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The White House dismissed the majority of members on the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday. Just four of the 26 members remain on the council’s website: Russell Berman, Keegan Callanan, William English and Matthew Rose, The Washington Post reported. All four were appointed by President Trump. When reached for comment, a White House…
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President Trump’s approval rating has hit its lowest figure yet in polling by Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, which released its latest figures Wednesday. Forty-three percent of respondents polled in September said they approve of Trump’s performance, while 57 percent disapproved, the poll stated. The 43 percent is the lowest figure so far in…
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Podcaster Joe Rogan is backing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s war on “woke garbage” and “fat generals.” “Well you saw what the f— was going on over the last four years,” Rogan said on his podcast Tuesday, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “You got guys in dresses talking about how it’s really important to have…
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Political science professors break down the president’s recent social media activity and what it might say about him.

Cuba’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of pursuing a “personal and corrupt agenda” that he said runs counter to President Trump’s stated peace goals in Latin America. In a sit-down interview with The Associated Press, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said Rubio, whose parents are Cuban immigrants, has made it…
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The vice president insisted that Trump is able to engage in good-faith negotiations with Democrats while also posting fake videos of the House Minority Speaker in a sombrero.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein the “greatest blackmailer ever” in an interview published Tuesday. Lutnick told “Pod Force One” host Miranda Devine that Epstein was a “disgusting person” from whom he and his wife kept their distance. The Commerce secretary, who was Epstein’s ex-neighbor, described to Devine his interaction with the…
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(NEXSTAR) – The federal government shutdown, which began Wednesday, marks the 21st such closure in 50 years. Most of those shutdowns have lasted less than a week, but the longest in U.S. history was over a month long. It wasn’t that long ago when the record was broken. It was actually the most recent federal…
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One health department employee said the directions seemed to be “coercing” subordinates into political activity.

The White House is embracing the fight over the first government shutdown since 2019, viewing it as a political loser for Democrats and an opening to unilaterally advance its own policy interests. President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought have signaled they plan to use the shutdown to further slash the federal…
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The Trump administration is holding off on its threatened 100 percent tariffs on drugmakers that aren’t building facilities in the U.S., with officials saying the new tax is still being prepared. President Trump said on his Truth Social platform last week that, “Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any…
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The editorial board of The Washington Post is warning that progressive Democrats are leading the party into a “shutdown trap.” In an op-ed published Wednesday morning, the board noted that Democrats “shut off any potential escape valve to avoid a shutdown” when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), facing a left-wing revolt, apparently backed off…
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President Trump on Wednesday said he planned to use money brought in from tariffs on imports to provide aid to soybean farmers who have been hurt by a trade dispute with China. “The Soybean Farmers of our Country are being hurt because China is, for ‘negotiating’ reasons only, not buying,” Trump posted on Truth Social.…
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Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) criticized “far-left groups” for demanding Democrats vote against a Republican-backed proposal to fund the government. “This government shutdown is the result of hardball politics driven by the demands far-left groups are making for Democratic Party leaders to put on a show of their opposition to President Trump,” Golden said in…
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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s (Pa.) disapproval rating is soaring within his own party, according to a Quinnipiac poll. The poll found that 54 percent of Pennsylvania Democratic voters disapproved of Fetterman’s representation of them in Washington; 33 percent approved of the job he’s doing and 16 percent chose not to share an opinion.  Last year,…
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President Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to send National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., saying he had “no choice” but to deploy troops over the protests of local officials. “The Governor of Oregon must be living in a ‘Dream World,’” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Portland is a NEVER-ENDING DISASTER. Many people…
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Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey on Wednesday described President Trump’s Quantico, Va., remarks to top generals as less than admirable. “I’ve been doing this a long time. That presentation at Quantico from the president and secretary of Defense was one of the most bizarre, unsettling events I’ve ever encountered,” McCaffrey said during an appearance on MSNBC’s…
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A majority of Pennsylvania voters back Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) job performance, according to a new poll. In the Quinnipiac University poll, 60 percent of respondents said they back “the way Josh Shapiro is handling his job as governor,” while 28 percent said the opposite. Back in January 2024, Shapiro’s approval rating was 59 percent,…
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Vice President JD Vance has told Americans to brace for “pain.”

(NEXSTAR) – Lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to fund the federal government by midnight on Tuesday night, triggering a shutdown on Wednesday. At the heart of the deadlock are health insurance subsidies. Here’s what to know about the key sticking points in the budget negotiations. What are the tax credits lawmakers disagree on? At issue…
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The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday pumped the brakes on lawsuits challenging Trump administration policies amid the government’s shutdown, citing its own need to preserve resources while the funding impasse persists. The court’s chief judge James Boasberg issued a standing order extending upcoming deadlines in litigation involving the federal government past the…
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), a former Navy pilot running for New Jersey governor, on Tuesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of trying to force women out of the military after he announced the “highest male standard” would be imposed on all combat roles in the armed forces. “Eliminating the current highly rigorous standards for women…
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Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel tore into President Trump over the government shutdown Tuesday night while also criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his speech decrying “fat generals” in the U.S. military. “I was recently the victim of a government shutdown,” Kimmel, whose show was reinstated last week on ABC after a brief suspension, said…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday backed President Trump’s plans to use cities he deems dangerous because of their crime levels as a “training ground” for the military, though he seemed to draw a distinction in suggesting it would be National Guard members taking part in such actions.  “I can tell you what‘s in…
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“Only, again, an idiot like Donald Trump would believe that such a thing could happen,” Sen. Ruben Gallego said.