Republican senators are worried that revelations around Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein could balloon into a bigger political liability for the GOP heading into this year’s midterm elections. Lutnick is viewed on Capitol Hill as one of President Trump’s most influential economic advisers, and Republican senators have generally…
Rubio addressed the conference a year after Vice President JD Vance stunned the same audience with a harsh critique of European values.
Trump, speaking on Friday after a military event at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, openly floated the possibility of changing the government in Iran.
The Justice Department (DOJ) sent a letter to Congress on Saturday outlining its justification for redactions made in the released Jeffrey Epstein files, according to Politico. The six-page letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees also included a list of “all government officials and politically exposed persons” named in the files…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested on Friday that her department has a broad role in election security, claiming she has the authority to identify “vulnerabilities” in the election system and implement “mitigation measures” to make sure local and state elections are “run correctly.” Noem argued during a press conference in Arizona, where she was…
The Trump administration has not announced any deal in which Cameroon agreed to accept deportees from other nations.
60% said they approved of the Spanish-language show.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down on Saturday after Congress failed to pass a funding bill for the department. DHS accounts for 3 percent of the U.S. federal budget and most department employees will be required to work without pay for the duration of the shutdown, which could stretch on for weeks due…
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sharply criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the release of files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling the saga the “biggest political miscalculation” of her former ally President Trump’s career. The former legislator accused President Trump of fighting “the hardest” against the files’ release…
The former president broke his silence on the video in an interview released Saturday.
Ty Cobb said the officials have overseen “war crimes,” supervised “the execution of American citizens” and are “unfit for office.”
Former President Obama argued in an interview published Saturday that American politics has become a “clown show” under the second Trump administration, suggesting that many Americans dislike the rhetoric coming out of the White House in recent months. Obama made the comparison while addressing a controversial video posted on President Trump’s Truth Social account earlier…
President Trump on Saturday lashed out at comedian Bill Maher over his criticism of the commander in chief from the day before, with the president referring back to his dinner with Maher at the White House last year. The president in a lengthy Truth Social post praised how Maher was “a nice guy” who was…
The U.S. ambassador to NATO on Saturday expressed the need for “strong allies, not dependents” in response to a question about NATO defense spending contributions at the Munich Security Conference. The Czech Republic has refused to increase the country’s defense spending above 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), in violation of NATO’s new…
The president shared a video last week depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday expressed his gratitude after meeting with U.S. senators on the outskirts of the Munich Security Conference, thanking them for their “support for Ukraine and its warriors.” “Thank you to the senators for their unwavering bipartisan support for Ukraine and Ukrainians,” Zelensky wrote on social platform X. “Thank you to…
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb warned Friday that the Trump administration’s attacks on its perceived political enemies could lead to impeachment proceedings against top Cabinet officials if Democrats win back control of Congress in November. “All of those people should be impeached, for sure,” Cobb said in an appearance on “The Beat with Ari…
“Sometimes in life you waste time!” President Donald Trump said about his dinner date with self-described comedian Bill Maher.
The “Real Time” host also discussed a different kind of “dick” elsewhere in the episode.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday blasted President Trump and his administration over what she called “surveillance” ahead of November’s midterms, citing the recent FBI raid on an election office in Georgia. “I hear that all over the United States, not just in Europe, that there is concern about the election,” Pelosi told…
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal isn’t going anywhere — despite the recent release of roughly 3 million documents by the Department of Justice. The story’s longevity is partly because of the horrific scale of Epstein’s predations. The latest releases also placed a shadow over the previous accounts given by allies of President Trump — from Commerce…
Americans overwhelmingly view former President Abraham Lincoln as an “outstanding” leader, while President Trump ranks near the bottom, according to a new poll. The YouGov survey, released Friday, found that 74 percent of U.S. voters collectively rank Lincoln, known affectionately as Honest Abe, as “outstanding” or “above average.” Another 12 percent said he was “average”…
Casey Wasserman, the entertainment executive tapped by President Trump to chair the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, said late Friday that he is in the process of selling off his talent agency. The move, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes after Wasserman faced backlash after his name was uncovered in files tied to convicted…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suggested Friday that world leaders likely see the U.S. as a “wrecking ball” under its current leadership, but added that President Trump is “temporary.” Newsom, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, said the people he spoke with during the summit signaled they no longer see the U.S. as…
Nearly a decade later, the United States faces another such test.