Two weeks ago, a Chinese state media outlet offended Filipinos by presenting them as idiotic monkeys under Japanese and American control. Apparently unsatisfied with the alienation this caused, China caused new wounds to its regional credibility this week. Infuriated by the Philippines’s continued determination to sail freely in the South China Sea, the Chinese coast […]
A Politico survey conducted this week found support among President Donald Trump’s supporters for continuing the war with Iran, even at rising domestic costs, falling from 50% in May to 37% in July. Nearly 1 in 5 MAGA voters is ready to end the fighting, whatever the cost, and 57% say the war has pushed gas prices […]
A panel of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday chose South Carolina to lead the 2028 primary calendar. Nevada came in second, and New Hampshire, which had long served as the first-in-the-nation primary state, came in third, when it came down to a vote. President Trump's 10 percent tariffs are set to expire Friday,...
Ex-federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann called House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan's (R-Ohio) recommendation of criminal charges for former special counsel Jack Smith “preposterous.” In an interview on MSNOW with Jen Psaki, Weissmann added, “You cannot read this letter and in any way view this as perjury.” He is referring to Jordan’s accusation that Smith made...
Federal health officials have linked cyclospora outbreaks in four additional states to the same iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico that has sickened thousands of people in the Midwest. The new states are Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. They join Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia as part of the country’s largest known cyclosporiasis...
President Trump on Friday pressured Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to immediately take up a House-passed budget resolution to advance critical funding for the Iran war despite Thune’s statement on Thursday that the measure doesn’t have 50 votes to pass the Senate. Trump turned the screws on the Senate GOP leader to act on...
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is pushing back on the idea that he supports the "far right," quipping in a recent interview that he backs "normal people" and slamming the media for its coverage of conservatives. In an interview published by The Economist Thursday, editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes suggested Musk "supports not just the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) tally of 2026 measles cases has officially surpassed the annual total of last year, with more then 2,300 cases reported from across most of the country. As of July 23, the CDC has confirmed 2,318 new measles cases in 2026, compared with 2,289 total cases detected in...
South Carolina is expected to be the first state in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary contest after the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) rules and bylaws committee voted Friday to approve it as the initial battleground. The committee's recommendation will now go to the entire Democratic National Committee, which will consider the matter in Austin, Texas,...
President Trump on Friday slammed the European Union for fining Google over allegedly violating its digital competition law, stating the "illegal and highly discriminatory practice" will be probed in a trade investigation. "The European Union is at it again and, as usual, taking direct aim at GREAT American Companies!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This...