July 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM EDT
Trump delivers 'rambling' mixed bag at NATO

President Donald Trump's careening performance at the NATO summit in Turkey has reporters relating stories of "menacing threats" and "comical misnomers ," " sabre-rattling" and "tremendous love ," but while the conference got off to a rocky start , analysts assert that "alliance leaders, who had feared the worst, will hail US president's renewed support for Article 5 as key victory." According to the Guardian, "Having arrived at NATO's annual summit under a familiar cloud of resentment and grievance, Donald Trump's farewell message on Wednesday was an unlikely tale of love and darkness." While speaking to reporters with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump declared, "It was a great meeting. There was a lot of love in that room today, a lot of unity. It couldn't have gone much better."

July 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM EDT
Trump accused of hiding the real reason behind plane switch

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta made clear that he was skeptical of President Donald Trump's claimed reason for switching planes for his journey home from Turkey at this week's NATO Summit. On Wednesday, New York Times reporter Shawn McCreesh asked Trump specifically why he wasn't flying his prized new Air Force One back to the U.S., despite Trump lauding the $400 million gift from the Qatari royal family.

July 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM EDT
Old Trump trick may help him get away with stiffing E. Jean Carroll

Even though President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay more than $5 million to E. Jean Carroll, the woman he was found liable for sexually abusing in 1996, the Republican politician is using an old trick -- filing frivolous litigation -- to try to wriggle out of his legal responsibilities. After U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denied President Donald Trump's latest legal filing to delay paying E. Jean Carroll, "Trump's attorneys filed a notice of appeal, previewing an effort to stop the $5.77 million disbursement by pleading with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit," wrote Law and Crime's Colin Kalmbacher on Wednesday. He explained that Trump has technically exhausted his legal options, having gone through the lower courts all the way up to the Supreme Court, but is prolonging the action in the hope he can delay paying what he owes Carroll.

July 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM EDT
Rattled: Trump DOJ is threatening voters as Dems trounce GOP

A letter from Harmeet Dhillon, who heads President Donald Trump's DOJ's Civil Rights Division, is demanding that Georgia officials explain within five days how they are preventing illegal voting in the state -- despite the fact that illegal voting is not a legitimate problem in U.S. elections. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports the U.S. Department of Justice has also warned officials in the increasingly swingy Peach State that they could face criminal prosecution if noncitizens cast ballots, something that is already illegal.

July 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM EDT
Insiders leak story of Trump's diplomatic bombshell on Canada

President Donald Trump is at the NATO summit in Turkey where things grew contentious when he dropped a "diplomatic bombshell" on Canada. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Justin Trudeau kept getting threatening phone calls from Trump before he was replaced by Mark Carney.

July 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM EDT
Inside the exploding legal battle over Trump's Reflecting Pool makeover

Since returning to the White House on January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump has been obsessed with giving the Washington D.C. area an extensive makeover -- from the Kennedy Center to a proposed White House ballroom to a proposed "triumphal arch" near Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Trump's renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is drawing widespread criticism thanks to problems that include algae, dead ducks and peeling paint. And according to The Hill, the Reflecting Pool is the focus of an "multifront legal battle" that is "intensifying."

July 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM EDT
Fetterman trashes his colleagues and defends MAGA supporters

Sen. John Fetterman has often been called President Donald Trump's "favorite Democrat," a reputation he continued to live up to in recent comments highlighted in a Fox News report, defending the president's supporters and warning his colleagues on the left against calling them "fascists." Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, was first elected to the Senate in the 2022 midterms, which saw the party buck historical trends and actually grow their majority in the chamber, rather than lose it. Since then, however, he has emerged as a major thorn in the party's side, abandoning the seemingly progressive bona fides he campaigned on in favor of opposing Democrats' more ambitious goals, while also occasionally speaking in support of proposals from Trump and the GOP.

July 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM EDT
'Truly bizarre behavior': Trump DOJ threatens election officials to promote voting lie

On Tuesday, NBC News confirmed that the Justice Department has sent threatening letters to election officials spanning every state and Washington, D.C., asserting that they could "face criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting." According to NBC, the letters are the latest move in President Donald Trump's effort to promote his false claims of widespread noncitizen voting and "assert more federal control over state elections."

July 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM EDT
Trump 'humiliated because Iran is 'culturally incomprehensible' to him

President Donald Trump is "lashing out" against Iran and left "humiliated" as his much-hyped ceasefire deal falls apart, and as one veteran reporter explained for The i Paper, it all comes down to the fact that the country is "culturally incomprehensible" to him. Trump raged against Iran during his visit to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, saying that the ceasefire with the Middle Eastern nation is "over" after attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and strikes against American military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. He also called Iranian leaders "sick" and "scum," claiming he had no further interest in negotiating with them.

July 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM EDT
'Really embarrassing': Gen Z's dislike of Trump also extends to his favorite team

President Donald Trump has made a point to make himself the center of the national conversation on countless topics. But it turns out the president's insistence on inserting himself into sports may be spoiling the popularity of even that. "Young people are getting very into the World Cup, hosting watch parties, making fan-edits, and leaning into sideline fashion," wrote Gen Z analyst Rachel Janfaza on her "Up and Up" substack. "And while Team USA is out, many young Americans still have a team to cheer for because they weren't rooting for the US men's national soccer team in the first place."

July 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM EDT
'Dead inside': Tradwives realize their horrible mistake too late

A new report reveals that tradwives -- or women who willingly dedicate their entire lives to serving their husbands, usually for religious and political reasons -- are starting to regret their decision. Enitza Templeton, a former tradwife, is urging other tradwives to protect themselves from potential abuse, exploitation and depression by choosing that lifestyle without fully understanding the implications, reported The New York Post's Asia Grace on Tuesday. "By 36, the mother of four found herself feeling like "a prisoner" in her marriage, ultimately leading to a divorce.

July 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM EDT
'A total embarrassment': Judge destroys GOP official after crime spree

A Republican sheriff in South Carolina, a deep red state, was reamed out by a judge after being convicted -- and sentenced to 41 months in prison -- for a torrent of corrupt behavior. "South Carolina ex-sheriff Chuck Wright of Spartanburg County was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum recommended sentence -- 41 months in prison," reported The State's John Monk. "The sentence to Wright, 61, by U.S. Judge Timothy Cain was delivered before a packed courtroom at the Greenville federal courthouse. In the audience were FBI and State Law Enforcement Division agents. The hearing lasted more than three hours."