Month: November 2025

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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The president’s rambling appearance on the CBS News program was mostly standard Trump fare. Except when it wasn’t.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating the loss of her federal food aid benefits when she learned the assistance she receives for heating her Philadelphia apartment may also be at risk. “I feel like I’m living in…
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The president’s evasion reinforced the probability that the GOP has no idea about a solution.

President Trump criticized late-night comic Seth Meyers after the host mocked him for criticizing the way aircraft carriers are built during a speech to members of the military last week. During NBC’s “The Late Show” on Friday, Meyers played for his audience a clip of Trump talking about “catapults,” and asking: “Which is better, the…
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President Trump praised changes Paramount has made to the leadership at CBS News, including the implementation of a controversial journalist as its editor-in-chief following Skydance’s acquisition of the sprawling media company this summer. “And actually ’60 Minutes’ paid me a lotta money,” Trump said of his lawsuit against CBS during an extended interview on the network’s Sunday…
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President Trump’s approval hit a record low for his second term in the latest CNN/SSRS survey released Monday. The poll, conducted in late October, shows 37 percent of surveyed Americans approved of the president’s handling of his post, compared to 63 percent who say they disapproved. That represents a sizable shift from the last CNN…
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Democrats are up 8 points over Republicans on a generic congressional ballot, according to new polling. In the NBC News survey released Sunday, 50 percent of respondents said they wanted “a Congress controlled by Democrats” after the 2026 midterm elections, while 42 percent said they wanted “a Congress controlled by Republicans.” Eight percent in the…
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Last week, on his way to Asia, President Trump said he “would love” to run for a third presidential term. He added, “Am I not ruling it out? You’ll have to tell me. All I can tell you is that we have a great, a great group of people, which [the Democrats] don’t.”   That followed…
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A federal judge on Sunday blocked President Trump from deploying the National Guard in Portland until the judge issues her final ruling later this week.  U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut expects to issue that ruling by Friday evening, after holding a trial last week on whether the deployment was legal.  In the meantime, the judge ruled…
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President Trump said Sunday he knows “nothing” about Binance founder Changpeng Zhao despite pardoning the convicted crypto billionaire.  Trump’s decision to pardon Zhao, who pleaded guilty in 2023 to failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering regime, has drawn scrutiny in recent weeks given the Trump family’s business dealings with the crypto exchange.   “I…
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The Senate on Monday will return to Washington, where it will convene this afternoon on Day 34 of the government shutdown. Both Democrats and Republicans are looking for an off-ramp as the government’s closure inches toward the longest in U.S. history. A group of moderate Senate Democrats have even been quietly gathering to plot how…
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