CBS News insiders are sounding the alarm over Bari Weiss’ revamped ’60 Minutes,’ with one senior staffer declaring the show already “dead.”The grim verdict came from an unnamed CBS News senior staffer who spoke with media columnist Justin Baragona in a Wednesday article for his Zeteo newsletter “Rag…
President Donald Trump was photographed aboard Air Force One looking at a poster board that read “Kennedy Center DEM-.”On Wednesday night, Trump was heading back from a rally for GOP candidate Michael Whatley when AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski snapped a picture through one of the Air Force One…
Donald Trump Jr.’s wife tried to dismiss questions about a lavish gift from a Russian oligarch — but ended up confirming the central allegation, according to a new analysis.The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt examined Bettina Trump’s response to reports that Umar Kremlev, a close ally of Russian President V…
A counterterrorism official in President Donald Trump’s administration stalled a House hearing with repeated silences as he struggled to say whether right-wing extremism exists in the United States.Joel Borkert, a deputy coordinator in the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism, was the only …
An aloof Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was seen changing his vote after Republicans sitting next to him told him to do so.McConnell returned to the Senate earlier this week, and on Wednesday, he was seen following the advice of other Republicans in the Senate Agriculture Committee during the markup of…
A federal judge rejected months of dubious explanations from Attorney General Todd Blanche for missing deadlines and withholding Jeffrey Epstein records, ruling he “failed to comply” with a court rule created by the court as a matter of law.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan made the finding Wednesd…
House Republicans walked out of a closed-door State Department briefing this week visibly frustrated, learning that President Trump’s celebrated Venezuelan oil deal likely won’t move the needle on gas prices before voters head to the polls in November.Assistant Secretary of State Juan Pablo Segura a…
The family of a Texas woman who died during pregnancy has filed the first lawsuit tied to a death linked directly to the state’s abortion ban, naming Attorney General Ken Paxton among the defendants, reported The Washington Sun.Tierra Walker, 37, died in 2024 at 20 weeks pregnant after repeatedly as…
A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump and the Kennedy Center’s board to respond by Thursday morning to an emergency motion filed as forklifts were seen striking the building while quickly moved to encircle it with fencing.Judge Christopher Cooper signed the order Wednesday, less than two ho…
A veteran conservative election analyst is sounding the alarm about polling trends that could threaten Republicans’ control of the Senate. Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center, examined recent polls in a Washington Post opinion piece. The review left him w…