Trump's new inflation remarks leave political analysts aghast

President Donald Trump declared, "I love the inflation," while signing the Secure America Act, drawing swift criticism from Democratic leaders and political analysts. Inflation has climbed to its highest level since 2023, currently at 4.2%. Reactions poured in. "Trump really said, 'I love the inflation.' On camera. For all of America to hear. His contempt for you knows no bounds," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote on X."Donald Trump just said 'I love the inflation,' while handing over another $70 billion to ICE thugs. This administration doesn’t care about working people," Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) wrote on X.Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov suggested the statement handed Democrats the midterms, while economist Ben Zipperer sarcastically noted real wages have declined to January 2025 levels due to inflation.UC Riverside public policy professor Stan Oklobdzija wrote on Bluesky, "Imagine if a political reporter decided to treat Trump's brain-pudding ramblings seriously and wrote a story that led with 'President declares 'Love' for Inflation' and then asked prominent Republicans whether they also loved the 4.2% CPI increase."Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

Trump notched a dubious presidential record with his latest medical checkup: report

President Donald Trump set a dubious presidential record during his latest medical checkup, according to reporting by the Washington Post.Although the White House hasn't said why, Trump was assessed by 22 medical specialists during his latest checkup, according to the Post. That's a new record for presidents, outpacing President George W. Bush by 10 specialists."It is an extraordinary number," Jonathan Reiner, the longtime cardiologist for former Vice President Dick Cheney, told the Post. "What specialties do they represent? Why so many?"The Post looked at Trump's medical records released by the White House. The 22 medical specialists that Trump saw nearly doubled the number who assessed him during his first term, according to the Post. Trump saw 11 specialists during a 2019 checkup. Last year, he saw 14 specialists in a single checkup, the Post reported based on past medical reports from the White House.According to the Post, the specialists that Trump saw included physicians affiliated with Harvard, Duke University, and other well-known institutions, including generalist physicians.White House officials explained the record number of specialists at his latest checkup by saying it was commensurate with the need for a "complete and preventive evaluation," the Post reported, adding that the president's physician said Trump is in "excellent health.""The involvement of multiple specialists reflects a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation consistent with best practices for executive-level medical care," The White House told the Post in a statement. "We have nothing to hide."

House Dem lashes out at GOP efforts to probe foreign donations with stunning claim on motive

Rep. Terri Sewell claims the GOP probe into ActBlue and CEO Regina Wallace-Jones is part of a pattern of Trump DOJ harassment of Black women in power.

Trump says it's time for Iran to "pay the price" as U.S. announces new strikes

The U.S. military said it launched new attacks on Iran on Wednesday, with President Trump saying it's time for the regime to "pay the price." Ed O'Keefe reports.

WSJ warns Trump he's 'dancing to Iran's tune' and needs a strategy shakeup

President Donald Trump has put himself in a "weak" position in his war against Iran, the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote in an analysis published on Wednesday."For nine weeks, the cease-fire has let Iran dictate events in the Gulf," wrote the board. The way things have progressed, they argued, Iran itself "gets to start each 'skirmish' — shooting at U.S. forces, U.S. allies, or commercial ships — and then decide when the exchange ends," all while attacking Israel through its Hezbollah proxies in Lebanon and using the conflict there as "an excuse to stall talks with the U.S."Through all this, the board wrote, Trump has downplayed Iran's offensives, calling fire on U.S. troops "a trifle," an Iranian bombing of a Kuwaiti airport “not a big deal,” and even saying something almost identical about the Iranian downing of an Apache helicopter.Ultimately, wrote the board, "Mr. Trump limited Israel’s strikes and previewed his own in public. When the U.S. says 'proportional,' Iran hears 'weak.' Offering the regime such forward guidance signals that Mr. Trump still fears a return to war" — all of which tells Iran they have wide latitude to continue violating the ceasefire with minimal to no response from the U.S. military."Mr. Trump won’t want to hear it, but he has been dancing to Iran’s tune," the board concluded. "He will have to break from it or go down as losing the war politically despite the early military gains."This comes as the latest round of talks to resolve the war fail, and new economic data shows inflation surging again as the Strait of Hormuz and much of the world's oil shipping remain blocked.

