The Trump administration has agreed to unfreeze millions in federal funding to Planned Parenthood and other family planning groups, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) paused $27.5 million in funding for 16 organizations last year pending an investigation, citing potential violations of federal civil rights…
President Trump unveiled a health care framework Thursday aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he seeks to address a major Republican political liability ahead of the midterm elections. The framework, which Trump dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” calls for Congress to codify the White House’s voluntary agreements with drug companies to lower prices of certain…
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) made a direct appeal to President Trump to “turn the temperature down” after the president threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy more federal troops to Walz’s state amid escalating protests. “I am making a direct appeal to the President: Let’s turn the temperature down. Stop this campaign of…
Republicans are split on President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota. The poll, released Thursday, found 59 percent of Republican respondents said they prefer that federal immigration officers prioritize arrests even if people get hurt,…
Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday said President Trump’s reaction to being called a “pedophile protector” revealed a “sore spot” for the leader. “Trump had a massive negative reaction to it. And when you find a sore spot, you keep hitting it. Keep hitting it,” Carville said on his Wednesday Politics War Room podcast. “Hit…
President Trump has threatened to deploy more federal troops to Minnesota using a seldom-used law passed by Congress over 200 years ago. The Insurrection Act of 1807, in conjunction with several other laws, permits the president to deploy members of the military or federalize members of the state National Guard to contain an insurrection in…
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is making a push to dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling the federal law enforcement agency “beyond reform.” Thanedar plans to introduce the “Abolish ICE Act” this week, which his office said would dissolve the agency and end its enforcement authority. “We must reform ICE, but it looks at this…
The U.S. seized its sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker Thursday morning in the Caribbean, just ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado. The U.S. Coast Guard’s tactical team seized oil tanker Veronica, part of the so-called ghost fleet that was operating in “defiance” of Trump’s quarantine on sanctioned vessels coming in…
Democrats pounced on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins after she suggested Americans could save money by eating a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla and “one other thing” to afford a nutritious dinner. In a NewsNation interview, Rollins addressed concerns that the White House’s newly revamped dietary guidelines — which prioritize protein…
Troops from multiple European countries arrived in Greenland on Thursday amid President Trump’s escalating interest in acquiring the Arctic island. French President Emmanuel Macron wrote Wednesday on social platform X that France will participate in the joint exercises organized by Denmark in the semi-sovereign territory, dubbed “Operation Arctic Endurance.” Macron noted that the first French…
It is the sixth tanker that has been seized by the U.S. as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products.
Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan, acting commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to lead the military agency. President Trump tapped Donovan to head SOUTHCOM last month amid the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. The attacks have sparked widespread critique and…
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), considered the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the Senate, is entering the midterm year with a $25 million war chest as he tries for a second term representing Georgia in the upper chamber. Ossoff’s cash on hand includes $9.9 million raised in the fourth quarter of 2025 with more than 303,000…
Dr. Mehmet Oz apparently claimed that the president has “the highest testosterone level” of anyone over 70 years old that he has ever seen.
After days of sometimes violent protests in Minneapolis, including a shooting Wednesday involving Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), President Trump on Thursday morning threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act. That would allow him to send the military to quell unrest. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and…
The troop movements are intended to portray unity among Europeans and send a signal to Trump that a U.S. takeover is not necessary, due to NATO.
President Trump early Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act following another shooting involving a federal agent overnight in Minnesota. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the…
Protests in Minneapolis escalated Wednesday night after a federal officer shot and injured a Venezuelan migrant after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle — a week after a resident was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in the same city. The latest shooting, which was not fatal, further inflamed tensions…
Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against ICE persist in Minneapolis.
After promising to focus on deporting criminal illegal immigrants, Trump is instead using militarized immigration agencies to terrorize cities where he is unpopular.
It’s apparently going to be a hell of a year.
It’s “not normal,” said Jonathan Reiner.
The MS NOW anchor needled the president over one of his most sensitive insecurities.
The late night host thinks he’s figured out what’s really going on.
“I’m sitting here. Alone,” began the president’s message that critics mockingly ripped as “incredibly bleak” and “creepy.”