I was a news junkie long before it was cool — was it ever cool? — or even common.Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I was probably the only kid on my block, maybe in the entire city and state, who planted himself in front of the television every night to watch Walter Cronkite on CBS News. When …
President Trump’s decision to nominate Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence caught many of his closest advisors off guard and dealt a significant blow to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with whom the Federal Housing Finance Agency head has engaged in an ongoing power struggle.According …
Mike Pence faced some pushback on CNN in his defense of President Donald Trump’s policy priorities.Trump’s former vice president appeared Wednesday morning on “CNN News Central” to promote his new book, “What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience,” and he justified some of…
President Donald Trump has not appeared at a single public event in eight days — and the White House isn’t saying when that will change.Trump’s last confirmed live public appearance was May 27, when he presided over a Cabinet meeting at the White House. Since then, his schedule has been a wall of cl…
President Donald Trump has faced a rare wave of bi-partisan scrutiny over his pick to replace outgoing Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, and on Wednesday, a raunchy video resurfaced that may pose even more problems for the Trump nominee.Recorded in 2023 in Florida at a mock-stoc…
Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence hands a man with no intelligence experience — and a documented willingness to weaponize government power against Trump’s enemies — control over the nation’s entire spy apparatus just months before the midterm electi…
The U.S. Supreme Court is entering its most consequential month in years with a series of significant decisions on the horizon, according to CNN’s reporting.The court is weighing 26 decisions expected to be decided by the end of June, and the Trump administration has taken an active role in all but …
Can you feel it?There’s something weird in the air, and I think I’m perfectly justified in tossing out this piece of unfounded conjecture based on sheer gut instinct:Donald Trump is suddenly acting like a man who is about to quit his job.Wishful thinking? Quite possibly. But he doesn’t seem like he’…
In the wake of the firing of longtime “60 Minutes” host Scott Pelley, there are growing concerns among the remaining staffers that the show may not be in a position to return on time to the airwaves after the summer hiatus.The turmoil at CBS News’ flagship program was intensified with the firing of …
As Donald Trump faces what appears to be a sustained decline in polling, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has emerged as an increasingly vocal critic of the president, marking a notable shift in the Republican leadership’s willingness to publicly diverge from Trump on key issues.According to…