August 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM EDT
Trump 'officially reneging' on major campaign promise in effort to please evangelical base

When Donald Trump was on the campaign trail in 2024, he declared himself the "father of IVF" and promised to fund in vitro fertilization treatments for women experiencing fertility problems. Trump, at a town hall in October, told attendees, "We want fertilization, and it's all the way." But Salon's Amanda Marcotte, in article published on August 8, lambasts Trump for reneging on that campaign promise. And she lays out some reasons why.

August 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM EDT
'Frightening': CEOs 'really uncomfortable' with Trump's threats against business leaders

The business world is now starting to speak out against President Donald Trump's hostile attitude toward CEOs who don't do what he likes. That's according to a Thursday article in the Wall Street Journal, which reported that Trump's latest threat against Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan prompted a strong reaction from several corporate executives. In a Truth Social post this week, Trump demanded Tan "resign immediately" from the company or that Intel's board fire Tan due to his investments in Chinese semiconductor firms, saying there was "no other solution to this problem." Bill George, who is the former CEO of medical device company Medtronic, told the Journal : "It's wrong for the president of the United States to be telling a major corporation's board to fire their chief executive." He added that unless Tan broke the law, he had no reason to resign from the company.

August 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM EDT
'It's so lazy': Kristi Noem complains about South Park's brutal portrayal of her

During a recent appearance on far-right commentator Glenn Beck's show, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem made it clear she wasn't a fan of animated series South Park's new episode mocking her and other members of the Trump administration, calling it "lazy." "It's so lazy to just constantly make fun of women for how they look. It's only the liberals and the extremists who do that," Noem said.

August 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM EDT
Ex-GOP staffer says these 2 facts prove Trump is behind 'system-wide cover-up' of Epstein

One former Republican U.S. Senate staffer is arguing that President Donald Trump's administration is plainly executing a "cover-up" of unreleased Jeffrey Epstein evidence in plain sight. During a Thursday segment on MSNBC's "The Weeknight," Amanda Carpenter -- who was a communications staffer to Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) -- said that "two facts" proved that both Trump and senior administration officials were scrambling to prevent the public from learning damning new information about the president and his former friend. MSNBC host Michael Steele began the interview with Carpenter by opining that none of Trump's actions toward chief Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell were done out a sense of duty to provide justice for their victims, but because he saw it as a "political problem."

August 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM EDT
'Need to vote on it': GOP rep gives Mike Johnson ultimatum on bill to stop 'profiteering'

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) delivered a pointed message to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday, demanding a floor vote this fall on the TRUST Act as soon as Congress returns from the August recess. The Texas Republican told Fox Business that his legislation is aimed at banning members of Congress from trading stocks based on insider knowledge. Roy added that members of Congress should not be "profiteering" off of their jobs as lawmakers.

August 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM EDT
'Unconscionable': Nicolle Wallace airs Trump supporter's profane death threat to judge

More federal judges are being subjected to death threats from President Donald Trump's base for ruling against the administration. Now, one primetime cable news host is airing one of those threats to illustrate the danger judges are facing. During the Thursday episode of "Deadline: White House," MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace began one segment by playing a voicemail a Trump supporter left with U.S. District Judge John McConnell of the District of Rhode Island. McConnell became nationally known after striking down Trump's withholding of congressionally appropriated federal funding as illegal. Wallace lamented the "climate of fear for public servants" that has become "so pervasive" since Trump's second term began. She then played the voicemail, warning viewers that it was "incredibly disturbing."

August 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM EDT
'Cannot possibly be legal': Trump buried for denying retirement benefits to certain troops

Following the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members, the U.S. Air Force is now denying early retirement benefits to transgender troops with 15 to 18 years of service. "This is just betrayal of a direct commitment made to these service members," Shannon Minter of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights told Reuters, calling it "devastating."

August 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM EDT
'Fire the data people': Trump ripped after jobless claims hit highest level since pandemic

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits for at least one week climbed to its highest point since November 2021, according to a Washington Post report on Labor Department figures released Thursday. Those filing a "continued claim" for unemployment insurance rose to 1.97 million by late July, up from 1.85 million in early January. New unemployment filings remain modest, increasing by just 7,000 last week, according to the department.

August 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM EDT
Carville deletes comments about Melania Trump and Epstein after hearing from her lawyer

Democratic strategist James Carville is now publicly apologizing to First Lady Melania Trump over a podcast episode in which he delved into her alleged history with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Hill reported Thursday that Carville -- who engineered former President Bill Clinton's rise to power -- has now edited out parts of a YouTube video in which he spoke about the first lady's purported connections to Epstein. On her official X account, he first lady posted an image of Carville's apology along with a screenshot of his YouTube video with a red X drawn through it.

August 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM EDT
'I'm down 90 prosecutors': Jeanine Pirro blasts Trump's mass firings -- without naming him

Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro -- who was recently confirmed by the Senate as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia -- is finding it exceedingly difficult to do her job after President Donald Trump's administration hollowed out her office. That's according to the Daily Beast, which reported on an interview Pirro did with Fox News' Laura Ingraham about her current role as the Department of Justice's top prosecutor. Pirro lamented that her office was severely short-staffed, and implied that former President Joe Biden was at fault.

August 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM EDT
'It would just be wrong': Ex-governor of deep-red state rails against this Trump proposal

In a striking departure from party lines, former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels -- a longtime voice in Republican politics -- has publicly rebuked a proposal backed by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to redraw congressional maps in Indiana mid"'decade. Texas is currently undertaking a redistricting process aimed at creating up to five additional Republican"'friendly congressional districts. In response, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has announced he will retaliate by initiating his own redistricting plan, likely via a special election, if Texas proceeds with its changes.

August 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM EDT
MTG sets off firestorm after calling Fox News viewers 'neocons' and 'Baby Boomers'

Although far-right MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has been a forceful, combative supporter of President Donald Trump, she was critical of the military strikes that he ordered against Iran and favors a very isolationist approach to the Israel-Gaza conflict. And that stand is putting her at odds with Fox News host Mark Levin. MTG and Levin are having a bitter war of words. Levin attacked Greene as a "lunatic" and "fake MAGA," declaring, "The Republican Party isn't going the way of Marjorie Taylor Greene or her ilk. No way!"