Doctors demand all-out war with RFK Jr. amid public health crisis: report

Doctors are demanding that the American Medical Association step up and take a true offensive posture against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.According to Politico, "members of the group’s House of Delegates are sending a clear message to their leaders: Call out Kennedy, even if it costs us in the pocketbook," and spoke up intensely at the AMA annual meeting.Since Trump took office, the AMA has offered some criticism of Kennedy as he dismantles vaccine approval bodies and fails to act in the face of deadly disease outbreaks around the world — but the group has balanced this with praise of his stated mission to encourage Americans to live healthier lifestyles, as laid out in the controversial Make America Healthy Again movement.However, said the report, this is likely to change due to "the election of Sandra Fryhofer, an internist from Atlanta and uncompromising Kennedy critic, as AMA president-elect. She beat Michael Suk, who as AMA board chair in 2024 and 2025 prioritized doctors’ Medicare fees and promised continued pragmatism in dealing with Kennedy."Fryhofer has pledged to take a more aggressive posture, vowing to hold the administration accountable for “measles running rampant, public health destroyed, a trillion dollars ripped from Medicaid, inadequate physician payment, [and] stupid immigration rules.”Speaking to Politico in interviews, "AMA doctors described an advocacy organization at its wit’s end with Kennedy ... Long a Republican-leaning constituency, doctors began shifting left during the battles over managed care three decades ago." For several holdouts, the report continued, "President Donald Trump’s alliance with Kennedy, a longtime skeptic of vaccine safety and critic of the medical establishment, was the last straw."This also comes as Kennedy and his allies have come under increasing criticism for obstructing new potentially lifesaving research under the guise of requiring stricter safety standards in clinical trials.

Bill Gates faces hours of questioning over Jeffrey Epstein ties

One of the richest men in the world, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, testified about his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday. Gates told lawmakers he never saw Epstein engage in criminal conduct. Nikole Killion reports.

Inflation hits back hard at Trump, who spins heads with comments 

A new report on Wednesday showed inflation rising 4.2 percent in May, marking its highest level in three years and underlining how hard the Iran war is hitting consumers. The Labor Department report is unwelcome news for President Trump and the GOP in an election year where affordability is the dominant issue. Democrats were already…

Richard Blumenthal confronts Trump-appointed judge during hearing

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) confronted North Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Mack Traynor during his 8th Circuit Court of Appeals confirmation hearing, after Traynor repeatedly refused to directly answer who won the 2020 presidential election. When Blumenthal asked the straightforward question, Traynor claimed it was political controversy and inappropriate for a sitting judge to address, citing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's precedent. Blumenthal pressed further, demanding Traynor state as fact who received more votes, but Traynor continued deflecting his answer. Blumenthal accused Traynor of using a scripted response dictated by the White House, arguing he was protecting the President's election lie by refusing to acknowledge a simple fact. Blumenthal said, "Everybody in this room knows the answer. You're unwilling to state it." The exchange highlighted Trump-nominated judges' coordinated avoidance of confirming basic electoral facts during Senate confirmation hearings.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

Expert flags 'great irony' behind Mike Johnson's 'illogical' rigged election claims

An election expert exposed the "great irony" behind Speaker Mike Johnson's claims that the recent California primary elections were "rigged" in a new podcast interview. Stephen Richer, a fellow at the Cato Institute, told Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News on Wednesday that Johnson's claim that election fraud exists "so far upstream that it's hard to prove" shows how illogical the GOP's argument about election fraud is. Several of the party's top officials, including President Donald Trump himself, have said Republican candidate Spencer Pratt was cheated in the election because Democratic candidate Nithya Raman leapfrogged Spencer late in the race due to mail-in ballots. However, the officials have not provided any evidence of fraud. "While we might dislike the way that California administers its elections, and while we might be impatient for the final results, and while we might wish that the media networks could call the election on election night, none of that is evidence of irregularity," Richer said. Instead, Richer noted that Johnson's claim about election fraud being hard to prove was a veiled suggestion that everyone in California is "completely incompetent." "So, this is very frustrating. This is very illogical, and of course, this is bad actors taking advantage of a California system that I believe should be changed, but again, is not fraudulent," Richer said.

