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Democrats’ Socialism Civil War Goes Prime Time as Trump Cheers From the Sidelines
Democrats’ Socialism Civil War Goes Prime Time as Trump Cheers From the Sidelines Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, appeared separately on CBS’s “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday, August 16, laying bare a widening split inside the Democratic Party over…
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“Like Giving a Drunk More Money”: Democrat Blasts Push for More Iran War Funding
“Like Giving a Drunk More Money”: Democrat Blasts Push for More Iran War Funding Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona said Sunday, August 16, on ABC’s “This Week” that Congress boosting funding for the ongoing Iran war is “like giving a drunk more money and hoping that they’ll stop drinking,” as lawmakers weigh the Pentagon’s supplemental…
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Trump Says 260 Days at Sea “Not Nearly Long Enough” as USS Lincoln Crew Reports Broken Toilets, Food Shortages
Trump Says 260 Days at Sea “Not Nearly Long Enough” as USS Lincoln Crew Reports Broken Toilets, Food Shortages Reports surfaced this month that sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed amid the ongoing Iran war, have endured a record-setting 260 days at sea under conditions crew members describe as including food shortages, broken toilets,…
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GOP Senator Rips Trump’s Own Vaccine Order as “Wrong on So Many Levels”
GOP Senator Rips Trump’s Own Vaccine Order as “Wrong on So Many Levels” Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, August 16, that President Trump’s executive order splitting the combined MMR vaccine into three separate…
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California Redraws His District, So This Congressman Quit the GOP to Survive
California Redraws His District, So This Congressman Quit the GOP to Survive The Washington Post reported August 16 that Rep. Kevin Kiley, a two-term California Republican, has left the GOP to run as an independent after Democratic state lawmakers redrew his district as retaliation for Texas’s 2025 mid-decade Republican gerrymander. California voters approved Proposition 50…
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Democrats Are Quitting Their Own Senate Races to Try to Win Them
Democrats Are Quitting Their Own Senate Races to Try to Win Them Democratic Senate nominees in Nebraska, Idaho and South Dakota have withdrawn from their races following their party primaries, clearing the ballot for independent candidates to run one-on-one against Republican incumbents. In Nebraska, Democrat Cindy Burbank dropped out to boost independent Dan Osborn’s challenge…
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Violent Crime Hit a Record One-Year Drop. The White House Wants the Credit.
Violent Crime Hit a Record One-Year Drop. The White House Wants the Credit. FBI data released Friday showed violent crime in the United States fell 9.3% in 2025 compared to 2024, the largest one-year decline on record, with the murder rate dropping 18.1%. Assaults fell 7.2%, rapes declined 7.6% and robbery was down 18.5% [1,…
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White House Deputizes Private Companies to Hack Back at Foreign Cybercriminals
White House Deputizes Private Companies to Hack Back at Foreign Cybercriminals President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum on August 12 authorizing vetted private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign threat actors under federal government oversight. The memo establishes two categories of authorized activity: Cyber Surveillance Operations, which involve accessing a target’s…
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Trump Family Crypto Firm Becomes First Presidential Business to Win a Bank Charter
Trump Family Crypto Firm Becomes First Presidential Business to Win a Bank Charter The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted preliminary conditional approval for a national trust bank charter to World Liberty Trust Co., an entity tied to the Trump family’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial, according to a letter dated Friday. The…
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Nine Months at Sea and Still Not “Long Enough,” Trump Tells USS Lincoln’s Families
Nine Months at Sea and Still Not “Long Enough,” Trump Tells USS Lincoln’s Families Families of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are condemning comments President Trump made about the carrier’s deployment, which has stretched nearly nine months as part of the administration’s ongoing military standoff with Iran. Trump said this week that the deployment…