June 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM EDT
LA is just a dress rehearsal for what Trump really has planned

Trump: Well, we're going to have troops everywhere. Reporter: What's the bar for sending in the Marines? Trump: The bar is what I think it is.

June 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM EDT
Why Trump wants to turn America violent

The man who launched an attempted coup on the United States in 2020 and instigated an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five deaths now claims that people in Los Angeles are launching an insurrection. They're not. Yesterday, the Pentagon activated 700 Marines out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, to join the 4,000 federalized National Guard's military occupation of parts of Los Angeles.

June 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM EDT
Kristi Noem flip-flop blasted by critics

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being called out by critics after dramatically shifting her stance on the president's use of the National Guard. The controversy stems from Noem's recent endorsement of President Donald Trump's decision to deploy troops in Los Angeles in response to protests against immigration arrests -- a move that stands in stark contrast statements she made previously about such actions. On Sunday, Noem appeared on CBS's "Face The Nation" to defend Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles. She claimed the action was necessary due to "bad decisions" by California Governor Gavin Newsom and emphasized that the decision was made for "the safety of this community."

June 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM EDT
Trump unleashes incredibly dubious claim about the cost of air travel

President Donald Trump's repeated claims about $2 airfare between Los Angeles and San Francisco have raised eyebrows and drawn criticism, highlighting the tensions between his administration and California over infrastructure projects and immigration policy. On Monday, amid ongoing protests in Los Angeles County over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, Trump once again made the dubious claim about cheap flights while discussing California's high-speed rail project. This came as the president faced questions about his controversial decision to federalize the California National Guard, a move that has escalated tensions with state officials.

June 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM EDT
'You're dangerous': Trump allies turn on each other

President Donald Trump's public falling out with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is now prompting additional infighting in MAGA circles between some of Trump's most high-profile supporters. Semafor reported Monday that "War Room" podcast host Steve Bannon - who was White House chief strategist in the first Trump administration - is now setting his sights on venture capitalist and second Trump administration AI czar David Sacks (who is close to Musk and co-hosts the popular "All In" podcast). The MAGA pundit mentioned Sacks on a recent episode of his podcast, and accused him of exploiting his relationship to Trump to further his own goals.

June 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM EDT
Trump is growing increasingly paranoid -- and that's bad news for Vance: biographer

Author Michael Wolff claimed Monday that President Donald Trump is growing increasingly paranoid following a political rift with tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has positioned Vice President JD Vance as a major rival to Trump's authority. Wolff, known for chronicling Trump's presidency in his book Fire and Fury , said during a Daily Beast podcast that Musk's move shook Trump, intensifying his mistrust of Vance.

June 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM EDT
If you think chemtrails are real, you're probably up in arms -- about Canadian ostriches

If you think viruses are fake, chemtrails are real and public health is a conspiracy, you're probably up in arms about four hundred potentially diseased Canadian ostriches. Federal inspectors are poised to euthanize the flock to contain a novel strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that killed 69 ostriches on a remote farm in Edgewood, British Columbia.

June 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM EDT
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June 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM EDT
'Wild take': JD Vance slammed for 'cheering on' Trump's 'banana republic tactics'

Vice President JD Vance faced backlash on the social platform X Monday after he told California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) to "do your job," in response to Newsom's comments condemning President Donald Trump's recent remarks. The exchange began after Newsom reacted strongly to Trump's statement calling for the governor's arrest, which Newsom described as a dangerous escalation.

June 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM EDT
'We are less safe': Former DHS official blasts Trump's 'racist policies' on MSNBC

President Donald Trump's promise to make American communities safer by deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to round up and detain immigrants may be doing the opposite, according to one former ICE leader. During a Monday segment on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House," Jason Houser - who served as ICE's chief of staff during former President Joe Biden's administration -- said Trump's "racist policies" are only making public safety worse. Houser expanded on a New York Times op-ed he wrote in April, in which he said that ICE under the second Trump administration was "burning thousands of federal law enforcement hours on operations that privilege political objectives over public safety."

June 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM EDT
'Ugly and worrisome': Expert blasts White House for touting May jobs report

Despite the White House touting May's jobs report as a sign of economic strength, a closer look reveals a sharp decline in federal employment under the Trump administration -- reversing a year of government job growth under former President Joe Biden and shifting all 2025 job gains to the private sector. In an article for Townhall published Monday, economist EJ Antoni noted that the number of jobs in the federal government (excluding the postal service) "has now fallen every month this year, bringing the number of federal payrolls down to the lowest level since November 2023."

June 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM EDT
'We've seen this playbook before': Critics warn new White House attacks are despot moves

Advocates warn in Newsweek that attacks by the Trump administration and their surrogates are the same tactics used by strongman regimes in Hungary, Russia and El Salvador. President Donald Trump is sending his officials to investigate private nonprofits' internal operations and cutting federal funding for nonprofit organizations for a reason. There is also purpose behind House Republicans passing new taxes on philanthropies that fund nonprofit work.