Month: February 2026

President Trump hosted a Super Bowl watch party attended by GOP lawmakers at his Mar-a-Lago resort to celebrate the culmination of football season. Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Eric Schmitt (Mo.) were among those in attendance at the event in Florida to watch the faceoff between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. “Enjoying…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is back in the spotlight Monday, with Congress staring down another funding lapse deadline as bipartisan talks fizzle. With funding drying up at the end of the week, lawmakers are gearing up for a tough fight as Democrats dig in on 10 “guardrails” they want Congress to enact, and…

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show made waves with lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle with some touting him as representing the American dream and others condemning his show, performed almost entirely in Spanish. “Thank you @sanbenito for taking the California stage and using your voice at #SuperBowl LX. A beautiful moment! Together,…

Trump is producing chaos, confusion and instability — with new outrages nearly every day. 

Conservative activist Laura Loomer on Sunday said the NFL should apologize for Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl, which featured a tour of Puerto Rican culture and flags from Latin American countries.  “The ⁦@NFL⁩ should apologize to the American people for flooding the Super Bowl with foreign flags. Totally disgraceful,” Loomer wrote in…

The caption set social media alight.

“The Super Bowl is in my district, but I was not in the suites,” Ro Khanna tweeted. “I was with activists in my district demanding no new funding for ICE.”

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Republican senators led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are coming to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s defense after some of their GOP colleagues called for a White House shake-up. GOP senators rattled over their party’s prospects in the midterms and unhappy with Miller’s public comments on Greenland and immigration enforcement view the deputy White…

The surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Maine last month has put Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on the defensive in a reelection campaign that is causing growing GOP heartburn.  Collins has touted her seemingly successful efforts to scale back ICE presence in Maine, which drew immediate protests in the state’s two biggest…

Russell Vought is seizing every opportunity he can to dismantle a crucial watchdog agency.

Stuart Stevens said the president is alienating the group that has essentially become the nation’s third party. 

Figure skater Amber Glenn said she was now taking a break from social media.

The warning from Stephen Miller’s wife won a gold medal for getting dragged.

President Donald Trump’s supporters were particularly incensed by one element of the Puerto Rican superstar’s performance.

The president had some very strong feelings about a performance that many people loved. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi was the subject of a Sunday Super Bowl ad that urges her to “tell the truth” in regard to the files pertaining to the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The clip, released by World Without Exploitation, says that more than 3 million files tied to Epstein have not been released, contradicting…

Bad Bunny’s highly anticipated halftime performance left an impression on Super Bowl LX fans with tributes to Latin American heritage rooted in all facets of his on-stage musical production. A special serenade from Lady Gaga in addition to cameos from Jessica Alba, Pedro Pascal and Cardi B left Bad Bunny’s supporters and critics with a…

Bad Bunny put on a masterclass in Latino joy with help from Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and more.

President Trump on Sunday said that Super Bowl LX’s halftime show featuring Bad Bunny was “one of the worst.” The “Dákiti” rapper, who is from Puerto Rico, is known for his Spanish-language music and albums. But his performance, which was in Spanish, on Sunday night drew the ire of Trump. “The Super Bowl Halftime Show…

“Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting,” Trump said.

President Trump lauded the NFL Super Bowl LX contenders in a recent NBC interview, describing the New England Patriots as “amazing” but stopping short of endorsing them as the championship team. The Patriots are set to face off against the Seattle Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif, at 6:30 p.m. EST on Sunday….

Ghislaine Maxwell intends to plead the 5th Amendment to avoid self-incrimination during her Monday deposition in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, her attorney, David Markus, told NewsNation. Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime accomplice of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is less than four years into a 20-year prison…

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) responded Sunday to the GOP’s push for national voter ID laws, calling it a “solution in search of a problem.” “It’s a solution in search of a problem in one big way,” Ivey told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.” The House is set to vote this upcoming week…

U.S. Olympians are beginning to face backlash for speaking out about domestic politics at the Milan Cortina Games.