July 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM EDT
'Political theater': Trump AG's slammed for MAGA 'distraction' after releasing Clinton email doc

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the Justice Department has released a declassified appendix from the 2018 Inspector General's report, shedding new light on the FBI's investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server. This step follows a long-standing appeal from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who has consistently advocated for more openness about the investigation.

July 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM EDT
'Totally innocent and not rattled': Trump mocked over 'petty' retaliation against WSJ

President Donald Trump's administration is now punishing the Wall Street Journal over its recent bombshell report delving into his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. According to Politico, Trump White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Monday that the Journal would no longer be allowed on board Air Force One as part of the press pool accompanying Trump to Scotland this weekend. Leavitt defended the move as consistent with a prior court ruling banning the Associated Press (AP) from the White House press pool, which the administration did in response to the AP refusing to use Trump's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.

July 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM EDT
'The only way to lose': Analyst explains why 'appeasement' of Trump is a doomed strategy

On Friday, July 18, the big media story in the United States was President Donald Trump filing a $10 billion lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal and its parent company News Corp in response to recent reporting on Trump's connection to Jeffrey Epstein. But according to MSNBC's Steve Benen, another important story on Trump and the media flew under the radar that day: the demise of Trump's almost-$50 million lawsuit against veteran reporter author Bob Woodward.

July 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM EDT
'Biggest thing that keeps Trump up at night': Dems announce major plan to counter GOP

House Democrats are pushing back against President Donald Trump's directive to eliminate Democratic seats in Texas by launching an aggressive redistricting strategy of their own""hiring top attorneys to help cut down the number of GOP-held seats in five key states, in the battle to retake control of the House from Speaker Mike Johnson and the Republicans. Calling it "an extraordinary push," CNN reported that House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wants to reorganize the congressional maps in California, New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Washington state, to help Democrats pick up as many seats as possible""if the courts allow it.

July 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM EDT
'Rewrite history': Analyst reveals 'deeply sinister' reason for MAGA's latest 'tantrum'

Although James Gunn's new "Superman" movie is performing well at the box office, many right-wing media outlets are attacking it as "woke." The film touches on immigration, much to the chagrin of Fox News and others. In an biting article published on July 21, Salon's Amanda Marcotte argues that right-wing media attacks on Gunn's film aren't just silly, but underscore their troubling view of the world.

July 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM EDT
'Who are they protecting?' Fox analyst predicts 2026 will be 'referendum' on Trump-Epstein

If Democrats want to dominate in next year's midterm elections, they'll relentlessly use the Jeffrey Epstein controversy as a cudgel against President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. That's according to a Monday analysis in The Hill by Fox News contributor Juan Williams. In his essay, Williams pointed out that the GOP has been playing defense for multiple weeks over the administration's handling of the DOJ's still-unreleased evidence from its investigation into the convicted pedophile. Williams suggested that Republicans are particularly vulnerable to Epstein-related attacks given that Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have so far failed to follow through on their promises to release the materials to the public.

July 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM EDT
Trump 'has lost control of the narrative': ex-GOP strategist

MAGA Republicans are bitterly divided over U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. President Donald Trump is vigorously defending Bondi, urging Republicans to move on from Epstein and accusing them of being "duped" by a Democratic "hoax." But some Trump supporters are joining Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino in calling for Bondi to be fired. During an appearance on journalist Molly Jong-Fast's vodcast "Fast Times" posted on July 20, The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson -- a Never Trump conservative and former GOP strategist -- argued that Trump is flailing badly in his response to the Epstein controversy.

July 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM EDT
What tyrants like Trump really want

The Trump regime's battle with Harvard University will be aired in court today when a federal judge hears arguments in Harvard's lawsuit challenging Trump's attack on it. At stake is not just $2.2 billion in grants for scientific research, but the larger question of whether Trump can impose his agenda on independent universities in America -- forcing them to bring their admissions, disciplinary procedures, academic hiring, and curricula in line with his priorities.

July 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM EDT
Here's why Donald Trump is obsessed with using 'size' to manipulate MAGA

Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered is the title of the highly influential 1973 book written by the German-born British economist E.F. Schumacher. The book marked its 50th anniversary in 2023, but a couple of years later, we find ourselves in a time where "big is best," at least according to the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his administration.

July 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM EDT
Writers union calls for bribery investigation of Paramount after Colbert cancellation

The Writers Guild of America is calling on New York's attorney general to launch a bribery investigation into Paramount Global following the cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." WGA, some of whose members worked on the CBS show, said in a statement that while "cancellations are part of the business," a "corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society."

July 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM EDT
Trump administration accused of 'ultimate Friday night purge'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision Friday to eliminate its scientific research arm drew horrified responses from public health experts and climate advocates, who warned that the Trump administration is targeting the foundation of the department's work to shield Americans from hazardous chemicals, toxic pollution, and drinking water contaminants. "This is grim news," said Adam Gaffney, an ICU doctor at the Cambridge Health Alliance. "For decades, the EPA's Office of Research and Development has produced the science that underlies the regulations and technologies that protect us from innumerable hazards."

July 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM EDT
'This was no accident': Trump blamed as health insurers prep to jack up premiums

Next year, Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges are set to pay significantly more for coverage""and experts say policies advanced by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are at least partially to blame. An analysis released Friday by the health policy research organization KFF and the Peterson Center on Healthcare found that across a sample of more than 105 ACA marketplace insurers in 19 states and the District of Columbia, companies are set to increase premiums by a median of 15%.