President Trump pardoned Michele Fiore, a Republican member of the Las Vegas City Council who was convicted for using donations raised for a statue of a fallen police officer on herself instead.
WILL JUDGE DUGAN BECOME THE NEXT HERO OF THE RESISTANCE? The Trump administration’s campaign against sanctuary jurisdictions took a big step forward on Friday when federal agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee after the judge allegedly helped an illegal immigrant accused of multiple crimes hide from federal immigration officials who had come to detain him. […]
One of the several women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking died on Friday at the age of 41. Virginia Giuffre was pronounced dead by suicide at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press. “Deeply loving, wise and funny, she was a beacon to other survivors and victims,” publicist...
Former House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed the Democratic Party over its internal fractions, comparing the battle between figureheads to a “civil war.” “The party we are watching today, Democrat, is a civil war. It's the reason why there are no leaders of the party,” McCarthy said during a Friday morning appearance on Fox...
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guily to a federal judge on Friday, denying his involvement in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, a 26 year old Ivy League graduate from Maryland, could be charged with capital punishment if convicted of the violent crime. Attorney General Pam Bondi encouraged the acting U.S. Attorney for...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Trump is "wrecking the economy," adding that if the U.S. heads into a recession, it will be known as the "Trump recession." During an appearance on NBC News's "Meet the Press," Schiff was asked by host Kristen Welker about Trump's assurance that his global tariffs will create an "economic revolution." "I don't agree...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday defended President Trump’s tariffs even against uninhabited islands, saying they are intended to guard against loopholes. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan asked why uninhabited territories, like the Heard and McDonald Islands, were included on the list that Trump displayed in the Rose...
Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.), a former prosecutor, said Attorney General Pam Bondi is “undermining” the “fundamental professional ethic” at the Justice Department that says the department's prosecutors are meant to “do justice.” In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” anchor Chris Stirewalt asked the California Democrat about reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) slammed the Trump administration, saying he has never seen an administration "do something so monumentally wrong and that so staggeringly hurts American people." During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," Booker, who last week gave a record-breaking 25-hour speech aimed at combating Trump's moves in the White House, was asked about...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said on Sunday that President Trump is “not wrong” in identifying the gutting of the manufacturing industry as an issue, but said the president is wrong about tariffs as the solution. “Here's the thing that the Democrats have to figure out. Donald Trump's language around this, he's not wrong that...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested on Sunday that the European Union is using "fake science" to back up concerns over hormone use in the United States livestock to justify its restrictions on U.S. pork imports. Rollins, in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," defended President Trump's reciprocal tariffs announced this past week, slamming...
This rebalancing of Canada's North Atlantic security relationships should not be seen as merely a kneejerk reaction to President Trump’s trade war provocations. Frankly, diversifying Canada’s trade and defense posture is run-of-the-mill geostrategic housekeeping that Canada should have been more serious about decades ago.
The latest Cold Open of Saturday Night Live recreated President Trump's speech at the Rose Garden, where he announced sweeping global tariffs. In the introductory voice-over, the narrator declared that the tariffs, "like everything else so far in his presidency, it was a total home run." Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, went on to...
Vulnerable House Republicans are on defense amid the fallout from President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which have stoked uncertainty about the economy. Markets took a nosedive Thursday following Trump’s announcement of a general 10 percent tariff on goods imported to the U.S., along with other targeted tariffs on various U.S. trading partners. The financial environment...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins repeatedly on Sunday sidestepped questions about whether President Trump's tariffs are "here to stay," as the president has suggested, or whether the United States is open to negotiating with other countries. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rollins defended Trump’s tariff strategy broadly when CNN anchor Jake Tapper...
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended President Trump's sweeping global tariffs that have stoked concerns about the United States economy. During a Sunday interview on ABC's "This Week," Hassett said he doesn't believe there will be a "big effect on the consumer in the U.S.," noting that over 50 countries are also "coming to the table"...
A Senate committee hearing has been set to discuss daylight saving time. Could it be a sign that Congress is setting its sights on the twice-a-year practice?