‘Sickening’: Teen athlete says she was sexually assaulted during wrestling match, now takes serious action

'Story is proof of the grave harms caused by lying about biology. This must end – otherwise, girls will continue getting hurt and violated'

SCOTUS To Decide Whether Rogue Judges Can Sideline Constitution To Oust Their Colleague

'Every judge who gets crosswise with her chief judge or her colleagues must now worry whether similar tactics could be used to remove them.'

WSJ exposes one detail Trump 'cannot' dispute about bawdy Epstein letter

The Wall Street Journal is arguing that one detail matches its reporting about President Donald Trump's connection to Jeffrey Epstein.In a new legal filing, lawyers for Dow Jones, the company that owns the Wall Street Journal, argued that Trump "cannot" dispute that a signature appearing on a typewritten note and a sketch of a naked woman sent to Epstein resembles his own.Trump sued the Wall Street Journal over an article about a book of letters compiled for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003. He alleged that the paper defamed him by noting that the letter and sketch bear his signature. Earlier this year, a court accepted the Journal's motion to dismiss because Trump couldn't prove actual malice in the article. Trump was able to revive a defamation claim, but Dow Jones's lawyers are again seeking to dismiss Trump's lawsuit in their new legal filing.The defense lawyers are telling the court to throw out Trump's lawsuit because "the article is true." After the Journal reviewed the letter and sketch with Trump's signature, Epstein's estate released the "Birthday Book" to the House Oversight Committee in September."The article is true because the description of the letter 'bearing Trump's name' in the article is an entirely accurate description of the letter as it appears in the Birthday Book," the filing read. "The article states that the Journal 'reviewed' the letter before publication and described its contents in detail (which exactly match the contents of the letter released by Congress)," the legal filing argued, adding that Trump doesn't even dispute the resemblance of his signature to the one in the birthday book "because he cannot."

LeBron explains why San Antonio is great basketball city — and it’s not a compliment

LeBron James may have delivered the most hilarious endorsement San Antonio has received in years — but it isn’t one that is unlikely to be adopted by the tourism bureau anytime soon. While discussing the NBA Finals on the latest episode of his “Mind the Game” podcast, the Lakers star explained why he believes the...

US military launches fresh round of Iran strikes

The U.S. military began launching another round of strikes Wednesday evening against multiple targets in Iran, less than an hour after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that forthcoming attacks would be “strong and clear.” The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) began launching strikes at 5:15 p.m. ET at President Trump’s direction, it said. “The strikes are…

US May Have Used Its Own 'Dark Fleet' Tankers to Smuggle Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz

GOP leader skips Trump’s bill signing — pins 3-year high inflation on his Iran war

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune was noticeably absent from Wednesday’s Oval Office bill signing ceremony — but top House and Senate leaders — including Speaker Mike Johnson — were present, cheering on the president. Thune did take time to talk with reporters, where he tied Wednesday’s surging inflation numbers to Trump’s Iran war.The Washington Examiner’s David Sivak asked Thune directly why he wasn’t present at the president’s signing of the $70 billion reconciliation bill to fund ICE and the Border Patrol, or to talk about FISA legislation with Trump. Thune noted that Speaker Johnson is “down there anyway” and that he and Johnson “talk regularly,” Sivak reported. Thune appeared to suggest that there might not have been an invitation, adding, “I don’t know that we got asked, but I’ve got stuff going on here, as you know.”Thune spelled out the inflation connection to reporters, as Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio reported. “The sooner we get the situation in Iran stabilized, the Strait [of Hormuz] opened up, those [inflation] numbers will trend in a better direction,” he said. “But obviously right now there are important national security objectives we’re trying to achieve.”“The American people realize that if we’re heading in the right direction and the trendlines are good and the confidence is good long-term — which I [think] it will be because of all the other things we’ve done on the economy — then obviously people will start to see improvement,” he also said. “It may not happen overnight, but it will. But at least for now, we’ve got to do everything we can to keep the pressure on [in] getting the situation in the Middle East resolved.”Getting the situation in Iran resolved was not how President Trump appeared to approach Iran on Wednesday. “Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore – They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is dead!!! They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!”In that Oval Office meeting, Trump also slammed Iran, saying that the U.S. would hit Iran hard again on Wednesday, and insisted the Iranian government is “playing us for suckers.”Thune has distanced himself from the president over time, refusing his repeated demands to pass the controversial SAVE America Act — legislation some call voter suppression — to kill the filibuster, and to fire the Senate parliamentarian. He has also opposed Trump’s intelligence nominee. Thune tried to persuade Trump to back Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), but the president endorsed Ken Paxton instead — and Paxton went on to defeat Cornyn in the May primary runoff.

