Three House Democrats are taking their concerns about the demolition of the White House’s East Wing directly to the Trump administration. In a letter Thursday to President Donald Trump, the lawmakers expressed concerns over what they consider a lack of transparency, the destruction of a historic building and “the ethical integrity of the Administration it […]
Author Michael Wolff has filed a lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump. He alleges that she attempted to intimidate him into stopping his reporting on her and her husband’s alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and accused sex trafficker. Wolff’s allegations In the suit, filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court, […]
The Defense Department has announced a “next generation” Pentagon press corps made up mostly of influencers, conservative activists and right-wing news sites. More than 60 of them signed a controversial media-access policy, according to chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell. The announcement follows a mass walkout by legacy Pentagon reporters who declined to sign a 21-page […]
A new report shows that the first six months of 2025 were the costliest on record for weather and climate disasters. The nonprofit news organization Climate Central said each of 14 weather events caused more than $1 billion in damage. However, this information may not have been compiled if not for Climate Central. The National […]
The White House said President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. Zhao pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering in 2023. During his time as CEO, his company was used to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. Zhao had previously asked Trump for a […]
North Korea said it test-fired a new “strategic” hypersonic missile system and that two projectiles launched Wednesday “hit the target point” in the country’s northeast, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. South Korea’s military said it detected multiple short-range launches that flew about 217 miles to the northeast before landing, the Associated Press […]
The Trump administration is reportedly deploying more than 100 federal agents for a major immigration enforcement effort in the San Francisco area. Sources familiar with the effort told the San Francisco Chronicle that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were slated to arrive Thursday at Coast Guard Base […]
In this Media Miss Minute, former CIA Director John Brennan could soon face charges of lying to Congress. Plus, late-night host Jon Stewart had some choice words for “King-adjacent” Trump. Media Miss by the left: Former CIA director John Brennan referred to DOJ for allegedly lying to Congress Former CIA Director John Brennan could face […]
An Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on Monday highlighted what experts call the dangers of centralizing the world’s online ecosystem into the hands of a shrinking number of tech companies. Thousands of apps and websites went dark, exposing the fragility of the internet — not just from technical glitches, but also from coordinated cyberattacks. “Relying […]
Demolition began this week on part of the White House’s East Wing to make way for President Donald Trump’s proposed $250 million ballroom. The project, which began amid a government shutdown, is drawing sharp criticism and plenty of late-night punchlines. East Wing demolition underway The East Wing, which houses the First Lady’s offices and the […]
