July 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM EDT
'Pay attention': Supreme Court justice gives dire warning about 'state of our democracy'

Recently, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked what keeps her up at night. While she didn't directly name President Donald Trump, she heavily referenced his administration in her remarks. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Jackson -- who was appointed to the Supreme Court by former President Joe Biden in 2022 - urged her fellow Americans during a question-and-answer session at the Indianapolis Bar Association to be vigilant about what their government was doing. Jackson's remarks came in response to a question from moderator Jane Magnus-Stinson, who is a senior U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, about what keeps her up at night.

July 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM EDT
'Alarming quest for fealty': FBI agents subjected to lie detector tests over their loyalty

Since Kash Patel and Dan Bongino assumed leadership roles atop the FBI, the bureau has adopted a noticeably more forceful approach with polygraph tests, the New York Times reported Thursday. Agents and senior staff have been asked pointedly in polygraphs and interviews whether they have "cast aspersions on Mr. Patel himself," per the report. Two insiders and other sources familiar with the inquiries told The Times that senior employees were asked if they had spoken negatively about Patel.

July 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM EDT
'Let's break it down': Ex-RNC chair buries Trump USDA secretary in brutal fact-check

President Donald Trump's new massive tax and spending law makes more than $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, partially through imposing stringent new work requirements on recipients. One of his Cabinet secretaries recently posed a solution to Medicaid beneficiaries scrambling to deal with their new reality -- hard manual labor on American farms. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke maintained that all undocumented immigrants, including farm workers, should be deported, but argued that they could be easily replaced with Medicaid recipients.

July 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM EDT
'Bringing my business elsewhere': Famous restaurant under fire over Trump hat display

A famous seafood restaurant in San Francisco, California is now being brigaded with one-star reviews after a customer noticed the restaurant's display of a hat emblazoned with "45-47," which represents President Donald Trump's two terms in the White House. On Thursday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Swan's Oyster Depot - a local landmark more than a century old - prompted outrage among the community when a Reddit user posted an image of the "45-47" hat while waiting in line earlier this week. The most upvoted comment read: "I hope the ghost of Anthony Bourdain haunts them," in reference to a 2015 episode of Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown" in which he visited the restaurant.

July 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM EDT
'Torn from my family': Father of 5 no longer a Trump supporter after green card revoked

46-year-old Chris Landry, a Canadian-born legal U.S. resident who's lived in New Hampshire since age 3, supported President Donald Trump in the last election. But on Sunday, things took a sharp turn. Returning from a family vacation with three of his children via the Maine border, Landry learned his green card -- granted in 1981 -- had been revoked. He was warned he'd be arrested if he attempted to reenter without approval.

July 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM EDT
'I know the names': Former Trump advisor accuses him of suppressing key Epstein documents

Alan Dershowitz, a former Constitutional advisor to President Donald Trump, alleged in a bombshell disclosure that key documents tied to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein are being withheld -- not to protect victims, but to shield powerful figures. "I know for a fact [Epstein] documents are being suppressed and they're being suppressed to protect individuals. I know the names of the individuals, I know why they're being suppressed," he said on the Sean Spicer Show in a newly resurfaced interview that originally aired in March of this year.

July 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM EDT
'Mental deficient': Fox host calls Crockett a 'piece of garbage' as she mulls Senate run

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is widely seen as a top contender to challenge Republican Senator John Cornyn in a high-stakes race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate. Early polling shows her leading the Democratic field. Fox News hosts in recent weeks have targeted the outspoken Texas Democrat, an attorney, and in one particularly caustic segment on Thursday, they denigrated her intelligence and capabilities.

July 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM EDT
'Learn our lesson': Ex-GOP staffer says Republicans 'keep nominating people who can't win'

The GOP's chances of keeping a crucial U.S. Senate seat in Republican hands next year could be slim to none if the party continues its pattern of nominating extremist candidates. That's according to one former Republican staffer, who told MSNBC host Chris Jansing that his party may very well lose North Carolina's U.S. Senate election in the 2026 midterms if it doesn't focus on candidate quality. Brendan Buck - who was a staffer to former House Speakers John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) - said that the retirement of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) could tip the scales in Democrats' favor depending on who wins next year's Republican primary.

July 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM EDT
'Recent discoveries': Democrats may have new opportunity in deep-red state's Senate race

Texas State Senator Angela Paxton (R) announced on Thursday that she has officially filed for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton (R), citing "recent discoveries." In a post on the social platform X, she wrote: "Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds. I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation. But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage."

July 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM EDT
FEMA officials say this Kristi Noem policy 'slowed down the FEMA response' to Texas floods

Several officials within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are now accusing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem of hampering the agency's ability to save lives in the wake of deadly floods in Kerr County, Texas. CNN reported Thursday that four unnamed sources within FEMA say that a new policy Noem instituted after being confirmed to lead DHS effectively made her a bottleneck that prevented federal first responders from doing their jobs in the most critical hours after the floods. Those officials say that Noem insists on personally signing off on any expenditure of funds in excess of $100,000, which ultimately "slowed down the FEMA response" to conduct search-and-rescue operations in Kerr County.

July 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM EDT
The Supreme Court just chickened out -- and let a mess in its wake

Just how bad is the Supreme Court's June 27 decision on birthright citizenship? Among progressive and liberal commentators, the thinking is surprisingly mixed. Some assert that Trump v. CASA "couldn't be more disastrous" and will leave the Trump administration with "blood on its hands"; others see "silver linings" in the ruling. The reason for the diverse reactions is simple: The 6-3 majority decision written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett didn't address the underlying issue in the case""the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for the children of undocumented immigrants. Instead, Barrett and the conservative majority produced a complicated and confusing procedural ruling that leaves the executive order in legal limbo, intact for now but subject to further litigation.

July 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM EDT
'Absolute cringe': Trump admin mocked after attacking CNN report-- by confirming it

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is under fire after posting a hostile and defensive social media statement late Wednesday afternoon, lashing out at damning CNN reporting that exposed FEMA's delayed response to the deadly Texas floods. Intended as a rebuttal, the DHS post instead confirmed several of CNN's alarming findings. At least 120 people are confirmed dead, and over 160 remain missing. Central to FEMA's late response: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has instituted a new rule that contracts and grants over $100,000 require her personal signature. Under Noem, DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) as of last month was $1 billion over budget, leading some, including members of Congress, to question the legality of her actions.