Critics smear Johnson's clammy defense of latest Trump gaffe

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was quick to defend President Donald Trump’s widely reported remarks following Wednesday’s sharp spike in inflation, which is now at a three-year high.“I knew somebody was going to ask me that,” Johnson told CNN’s Manu Raju as he stepped into range of Raju's microphone. “It was totally out of context, you know what he was talking about.”When pressed whether Trump’s remarks were what voters want to hear right now, Johnson insisted that the president “is laser-focused on the domestic economic situation.” “He is working to bring down prices, he is going to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened,” Johnson insisted. “We have passed legislation, he has used executive orders to get the cost of living down. Everybody got their highest tax refunds they’ve had in their whole lives, they’re getting great paychecks, there’s all sorts of great economic indicators, but there’s still challenges — gas prices among them.”“So, what he was saying is, it’s going to be great having that number and compare it to what comes next when we get these situations resolved — that’ll be a fun thing to consider and compare — that was the context,” said the Speaker.Speaking about the inflation report, as CNBC reported, Trump had told reporters: “No, I love it, the numbers were great.”“You know what I really love? I love the inflation. You know why?”“Because as soon as this war is over, you know I can say it now … you know we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil.”“Nobody knows it. You know who doesn’t know about it? Iran, until right now,” Trump said.CNBC noted that Trump, “speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, also predicted that inflation is ‘going to come down like a rock’ after the United States’ war against Iran is over.”Critics blasted Speaker Johnson online.Trump: "I don't care about you, I just want your vote!" MAGA: "Taken out of context." Trump: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation." MAGA: "Taken out of context." Trump: "I love the inflation." MAGA: "Taken out of context," spat one heckler on X.“Trump meant what he said and if people are taking things outta context maybe Trump should speak English,” said one social media user.Others called Johnson a “Trump apologist.”"No, no they were NOT taken out of context and Mike Johnson is a little b—— !" howled one critic.Another remarked, “Aaaand, right on cue, here’s Mike Johnson, denying Trump said and meant what we all heard him say.”

Schumer: ‘Trumpflation is getting worse and worse’ 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slammed the Trump administration over rising inflation rates, following new data released by the Labor Department.  The Department reported on Wednesday that the consumer price index (CPI) has increased by 4.2 percent over the last year and by 0.5 percent in May alone.  “This morning’s inflation numbers reaffirm what…

Convicted Murderer Karmelo Anthony’s Fundraiser Receives Fresh Round of Donations After 35-Year Murder Sentence

After a Texas jury unanimously convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of first-degree murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for the April 2, 2025, stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, donations once again began pouring into the convicted killer’s crowdfunding campaign. The post Convicted Murderer Karmelo Anthony’s Fundraiser Receives Fresh Round of Donations After 35-Year Murder Sentence appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Jasmine Crockett spews wild claims about Karmelo Anthony murder case as crazed supporters fuel hate-filled protests

A notorious murder conviction has caused a hate-filled firestorm outside a Texas courtroom after a jury found black teen Karmelo Anthony guilty of murdering white fellow high-schooler Austin Metcalf. Antagonists on both sides of the Anthony and Metcalf rift squared off in screaming matches, while a sitting congresswoman shared a cavalcade of inaccuracies about the...

