December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM EST
Trump 'isn't even trying' to lower prices -- and it 'could sink' his presidency: analysis

A Wall Street Journal opinion columnist is blasting President Donald Trump's policies and remarks, warning that the affordability issue "could sink" his presidency. Trump is underwater on his handling of inflation, and will deliver a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening that the White House says will be "a positive economic, a focused speech, where he talks about all that he and his team has done to provide bigger paychecks and lower prices for the American people."

December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM EST
Donald Trump finally says something offensive to Tommy Tuberville

It's official: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is offended by something President Donald Trump said. The longtime Trump superfan and MAGA acolyte almost never disagrees with the president on any issue. However, after Trump's comments at last week's FIFA World Cup draw ceremony, Tuberville took issue with the president's beliefs about what to call American football.

December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM EST
'Excuse me!' CNN host corners GOP congressman in tense exchange

A House Republican recently tried to assert in a live interview that former President Joe Biden was more responsible for farmers' current economic plight than President Donald Trump's administration. But CNN host Brianna Keilar refused to let his remarks go unchallenged. During a Tuesday segment on CNN, Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) defended the Trump administration's recent decision to allocate $12 billion in tariff revenue toward farmers whose costs have been rising due to tariffs. Keilar quoted one farmer who called the payments "a band-aid on an open wound" and who called for market-based solutions to their woes, rather than direct government assistance.

December 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM EST
The only way for Democrats to win in 2026

Today, I will be typing to you with fire, and helping you deal with the excess hell that is being hand-delivered to us daily by the most lawless, bigoted, corrupt, heartless collection of sub-humans in American history. I bring you those loaded words, and wonder if I still have somehow underestimated the revolting Republican Party.

December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM EST
Expert flags judge's 'swipe' at Trump admin around release of Maxwell docs

Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer, in New York, ordered Tuesday that grand jury information from Ghislaine Maxwell's prosecution be released to the public in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. NOTUS justice reporter Jose Pagliery recalled, "But keep in mind this same judge previously poked at DOJ by pointing out that there's nothing new here. So don't get excited. T-minus 10 days until we get the actual Epstein files."

December 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM EST
Trump to campaign 'like it's 2024' in 2026 as Republicans worry about major losses

President Donald Trump's schedule of public events has thinned out during his second term, but according to The Hill, he might soon be out campaigning "like it's 2024" as the GOP faces growing headwinds in 2026, if one of his top officials has anything to say about it. Susie Wiles currently serves as Trump's White House chief of staff and previously worked as co-manager of his 2024 reelection campaign, alongside Chris LaCivita. On Monday, she gave an interview with conservative online talk show, The Mom View, where she touched on the forthcoming midterm elections, claiming that Trump would be much more actively campaigning for them and blaming recent GOP electoral stumbles on the lack of his presence.

December 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM EST
Trump team banking on Supreme Court to help Republicans in time for 2026 midterms

Two top Trump advisers expect rulings from the conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court to help Republicans during next year's midterms -- and for years to come. Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio, who are in charge of President Donald Trump's political operation, "told donors at a Republican National Committee retreat over the weekend that rulings on political contribution limits and congressional redistricting could be transformational for Republicans -- if they go the GOP's way," Axios reported.

December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM EST
Karoline Leavitt pitches non-existent tax 'rebates' as Trump approval hits new low

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested that Americans will receive tax "rebates" next year, and promised they will see "bigger paychecks and lower prices" in 2026, while attacking Democrats as "con artists." "This is going to be President Trump's bread and butter issue: focused on the economy," Leavitt told "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday. "Nobody knows it better than him."

December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM EST
Why MAGA is still clinging to conspiracy theories about pipe bomb suspect despite arrest

Well after President Donald Trump pardoned the roughly 1,500 defendants arrested, charged and/or convicted as part of the January 6 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol, the person who left pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committee offices remained at large. But even after an arrest has been made in the case, conspiracy theories about the alleged pipe bomber continue to run rampant. In a Monday article for The Bulwark, writer Will Sommer observed that conspiracy theories about the January 6 attempted pipe bombing were being trafficked even by people who are now members of the Trump administration: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino alleged in a January 2025 episode of his podcast (prior to his appointment) that the would-be bomber was part of an "inside job."

December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM EST
These 3 Trump Cabinet officials may be 'on borrowed time': report

President Donald Trump may be preparing to clean house in 2026, starting with three major Cabinet officials. That's according to a Monday article in the Daily Beast, which reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel are apparently "on borrowed time." The Beast reported that Trump could be waiting until the one-year anniversary of his second inauguration -- which would be January 20, 2026 -- before making any big changes atop federal agencies. However, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson adamantly denied that any Cabinet secretaries were in danger of being fired.

December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM EST
'Donald Trump is in hell': President's 'greatest triumph' soured by 'very weird' ceremony

President Donald Trump hosted the first Kennedy Center Honors ceremony of his second term last weekend, and one reporter in attendance described the night as "very weird." In a Monday article in The Atlantic, writer Alexandra Petri noted that she had always been "obsessed" with the Kennedy Center Honors in the way others may be fascinated by the Oscars or the Grammys, and jumped at the chance to attend the 2025 ceremony. However, she said that this year's ceremony -- now that Trump has taken over the vaunted institution by installing himself as chairman and replacing the bulk of the organization's board with his own handpicked associates -- felt different [ emphasis Petri's ].

December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM EST
'So unpopular with the public': MAGA governor breaks with Trump on key issue

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) became the latest Republican to break with President Donald Trump on a key issue, arguing that a recent order could not override state government authority and that it would be "unpopular with the public." DeSantis took to X to push back against Trump's recently announced plan to block state-level regulations on artificial intelligence (AI). Per a Monday report in Politico, the governor has emerged as a "fierce AI skeptic" as the technology has grown in prominence, and has been pushing for his state to pass laws that will create consumer protections related to it.