President Donald Trump’s Justice Department filed court papers contradicting his warning that the Kennedy Center could be demolished without his name on it.The status report by the Department of Justice, filed in federal court on Wednesday, attributed the shuttered venue’s closure to a series of saf…
Month: September 2026
Andrew Weissmann broke his silence after a judge tossed a former Trump lawyer’s defamation suit against him over a tweet about a January 6 witness.Weissmann, a former Mueller prosecutor, spoke Wednesday on The Bulwark’s “The Illegal News” podcast, telling host Sarah Longwell the dismissal was “a ver…
President Donald Trump made an odd facial expression during a military flyover that took place while he welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping.On Wednesday, Trump met Xi at Joint Base Andrews, where members of the U.S. military cleaned a red carpet that had been laid out for Xi. The White House had anno…
A video of uniformed U.S. personnel on their hands and knees making last-minute adjustments to a red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping sparked outrage Wednesday.The 12-second clip circulating online showed several people hurriedly smoothing and clearing the carpet at Joint Base Andrews as Chin…
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) missed a reception Wednesday where he was billed as the “featured guest,” according to an exclusive Daily Beast report.“The featured guest was not actually featured at the event,” the outlet observed.An agenda obtained by the Daily Beast listed the 84-year-old Kentucky Re…
WASHINGTON — Embattled Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins isn’t happy that Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration is booting close to 760,000 Americans off Obamacare exchanges about 40 days before this fall’s midterm elections. “Are you annoyed with the administration for tak…
An economist warned that President Donald Trump is aiming the same weapon the U.S. used against Iran at America’s own economy.University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers, founder of the Platypus Economics newsletter and podcast, sounded the alarm during a Wednesday episode of “The Trump Report” …
The lawyers for CNN and MS NOW say that President Donald Trump is basically their “lead witness” in their case to sink his media ban.On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, heard the case against Trump’s media ban as he considered a temporary restraining order to bl…
A CNN analyst pointed out a startling contrast ahead of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.On Thursday, CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter mentioned that Xi will be arriving in Washington, D.C., amid Trump’s media ban. The conversation came up as a panel disc…
Former CNN reporter Jim Acosta was targeted for a ban from the White House by President Donald Trump in 2018 — but a Trump-appointed judge swiftly restored his access. Now, that same judge is hearing the lawsuit to reverse Trump’s complete ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.Acosta…