Republicans turn their backs on South Carolina's Nancy Mace

Rep. Nancy Mace's (R-SC) political career ended decisively Tuesday as the South Carolina congresswoman finished a distant fifth in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary. Former allies and staffers immediately criticized her tumultuous tenure marked by combustible ambition and self-inflicted wounds, reports The Washington Post. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy stated, "I helped her win. But I just watched her change along the way." Mace failed to carry her home county, received no prominent Republican endorsements, and lost President Donald Trump's backing to a rival despite months of courting. Former communications director Will Hampson said Mace had burned down every bridge. Her former adviser also noted she was her own best weapon — and own worst enemy.Mace's erratic public behavior included profanity-laced airport tirades, hour-long House floor speeches accusing men of sex crimes, and offensive comments about a Republican opponent. Former GOP operative Justin Evans concluded, "She had all the ingredients a successful candidate should have. It's just her moral compass was completely missing."Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

FIFA prez Gianni Infantino says people ‘should chill’ about Somali referee denied US entry while doubling down on World Cup ticket prices

FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended World Cup ticket prices, saying Wednesday “if we are doing something wrong, everyone in North America is doing something wrong.”

Todd Blanche may have torpedoed his own AG nomination with Epstein stunt: analysis

A damning New York Times report released on Wednesday raised new concerns about Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and his involvement with the Epstein files.Blanche has come under fire over his role in "attempting to kill off the Epstein firestorm," just days after President Donald Trump formally nominated his former personal lawyer for permanent attorney general, The Daily Beast reported. Now, doubts were raised over whether he could be the top leader of the Justice Department ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing — and whether he could maintain his independence."Opponents argue he is not fit for the job, pointing to his handling of the Epstein files, which identified numerous victims but kept the names of potential co-conspirators hidden, as well as other controversies, such as Trump’s $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' slush fund and the backroom deal giving the president immunity from continuing IRS audits," The Beast reported.The bombshell reporting from Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is part of an upcoming book and includes multiple revelations about what happened within the Trump administration and includes Blanche's involvement as the then-deputy attorney general under former Attorney General Pam Bondi."Blanche and other Trump aides—including Vice President JD Vance, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Communications Director Steven Cheung and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt—held a panicked meeting in the Situation Room in July last year, desperate to quell the MAGA civil war that had erupted over the administration’s failure to release the Epstein files," according to The Beast.In the meeting, Blanche reportedly offered two potential options."The first was to petition Federal District Courts in Florida and New York to unseal grand jury testimonies related to Jeffrey Epstein’s heinous sex trafficking crimes, as these were unlikely to contain any new information, and therefore, releasing them was unlikely to damage Trump," The Beast reported.Blanche likely knew that getting a federal judge to unseal grand jury material would be a tough move, The Beast reported."The second option was to have a Justice Department official interview Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, and release the transcript," according to The Beast.Blanche apparently volunteered to sit down with Maxwell. He has described her attorney, David Oscar Markus, as "a friend."

Hegseth Visits Guantanamo and Warns Cuba Against Seeking Weapons

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Cuba not to acquire armaments that could put the US military, or the US mainland, at risk.

Trump says he 'loves the inflation' as US prices rise at fastest rate in three years

Consumers are increasingly feeling the strain of the US-Israel war in Iran.

House to vote on short-term spy powers extension Thursday amid Pulte clash

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced that the House will vote Thursday morning on extending the nation’s foreign spy powers through July 2, a move that comes amid a partisan clash over President Trump naming Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence (DNI).  The expected vote comes after Democrats in the Senate largely…

Inflation is back above 4%. Here's what's costing Americans more

President Donald Trump dismissed inflation concerns on Wednesday, saying, "the numbers were great."

U.S. military says it's striking 'multiple targets' in Iran in 2nd day of renewed fire

The escalating attacks threatened to derail efforts to end the war, with President Trump warning that Tehran would "pay the price" for stalled negotiations.

2026 FIFA World Cup Los Angeles Guide: Where to stay, what to do and how to navigate LA during the tournament

For the next 30 days, Los Angeles will become the crossroads of the soccer universe.