 10 percent say the best…
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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are calling on ex-Prince Andrew to testify about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The BBC cited four Democrats on the committee, which is probing the Epstein case, requesting the former prince’s testimony. “I would like for him to come to our committee and tell us everything he knows about…
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I hope everyone had a good Halloween. The president certainly did — he spent his weekend throwing a Great Gatsby–themed party at Mar-a-Lago.   Now, “The Great Gatsby,” for those who might’ve missed the symbolism in high-school English, is a story about excess, illusion and the moral decay behind wealth. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of the rich: “They were careless people … they smashed up things and…
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The president of the union representing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers on Monday urged Congress to include health care protections in a bill to reopen the government as the shutdown approaches record length. “The U.S. government must be fully funded immediately, and that has to include funding for health care,” said Justin Chen, president of…
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Is Usha Vance going to hell? That question is probably going to be asked to Vice President JD Vance at some point as he gears up for a potential presidential run in 2028. Is it offensive? Yes. Is it necessary to know before you can elect someone to run the country? No. But, as the…
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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) on Sunday mocked former Gov. Andrew Cuomo after President Trump backed him in a recent interview. “Congratulations, @AndrewCuomo. I know how hard you worked for this,” Mamdani said in a Sunday post on the social platform X. Mamdani’s post also featured a large red graphic reading “TRUMP…
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Steve Bannon has always had the unnerving habit of saying the quiet part out loud. His recent claim that Donald Trump will serve a third term shouldn’t be dismissed as the usual mix of mischief and media melodrama. He knows the American system bends long before it breaks, and that with the right mix of…
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President Trump said he will help “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, who pleaded with the president to intervene in his cancer treatment. “On it!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. The president included screenshots of the public plea from Adams, the cartoonist who announced earlier this year he was diagnosed with prostate…
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The president’s eldest son spiced up his Instagram account with an usual nod to his dad.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he’s aiming to “put up a mirror” to what he called President Trump’s “madness” with his trolling mimicking the president on social media. Newsom, who is looking at running for president in 2028, was pressed on his all-caps, meme-fueled social media posts by NBC News’s Kristen Welker, who asked…
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was the first clarity from the Trump administration since the president took to social media last week to say he had “instructed the Department of…
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