The “Late Night” host showed no love to the president with a brutal supercut.
It adds to his efforts to send troops to Portland and Washington D.C.
Barry McCaffrey took on the president for entertaining an idea that’s “against American values.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he hasn’t heard from the White House since a Monday meeting with President Trump and other congressional leaders. “We haven’t heard from the White House since the White House meeting on Monday. The president has been behaving, you know, somewhat erratically and in [an] unconventional fashion…
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Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday called President Trump’s Gaza peace plan “realistic” when talking to reporters. “So far it seems a realistic proposal,” the pope said, according to Vatican News, also saying he wishes Hamas would go with the plan “within the established timeframe.” “It’s important, nonetheless, that there be a ceasefire and the release…
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The White House says Jane Fonda is “free to share whatever bad opinions she wants” amid her relaunch of a McCarthy-era group but still defended President Trump as a “strong supporter of free speech.” The Academy Award-winning actor sounded the alarm on free speech in the United States and announced the formation of the Committee for the…
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The federal government shut down for the first time since 2019 on Wednesday morning, leaving many employees working without pay until funding is restored. TSA agents and air traffic controllers will stay on the job, along with thousands of other essential workers, including those who keep Social Security running. The catch: Many essential employees won’t…
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Maybe Ukraine should have just given him a gold-plated 747.
Actress Jane Fonda described her worry amid a second Trump administration, saying Wednesday that the country is facing “a very chilling time.” “This is a very chilling time. You know, we’ve faced attempts at autocracy before in the ’20s and ’30s, and you’ve cited the example of McCarthyism. There was Jim Crow. This is different,…
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The artist was among the notable names Trump touted as he worked to woo Black voters during his 2024 presidential campaign.
During a Wednesday appearance on “Morning Joe,” the Senate minority leader blamed this Republican for sabotaging negotiations over a bipartisan budget bill.
96 <!– Presented by Lockheed Martin {beacon} The Big Story Dems lash out at Trump, Hegseth ‘unhinged’ speech to generals House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals. © Greg Nash Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) characterized Hegseth’s speech — delivered Tuesday at the Quantico Marine base…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will attend the 2026 Super Bowl, where Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is set to headline the halftime show, according to Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security. “There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl…
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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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