Texas Democrat James Talarico's website once promoted his support for "trans kids" and "bold, progressive ideas." That was then. Around the time he launched his Senate campaign in a state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the upper chamber since 1988, that changed, a Washington Free Beacon review found. Today, as Talarico tries to break the Texas Democrats' dry spell, his campaign website makes no mention of his "progressive" values.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters Tuesday that Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is ignoring the “hard realities” surrounding the SAVE America Act and that his advocacy for it on social media “doesn’t reflect the facts on the ground.” His comments come hours after Lee took a rare swipe at Thune on X and […]
In a 6-3 opinion, the court says Louisiana prisoner cannot sue guards after he grew his hair for more than 20 yearsThe US supreme court refused on Tuesday to let a Rastafarian man sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs, in a landmark case.The case was brought under a federal law designed to protect incarcerated people from religious discrimination. Continue reading...
President Donald Trump has turned his focus from the Iran war to the ongoing setbacks in his renovation of the Reflecting Pool, but it's clear the project won't be ready in time for the July 4 celebration.The $14 million renovation has been bedeviled by issues from the start, and CNN's Kevin Liptak provided an update to "The Situation Room" on the continued issue that Trump has tried to blame on vandals."It is becoming clear that the president is now consumed with what can only be described as a botched renovation of this Reflecting Pool," Liptak said. "We have seen you know over the last several days the algae growing, the liner pulling up, the president sort of continuing these accusations that this was the work of vandals, although he has not backed up any of that with evidence.""He has just posted on Truth Social that six people now have been arrested and seven people have been cited for the damage that he has said has been done to this facility," Liptak added, "describing a 350-foot gash, which we should note, is 100 feet longer than he said it was a couple of days ago that he said was conducted by very sharp knife or razors, and that it was numerous slashes."Liptak said the president has provided other conflicting statements about the project."Now in early May, President Trump was at an event saying that there was not possible to cut this lining with a knife because it was so strong and so powerful, now suggesting that vandals had gone in and slashed that very bright blue liner that you have seen being pulled up from the bottom," Liptak said. "He also says that a small area at the bottom of the pool was cut and lifted off the surface, leaving uneven edges, and then the president went on to write, 'In any event, even prior to fixing those areas, the Reflecting Pool is as beautiful as it can be.'"Then he says we will drain some of the water either immediately, before or after Fourth of July to do the permanent repair," the reporter added. "So essentially confirming here that the Reflecting Pool will not be in tip-top shape by Fourth of July, which was his own sort of self-imposed deadline to get this up and in working shape." - YouTube youtu.be
President Donald Trump said that six people have been arrested for allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool, which has been plagued by algae and peeling paint after a renovation that he directed.
New York Times reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman gave a shocking revelation while speaking on MS NOW Monday evening. According to the two writers of a forthcoming book, there is an entirely different group of people in charge of major national policy than the experts. Speaking to Lawrence O'Donnell late Monday, Haberman and Swan were promoting their forthcoming book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, which comes out Tuesday, the Daily Beast reported. “The thing that was really notable about this White House, compared to the first one, is they keep talking about how they’re the most transparent White House in history,” Swan explained. “It’s a canard. They’re actually incredibly good at keeping secrets.”According to Swan, “You have a tiny group of people that are running this country, five or six people and Donald Trump.”“The war-planning group had been kept so tight that the two key officials who would need to manage the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Energy Secretary Chris Wright — were still not in the loop, one day before the launch of the war,” Haberman and Swan note. “Nor was the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.”It isn't unusual to keep war-planning meetings small, but those in attendance generally have military experience. That wasn't the case in the Iran planning, which likely speaks to why so many important consequences weren't gamed out ahead of time. The authors say that those in the room plotting the war were Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, White House Counsel David Warrington, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, State Secretary Marco Rubio and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine. Not on hand were Bessent and Wright, who likely would have lent some comments about what would ultimately happen to global oil markets if the Strait of Hormuz were closed. Reducing costs on food and fuel were key pieces of Trump's 2024 promises.Another detail O'Donnell read from the book is that in the middle of the disastrous Iran war, Trump welcomed the two authors into the Oval Office, where he was picking out trees for the White House grounds. "I know how to pick out good trees," he told them. He then bragged about his views on TikTok and began showing off his "grand ballroom" designs. Behind the scenes, aides told the authors they wish Trump was more concerned about his plunging poll numbers and "the dangers he was courting." According to the staff, Trump isn't "receptive" to polling or to bad news in general. So, they simply don't tell him."He [is] willing to take breathtaking risks, risks that could throw not only his presidency but the Republican Party and the entire world into chaos and carnage. More than ever before as President, he was operating on pure gut instinct. It would take a combination of mind reader and psychologist to explain fully why Trump was willing to gamble so much more recklessly now," the book continues. His confidence in himself and his instincts had ballooned, and more often than not, he feels "vindicated." "Then there was the fact that he was a walking moral hazard, rarely saddled for long with the costs or consequences of his risk-taking and rule-breaking. Now was his moment to try things, like military adventures and overthrowing the global trade system," the authors cautioned.
Adam Schein welcomes USMNT legend Eric Wynalda to the show for an in-depth conversation about the state of American soccer, the U.S. Men’s National Team, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Wynalda shares his thoughts on the team’s performances, key players to watch, and what it will take for the United States to make a...
