MS NOW host Jen Psaki attempted to shut down hopes from Democrats to invoke the 25 Amendment to oust President Trump from office amid criticism of his rhetoric and strikes on Iran. “I have no issue with people saying they're for invoking the 25th Amendment, but it's not going
Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub due to sedatives and gas inhalation.
Amongst the upper echelons of the MAGA movement, Donald Trump’s word is God’s. Paula White-Cain, a Pentecostal televangelist who has offered Trump spiritual guidance since 2002 and was appointed to run the White House Faith Office last year, once said that “saying no to Trump
After being held in a U.S. immigration detention facility for the past 16 days, an elderly French woman returned home to France on Friday. Marie-Thérèse Ross was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Alabama on April 1 for overstaying her 90-day visa. She
As Donald Trump’s MAGA base sours on him, some of them now think the 2024 assassination attempt on him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was staged. Wired reports that this conspiracy theory started to take hold after Joe Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration over the Iran
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about President Trump's mental fitness Friday, pressing him about some of Trump's recent social media posts. During a Friday hearing in the House Education and Workforce Committee
A Trump-appointed federal judge handed down another loss to the Justice Department on Friday, striking down the department’s demand for personal voter information in Rhode Island. U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy said the DOJ lacked the authority “to conduct the kind of
The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for the rights to drill in a controversial spot: a wildlife refuge in Alaska. The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for the right to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is set for June 5. The
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will cut down on flights at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in anticipation of summer travel delays, the agency announced Thursday. The FAA will limit the number of flights at the airport on a daily basis this summer to 2,708.
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon said he believes artificial intelligence company Anthropic “had it right” in demanding its technology not be used in fully autonomous lethal weapons, setting off a fight with the Pentagon. The Pentagon has insisted it be allowed to
Despite recent tensions, the U.K. and U.S. have maintained a special relationship for over 80 years due to their strategic utility, but for the relationship to endure, the U.K. must become more powerful on its own terms with a stronger defense, diplomatic and development
📉 Plus: Oil prices dramatically fall, stock market jumps {beacon} Happy Friday! The National Zoo’s new baby elephant made her big debut. She made a friend and I cannot handle how cute it is. Oh, and both the NHL playoffs and the NBA playoffs begin this weekend! In today's
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is targeting video gamers to serve in air traffic controller roles, an effort Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described as “wildly successful.” “This has been wildly successful, and if you think just what these gamers are doing on
Sen. Katie Britt (Ala.), the chair of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee and a leading GOP voice on immigration issues, says a House-passed bill to extend legal protections for Haitian refugees is “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Britt offered a stinging
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday that he was “furious” that he did not know former Labour Party minister Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting before becoming the United Kingdom’s top diplomat in Washington. The Guardian reported a day earlier that
They are turning it into propaganda tools, weaponizing that history to turn Americans against each other and against the war.
This week, scientists reported that the collapse of a critical Atlantic current system is more likely than many of them feared. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation , or Amoc, sends warm water from the Southern Ocean near Antarctica up to the Arctic Sea and then
Virginia voters will soon decide on a proposed amendment that would allow the state legislature to draw its own House districts, potentially leading to a partisan arms race and weakening the voices of voters.
Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, marking the end of a multi-week trade embargo that massively exacerbated oil and gas costs around the globe. Donald Trump, however, was not happy. The president went on a social media bender as the news came in, complaining that he
U.S. soldiers stationed in the Middle East are getting fed mystery meat and single tortillas because of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon. The Military Postal Service Agency and USPS have indefinitely suspended all mail to U.S. warships and zip codes in the Middle East.
Donald Trump doesn’t want anyone to think that he’s giving Iran money. The president posted on his Truth Social account Friday about a plan to end the war between the U.S. and Iran, and stressed that “no money will exchange hands in any way, shape, or form.” That’s despite a
The Great Sphinx of Giza stands 66 feet tall. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is around 180 feet. Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, 164 feet. The Sydney Opera House soars to 220 feet. But all would be dwarfed by the Arc de Trump, whose golden (of course) statues would rise to 250 feet above
The Senate on Friday passed a 10-day extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers, approving a House plan hatched on the floor after a chaotic rejection of a package negotiated with skeptics. The bill will now head to the president’s desk, but Section 702 of the Foreign
A federal judge this week rejected the Trump administration’s pre-emptive lawsuit from last year to block the state of Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies over climate impact concerns. Hawaii Senior U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor dismissed the administration’s lawsuit
The Trump administration is making rooting out fraud in social safety net programs a top priority, but it is essential to ensure that people with disabilities are not harmed in the process and that the government's response is precise and targeted.
