A stabbing at Penn Station shows the design failure at the core of our criminal justice system.
Republicans' $70 billion Secure America Act cleared the House, funding ICE and Border Patrol through 2029 despite unanimous Democratic opposition.
The court unanimously ruled that penile plethysmography is unreliable and inadmissible as evidence of recidivism risk.
Even if the war ends now, it will take months for prices to come down
Conservatives, GOP lawmakers and MAGA followers were ecstatic Tuesday following the announcement that Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz was among those named in a criminal referral forwarded to the Justice Department (DOJ) by Vice President JD Vance.“Lock them up!” wrote Abdul-Rahman Magba-Kamara, a conservative political activist and commentator, echoing the chants heard during President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign targeting former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.On Monday evening, Vance announced that he had sent the DOJ a criminal referral naming Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison regarding allegations of “widespread fraud in federally funded social services programs in the state.” Allegations of systemic fraud in Minnesota received renewed attention last year in the wake of the controversial fraud investigation by influencer Nick Shirley into Somali daycares.While the announcement was met with scrutiny by some critics, including from journalist Marcy Wheeler, who called the referral “an attempt to distract from far bigger right-wing crimes, especially by Trump” – conservative onlookers couldn’t contain their excitement with the news.“Let’s go!!” wrote Andrew Kolvet, spokesperson for the conservative youth outreach and advocacy organization Turning Point USA.“I voted for this,” wrote Dustin Grage, a Republican political strategist and conservative commentator based in Minnesota.Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) thanked Vance for having made the criminal referral, and proclaimed that “accountability is coming.” Anthony D-Esposito, a former lawmaker currently serving as Trump’s inspector general for the Labor Department, echoed Emmer’s remarks.“Anyone who facilitated fraud, misled investigators, or retaliated against whistleblowers should be held fully accountable,” D-Esposito wrote Tuesday in a social media post on X. “Let’s. Go.”I voted for this. https://t.co/F1VWbCLGUO— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) June 9, 2026
Sometimes walking away from the table is the best way to signal strength.
Gavin Newsom was reportedly "very hurt" over a line in Kamala Harris' memoir as the longtime Dem rivals both eye 2028 White House bids.
President Trump will watch the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals from an executive suite, as an invited guest of Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan. Ed O'Keefe reports.
Either the nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump believes a cognitive test is an intelligence test or he's lying about his mental health. I don't think there's a gray zone here. If it's the first, he's demented. If it's the second, he's hiding something (probably dementia). Either way, it's bad.It happens too frequently to ignore. The president brags about passing a cognitive test to the point where he seems to believe it's a measure of his IQ. In public remarks, he often puts special emphasis on the word "cognitive" as if to stress that it demonstrates his intelligence. Here's what he told the New York Post after a third trip in a year to Walter Reed. "I do physicals because I think I have an obligation to do it. I took a cognitive test and I got 100 percent on it. The doctors told me very, very few people can ace it. It's actually a tough test."That's only the latest iteration. I went to the Bluesky feed of Aaron Rupar, founder of Public Notice. Aaron watches most of Trump's public appearances. I searched for "cognitive."On May 22, during a rally, Trump said: I said, how many presidents have taken [a cognitive test]? "None." I said, well, is it tough? "It’s a tough test. It starts off easy, then it gets very, very tough." I said well, you know what? I’m gonna take that test. ... This was in my first term. I took it and I aced it. ... So the first question was, you have a bear, a snake, an elephant and a horse. "Name the horse." That’s the horse. ... The New York Times story ... only use[s] the first question that you go into. The other questions they didn’t go into. ... It had a question like "pick a number, sir, any number." Okay, 203. "Multiple by 9. Divide by 2. Add on 1,324. Subtract 1,292. Sir, multiply it out one more time by 19. What is the answer, sir?" I got it right. And the one doctor said, "I've been doing this test for 20 years. I've never seen anybody ace it."On May 4, during a presser, Trump said:In my opinion, anybody running for president or vice president should take a cognitive test. No president has ever taken one, except me. I’ve taken three and I’ve aced each one. One in the first administration, two over here. And whenever they get a little sassy like, "Does he still have what it takes?" I say, all right I’ll take another one. They are hard. There are many people in this room I know that are smart. They’re not gonna ace them. The first question is very easy. You have a lion, a bear and alligator and a squirrel. "Which is the squirrel?" ... The first four or five questions, they get a little more difficult. By the time you get to the end, I don’t wanna be insulting, I’m not gonna do what Gavin Newsom [did] ...On May 1, during a speech, Trump said:I took three of them. Aced all of them. ... I’m the only president to take a cognitive test. I don’t think Obama could pass it. ... Well, Biden – give me a break. The first question is very easy. It’s a lion, a giraffe, a bear and a shark. Which one is the bear? It's a very standard test, but very tough around those 10 questions. ... I’m in a room of brilliant people, but a lot of you wouldn’t have been able to answer. When I got the score of the test, the doctor said "wow." ... I’ve had different phases. They’ve said "he’s a mad genius" and I didn't mind that too much. They said "he’s a horrible human being" and I didn't like that much. Then they said "he’s really not a smart person at all." I really hated that, so I took a cognitive test. ... Dr. Ronny ... had a whole team of doctors at Walter Reed. I said, should I do it? He said, "well, it’s a tough exam, actually. Those last 20 questions they get tough. A lot of people can’t do them." ... I said, I do well on things, so let’s do it. I got every one right.On March 26, during a Cabinet meeting, Trump said:I’m the only president that ever took a cognitive test. I took it three times. It’s actually a very hard test. It wasn’t hard for me, but it’s a cognitive test. It starts off with an easy question and by the time you get to the end ... very few people can answer those questions. They get very tough, mathematical equations and things. I took it three times. I aced it all three times. ... Doc Ronny told me ... "if you take it, it’s Walter Reed ... and if you do badly, it’s probably gonna get out." But I aced it. I got them all right. One doctor said "I’ve never seen anybody get them all right. I’ve been doing the test for 20 years." ... I would love to see anybody that’s a president or a vice president ... take a cognitive test.On December 2, 2025, during a Cabinet meeting, Trump said:They said, "would you like to take a cognitive test?" I said, is it hard? They said, "yes." ... I said, who is the last president to take one? "No president has ever agreed to take one." When you get into the mid questions, meaning, question No. 10, 11, 12, 28, 30, they get harder and harder. ...