Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘deliberate’ attack on American-owned factory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Russia of launching a “deliberate” attack on an American-owned facility in his country, amid signs that the Kremlin is slow-walking a peace deal to end the years-long conflict. “In Mukachevo, the Russians practically burned down an American company producing electronics—home appliances, nothing military. The Russians knew exactly where…
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Watch: Trump addresses police, military patrolling DC streets
President Trump said he plans to patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department and National Guard troops around Washington, D.C., Thursday night amid a federal crackdown on crime. “I’m going to be going out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military, of course,” Trump told conservative radio host Todd Starnes on his show.…
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Cut $783 Million Of Research Funding In Anti-DEI Push
Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s liberals in a 5-4 decision.
Trump Accuses Biden Of Not Letting Ukraine ‘Fight Back’ Against Russia
The president suggested that Ukraine should go on the offensive against Russia amid the countries’ stalled peace talks.
Trump administration taps Joe Francescon as next NSA deputy director
President Trump’s administration selected Joe Francescon, a former intelligence analyst and counterterrorism aide, as the next deputy director of the National Security Agency (NSA). “Joe has served our country with distinction at the highest levels of national security, from the Intelligence Community to the Pentagon and overseas,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense…
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Federal judge finds Alina Habba unlawfully serving as US attorney for NJ
A federal judge on Thursday ruled Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to President Trump, has been unlawfully serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann explained that the Trump administration made Habba the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey through a “novel series of legal and personnel moves,”…
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Florida removes rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub
A rainbow crosswalk near Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., honoring the victims of one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings was painted over late Wednesday after close to a decade, part of a state and nationwide effort to scrub “political banners” from public roads. The Pulse Memorial’s crosswalk, first painted in 2017, honored the 49 people killed…
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Judge Says Alina Habba Has Been Unlawfully Serving As U.S. Attorney
Habba has been serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.
Russia questions Zelensky’s ‘legitimacy,’ calls security guarantees ‘hopeless’
Russia questioned the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday and said the security guarantees under discussion for a potential peace deal are “hopeless.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky — a move backed by President Trump — but…
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Trump’s child care win is no victory for American families
Corrine Hendrickson opened Corrine’s Little Explorers in New Glarus, Wisconsin nearly 18 years ago. She has served 70 children since then in her family child care business. But in August, she will be closing her doors, because operating the program is simply no longer sustainable. Similarly, Seedlings to Sunflowers, a child care program in Maine, is struggling.…
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Trump Confidante Doesn’t Think Pregnant Women Should Have Government Jobs
“Is there not a man who is qualified?” she asked.
Montana Republicans call for 50 percent tariff on Russian palladium imports
The Montana congressional delegation is urging President Trump to introduce a 50 percent tariff on Russian palladium imports, after a multinational mining group with a presence in the state submitted a similar request earlier this month. GOP Sens. Tim Sheehy and Steve Daines alongside Reps. Ryan Zinke and Troy Downing sent a Thursday letter to…
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Trump Administration Reviewing All 55M People With U.S. Visas For Potential Deportable Violations
The Trump administration says it’s reviewing all the more than 55 million people with U.S. visas for potential deportable violations.
Trump is cutting Medicaid based on a flawed study
Our country is poised to take health coverage away from millions of low-income Americans largely based on the findings of a flawed and flagrantly misleading study. President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill recently produced the largest cut to Medicaid health insurance in its 60-year history. Claiming to reduce “fraud and abuse,” it will cut essential medical services…
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Senate Democrat predicts ‘day of reckoning’ for private prison employees
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Wednesday said private prison employees would have to answer to their treatment of inmates amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and as more detention facilities may pop up around the U.S. “There, at some point, is going to be a reckoning for all of this,” Ossoff told MSNBC…
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House Democrats Are Investigating The Controversial Paramount-Skydance Merger
Reps. Jamie Raskin and Frank Pallone Jr. are demanding a large array of documentation surrounding the terms of the merger.
Illegal immigration hit record in 2023: Pew
The number of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the United States hit an all-time high of 14 million people in 2023 amid a surge that followed the COVID-19 pandemic and policy shifts from the Biden administration, according to a new independent analysis. The Pew Research Center, using the most recent numbers available for meaningful…
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The ‘big beautiful bill’s’ smart tax reform will grow wealth in every zip code
Democrats joined together to vote “no” on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with one senator calling it “bad for our country” and “bad for our families.” But is that an accurate critique? While the legislative package signed into law by President Trump on July 4 traces its lineage to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this updated version goes…
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Coons defends Fed governor Trump targeted: ‘I’m concerned about the trajectory here’
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) defended Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook and expressed concern about President Trump’s call for her resignation amid mortgage fraud allegations. “What makes me concerned about this ongoing effort to pressure the Federal Reserve is that President Trump has recently demonstrated that, when he doesn’t like the numbers, he…
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Paul Krugman: Trump administration ‘about to ICE the economy’ with immigration crackdown
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said in a Wednesday Substack post that the Trump administration is “about to ICE the economy” with its immigration crackdown. “I worry, as everyone should, about how a huge expansion of this deeply un-American organization may be used as a tool of presidential power and repression,” Krugman said in a Substack…
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Trump raises prospect of Ukraine attacks on Russia: ‘Impossible’ to win without attacking invader country
President Trump on Thursday promised “interesting times ahead” as he raised the prospect of Ukraine launching an offensive against Russia, amid signs that the Kremlin could be slow-walking progress on a peace deal. In a post on the Truth Social platform, the president seemed to justify a hypothetical offensive against Russia and criticized the Biden…
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Navarro expects no extension for 50 percent tariffs on India for buying Russian oil
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Thursday that he doesn’t expect President Trump to extend the timeline on doubling tariffs on India as a penalty for buying Russian oil beyond next week. Trump is set to hit India on Aug. 27 with a 50 percent tariff, which includes a 25 percent penalty for the…
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DOJ subpoenas patients’ information in transgender care investigation
The Justice Department (DOJ) is demanding confidential patient information from hospitals that provide gender-affirming health care to minors, including their birth dates, Social Security numbers and home addresses, according to a subpoena made public in a court filing this week. The subpoena to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, sent in June and first reported by The…
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CDC finalizes roughly 600 layoffs; union says workforce ‘decimated’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued layoff notices to hundreds of employees Wednesday after a federal judge last week shielded some but not all offices within the agency. “I can confirm that roughly 600 CDC employees were let go,” an American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) spokesperson said in a statement to…
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Newsom trolling spree shows signs of success; Bannon gives California governor credit
Nobody is getting under MAGA’s skin quite like California Gov. Gavin Newsom. And it’s not just comical — it’s effective. Every cable news channel is talking about him, weekly if not daily. Newsom, who many believe is a likely contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, has taken a page straight from Donald Trump’s…
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