CNN host Erin Burnett appeared stunned Wednesday after a defense expert warned that the U.S. military is falling dangerously behind in modern warfare under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Seth Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studi…
President Donald Trump tried to hype up Texas GOP Senate nominee and state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a speech on Wednesday — but couldn’t help but throw in jabs about his physical appearance.”Ken Paxton, you might not like the way he dresses, and I say this, it’s so insulting to him, but I migh…
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta said he’s alarmed by the redactions in a recently released Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer form.In a Wednesday episode of “The Jim Acosta Show,” former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer spoke to Acosta about the redactions in a transfer application given to B…
President Donald Trump detoured into a bizarre rant about an obese “friend” while speaking at a dinner event he was holding at the Rose Garden on Wednesday.”A friend of mine is a very obese person,” said Trump. “I said, you’re an extremely obese person. He’s begging me not to mention his name becaus…
A year into President Trump’s campaign of military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats, a group of retired Coast Guard officers says the operation isn’t just legally dubious — it’s “more troubling” than the administration lets on, and it isn’t even working.Writing in Just Security, retired Coa…
FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, is suing MS NOW for a “highly offensive” portrayal in an article that doesn’t mention her drinking.According to a Wednesday report by The Daily Beast, Wilkins filed a lawsuit against MS NOW after it published an article in December that she alleg…
MS NOW’s Jen Psaki kicked off Wednesday evening’s edition of “The Briefing” with a look at how President Donald Trump’s allies are spending his $400 million war chest during a time of crisis for Republicans in Congress.”Let’s be honest here. I mean, Donald Trump’s options of what he can do to actual…
A retired Air Force secretary’s description of how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has impacted the military shocked Kaitlan Collins.During a Wednesday interview, Collins interviewed Frank Kendall about the military under Hegseth. Kendall said that Hegseth’s “witch hunt for people who are supposedly …
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville says President Donald Trump is walking into a trap of his own making with his midterm convention ‘scam.’Speaking on a Wednesday episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, Carville argued that the two-day Dallas gathering set for September 9-10 will only supercha…
A MAGA pollster who called President Donald Trump’s last two White House wins warned Republicans are sleeping on red states now slipping toward Democrats.In a Wednesday episode of Bulwark Takes, Rich Baris laid out the case during an interview with former GOP operative Tim Miller. Baris, the directo…