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…
Progressive political commentator, author and podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen fumed Tuesday night over a tense moment in a House Appropriations Committee hearing in which a GOP lawmaker shut down their Democratic colleague’s line of questioning regarding files on Jeffrey Epstein, a display, he argued…
In 1971, Don McLean wrote an eight-and-a-half-minute elegy for the American soul. “American Pie” begins with a plane crash in an Iowa cornfield in 1959 that killed rock and rollers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper.But the song was never really about the crash. It was about what happen…
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) blamed a staffer for a homophobic post that drew widespread condemnation, even from his own party.The Tennessee Republican’s account wished followers a “Happy Nuclear Family Month” a day after Pride Month began, and added that “homosexuality has no place in America,” but he de…
The city of Bakersfield, California, was rocked on Tuesday as a man claiming to have a bomb strapped to his chest took a hostage at a Chase Bank in the city’s downtown area.According to CBS News, police have secured lockdowns of the surrounding area and have been negotiating with the suspect. The FB…