Stephen Colbert, the host of CBS’ “The Late Show,” released on Friday a Kendrick Lamar-inspired diss track against President Trump that included a depiction of Pope Leo XIV. The diss track, called “They not pious” and set to Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 song of the year “They Not
Two Senate Republicans who previously rejected Democratic-led efforts to curb President Trump’s ability to continue the military action against Iran without obtaining congressional approval signaled this week that their view on war powers could shift if the conflict stretches
The stock market saw a boost after the opening bell Friday morning, after a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect and Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open.” The S&P 500 was up 1.1 percent, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4 percent as of 10:30
Oil prices dropped dramatically on Friday as Iran announced that it was opening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil shipping lane. International benchmark Brent crude plummeted 12 percent while U.S. benchmark WTI fell an even more dramatic 14 percent as of Friday morning. The
Donald Trump had several gripes while speaking at his “no tax on tips” event in Las Vegas Thursday evening. Yet in an incredible mental lapse, one of Trump’s points of frustration was about who the president was in 2025. “A year ago, our country was an embarrassment,” Trump
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the U.S.. Speaking at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum, Infantino said it is important that Iran participates in the World Cup even though its status has
Those who survive the horrors of war carry grief and rage that spreads through the culture like a cancer.
ATLANTA— Roblox is announcing new gaming platform options for underage users on the heels of a reported $12 million settlement with the state of Nevada. The company has been under pressure as state investigations related to the safety of children using its platforms are
A Tennessee man who pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system was sentenced on Friday to one year of probation. Nicholas Moore, 25, admitted he hacked the high court more than two dozen times, in addition to hacking accounts at
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) slammed comedian Dave Chapelle for saying she “weaponized” his jokes about transgender people. "I think that’s what he’s done. I think he’s doubled down on it quite a bit, has he not?” Boebert told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy. “And it
Years of budget shortfalls led to a decline in Navy force levels from a Reagan-era peak of 597 warships in 1987, to 293 battle force ships as of October 1 2025. The fiscal 2026 budget plan for 19 new ships marked a serious reversal of that trend. The new fiscal 2027 budget adds
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are investigating Jared Kushner over conflicts of interest between his business activities and his work as a peace negotiator for the Trump administration. Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the committee, sent a letter
President Trump celebrated his win against conservative commentator Tucker Carlson in GOP favorability ratings in a Truth Social post on Friday morning. The president was responding to a CNN segment highlighting the results of a recent poll from UMass Lowell’s Center of Public
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) likened President Trump to a “second coming” amid backlash over the president’s feud with Pope Leo XIV and his administration’s use of religious language when discussing the Iran conflict. “I believe that Donald Trump is better than sliced bread. I
GOP leadership tried and failed to force President Trump’s long-term Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) extension through the House in the dead of night on Friday, as 20 Republicans joined Democrats to derail both the five-year and 18-month renewal plans for the
Winning in politics means delivering on popular issues, and that is difficult for any president. Without a solid political strategy and discipline is nigh impossible.
A temporary ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon went into effect at midnight local time on Friday after weeks of fighting. Iran announced on Tuesday morning that the Hormuz Strait was "completely open" amid the ceasefire, though it wasn't immediately clear what
Nearly a third of buy now, pay later users have used the loans for groceries — double the share from two years ago.
Iran announced that the critical global shipping lane known as the Strait of Hormuz is "completely" open after being mostly closed since the war between the U.S. and Iran broke out earlier this year. "In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial
Voters in New Jersey were hungry for change—so they elected a progressive Democrat. Analilia Mejia won in a landslide in New Jersey’s 11th congressional district Thursday, beating out her Republican opponent Joe Hathaway to serve the remainder of former Representative Mikie
Somewhere not on cable right now, there’s a candidate who actually gets it.
It could not come at a worse time, as she is also the face of a highly partisan redistricting attempt by Democrats in the state.
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb suggested Thursday that President Trump’s cognitive decline has “accelerated” since his first term, pointing to his recent attacks against public figures such as Pope Leo XIV. “When he attacks the pope and tries to insist, fraudulently, to
Does President Donald Trump really not know what a corner store is? Speaking about taxes Thursday in Las Vegas, Trump’s apparent contempt for even discussing affordability was on full display, as he joked he had no idea what a corner store was. “The Great Big Beautiful Bill
A jury on Wednesday found Ticketmaster's parent company Live Nation to be guilty of running a monopoly over large venues across the U.S.