There is a genre of online video and social media post that is revealing of our time. In one such video, an online fitness influencer posts herself crying in her car outside the gym. The words accompanying the tears: “Just saw a teenage boy (who’s just been taught how to bench for the first time) […]
The Democratic Party is whining about a new Texas Republican Party map released Wednesday that would turn the current 12-seat Republican advantage (25-13) in the House delegation to a 22-seat (30-8) advantage. Democrats are promising to fight the new map in court and threatening to gerrymander their own states to give Democrats a similar partisan […]
Who’s afraid of Sydney Sweeney‘s double-decker décolletage? Apparently, vast chunks of elite left-wing media, given its widespread apoplexy in response to the Emmy-nominated actress’s new denim campaign for American Eagle. MSNBC deemed Sweeney “disappointing” for starring in a “dangerous” American Eagle advertising campaign that embraces “an unbridled cultural shift towards whiteness.” The style correspondents of […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing heavy backlash from Democrats over a Wednesday remark in which he talked about “a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.” “In a way, it is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security,” Bessent said Wednesday during an event with Breitbart News, discussing “Trump accounts.” These are savings accounts the Trump administration...
In the House of Representatives, many members compete for attention to make the news, but those who succeed in attracting the spotlight often face criticism from colleagues and must be strategic in their efforts to gain bipartisan support in order to achieve results.
Former CIA Director John Brennan and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper used a joint op-ed to push back on claims from the Trump administration that Obama-era intelligence officials misrepresented conclusions about its review of Russia's effort to influence the 2016 election. “Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, and John Ratcliffe, the Central Intelligence...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will return to “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert on Thursday for her first post-election interview since her November loss to President Trump. The appearance comes days after Harris announced she would not run for California governor next year and also as she promotes her new book, “107 days” detailing...
President Trump said Thursday he would allow another 90 days for trade talks with Mexico, punting a 30 percent tariff that was set to go into effect on Friday. Trump spoke Thursday morning with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ahead of the announcement. The president said Mexico would continue to pay existing tariffs, which includes a...
Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Thursday that appropriators did not include funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in a fiscal 2026 spending bill after Republicans successfully yanked back previously approved dollars for public media at President Trump’s request. “One thing this bill does not do,...