The new PBS Masterpiece series Marble Hall Murders is a sumptuously filmed “cozy” with an unthreatening structural complexity. The Viking Cruises crowd will eat it up with a Christofle spoon. Like its predecessors, Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024), the new show is based on a book by Anthony Horowitz, who returns here as […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended President Trump’s sweeping pardons of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including numerous people who violently attacked police officers. “The president's made his decision. I don't second-guess those,” Johnson said at a press conference Wednesday. “It's kind of my ethos, my worldview: We believe in redemption. We...
Biden’s preemptive pardon to cover up for potential misconduct involving himself is a totally different ballgame, and puts him within the company of President Donald Trump at the end of his first term.
President Trump's administration has authorized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out arrests in schools and churches, rescinding a guideline that prevented arrests in so-called “sensitive” areas. The directive was issued by acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Monday, but announced in a statement on Tuesday. “This action empowers...
The Senate confirmation hearings for Trump's second-term nominees have revealed a dramatic departure from the first term, indicating that the second Trump administration will have a more aggressive and unapologetic agenda.
Inauguration Day 2025 was marred by a divisive and untruthful inaugural speech from Donald Trump, who failed to unify the nation and instead focused on his MAGA political rally, leading to a ominous start for his second term.
President Trump early Wednesday morning slammed the reverend at a National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration who called on him to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families. Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social, called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's remarks "nasty" and not smart. “The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National...
In today’s issue: Within hours of his inauguration, President Trump’s flurry of executive orders is facing significant pushback from politicians and legal groups. On Day 1 of his second administration, Trump signed a slew of actions covering everything from immigration to energy policy. Unlike during Trump’s first term, where opponents of the president were for...
Welcome to Washington’s new normal. President Trump promised shock and awe when he was elected, and his Inauguration Day at times felt like an effort to overwhelm his critics, his opponents and a media trying to keep up. The day started around 8:30 a.m. EST with a church service and ended with an inaugural ball...
President Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to "return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring" and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. "I hereby order the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to immediately return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring, as required by law," the directive read. "All...
The Trump administration has directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening. In a Tuesday memo to heads of departments and agencies, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directed them to place staff on leave and to remove all DEI-related websites and social media...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Americans should not be equating the pardons issued by President Trump and former President Biden. Sanders joined CNN’s “The Source” on Tuesday evening, where he was asked about the flurry of executive action from Trump, including pardons for Jan. 6 rioters, and how some are comparing it to the pardons...
