The president’s holiday-like fantasy is getting roasted by critics.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee are holding a hearing Thursday morning on President Trump’s economic agenda: From rising health care premiums to high prices to cost of living concerns. Trump has bristled at the topic of affordability — something that made headlines following Democrats’ key wins in the…
President Trump on Thursday morning will welcome the leaders of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo to Washington for the signing of a peace treaty. Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi will also hold a trilateral meeting with Trump. The president’s entry into peace talks between the African nations started earlier this year and culminated in…
Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley will head to the Capitol on Thursday to brief top lawmakers on the Trump administration’s strikes on boats in the Caribbean allegedly ferrying drugs to the U.S. The questions will likely zero in on details of the Sept. 2 strikes, which have come under scrutiny in recent days after…
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The “Tonight Show” host also got in a dig about the president’s apparent nap time.
Jimmy Kimmel played two supercuts in quick succession and came to a mockingly damning realization.
The Duke of Sussex jabbed the president during a Hallmark-inspired comedy bit with host Stephen Colbert.
Critics explained why it’s “pretty ironic.”
The illustrated image is… something.
The “Late Show” host spotted the “truly historic” addition to the White House Christmas decorations.
Josh Johnson spotted why the president is clearly “worried about a slippery slope.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of covering up lethal strikes carried out on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and placing the lives of U.S. service members at risk. “You know, when the president chooses a Fox News commentator to run the most important, most complicated, most…
The network’s senior medical analyst put an inventive twist on the president’s drowsy appearance during his Cabinet meeting.
Many blasted the House minority leader’s reaction to Trump pardoning a Democrat who was indicted on charges of bribery and acting as a foreign agent.
As the U.S. and Israel pressure the International Criminal Court for its work on Gaza, dozens of global governments sent a signal of support for accountability this week.
The president continued his tirade against members of the community as ICE launched an operation in Minnesota.
Senate Democrats, along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), on Wednesday filed a war powers resolution to prevent the United States from using the U.S. armed forces from engaging in hostilities with Venezuela without congressional approval. The resolution, filed by Paul and Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.),…
President Trump’s pick to lead NASA, billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, refused on Wednesday to say if Elon Musk was in the room when Trump first offered him the job. Isaacman — who was renominated last month after Trump pulled the nomination in May — appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on…
President Trump defended his decision to pardon Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) when asked whether the move would help the Democratic congressman get reelected in next year’s midterms. “It didn’t matter,” Trump told The Hill during an Oval Office event on Wednesday. “He was a respected person. He was treated very badly because he said that…
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Republicans have “a real problem” after the party eked out a narrow victory in a ruby red Tennessee district in Tuesday’s special election. “I’m always concerned, to be honest,” Burchett told CNN’s Manu Raju when asked about the race, which was more competitive than in recent years. “We got a…
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked for dollar amounts and Trump contacts. Donors responded by boasting about their philanthropy and love of America.
President Trump said on Wednesday he supports the release of the video showing the second boat strike that killed the remaining survivors in a Sept. 2 Caribbean operation. “I don’t know what they have, but whatever they have, we’d certainly release, no problem,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Every boat we knock out,…
The transportation secretary called his predecessor “Boot-uh-judge” before Trump insisted it was actually pronounced “Boot-edge-edge.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused former Vice President Kamala Harris of telling “blatant lies” to write her postcampaign memoir “107 Days” and “cover her a–,” according to a profile about the governor published in The Atlantic on Wednesday. Reporter Tim Alberta described Shapiro as “between outrage and exasperation as I relayed the excerpts” about…