April 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM EDT
McConnell schools Trump on 'America First' policy that helped 'move the Depression worldwide'

Although Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) endorsed now-President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, it was a lukewarm endorsement. The bad blood between Trump and McConnell remained, and MAGA Republicans were not happy when McConnell voted against confirming Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

April 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM EDT
CEOs warning Trump's tariffs may cause 'empty shelves' at retail -- here's when it might happen

Opponents of President Donald Trump's steep new tariffs are warning that they could bring a wide range of negative results, from skyrocketing prices to a recession to a weakening of the U.S. dollar. But during a late April meeting with the CEOs of three major retailers -- Walmart, Target and Home Depot -- yet another possibility was raised: empty shelves in stores.

April 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM EDT
'Embarrassing': Trump administration fires its own lawyers for 'legal malpractice'

The New York Times reports the Trump administration is firing its own attorneys over alleged incompetence. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday made the peculiar move of replacing its federal lawyers defending it in a lawsuit over New York City's congestion pricing program, allegedly because the lawyers undermined the department's case.

April 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM EDT
'Rewards': Ex-UK prime minister blasts Trump's 'peace plan' as major gift for Putin

Although U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Vice President JD Vance angrily berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when he visited the White House, Trump is now promoting a "peace plan" that he claims will be beneficial for both Ukraine and Russia and bring their war to an end. Some Democrats in the U.S. believe that Trump is being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Trump is saying that he isn't pick a side one way or another in the ongoing Russia/Ukraine War.

April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
'The president is underwater': Fox News delivers brutal wake-up call to 'work-in-progress' Trump term

Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier delivered crushing news to President Donald Trump Thursday on "Special Report with Bret Baier." "If you look at our new Fox News poll for the first 100 days job approval, compared to other presidents " the president is at 44 percent."

April 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM EDT
'We are in a deep hole': Former Biden advisor 'on a mission' to end party's messaging problem

Mitch Landrieu, who served as senior adviser to former President Joe Biden, said Democrats need to figure out why working-class voters drifted away from the Democratic Party if it want to win future elections. In an interview with The Bulwark published Thursday, Landrieu said, "If you want to win, and it's all about math, you got to figure out how to get people that you used to have that you lost.

April 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM EDT
'We take our direction from the judge': Florida sheriff vows to ignore DeSantis directive

On February 13, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill making it a first-degree misdemeanor to illegally enter the Sunshine State as an "unauthorized alien" and imposing additional penalties for reentry. But on April 4 in Miami, U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams issued an order temporarily blocking the law. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, on Wednesday, April 23, sent Florida law enforcement a letter saying that he won't stop them from enforcing the law -- which has already led to arrests. However, Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, according to Florida Phoenix reporter Jackie Llanos, is saying he plans to abide by Williams' order and is telling his deputies not to arrest anyone under the law.

April 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM EDT
'Incompetent. Irresponsible. Negligent': Calls mount for Hegseth's ouster or prosecution

With seemingly near-daily revelations about U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's alleged""and potentially unlawful""leaks of classified or sensitive information, concerns over his leadership, judgment, and efforts to reshape the Department of Defense, pressure for his resignation or removal and even prosecution is rapidly intensifying. Hegseth, confirmed by the narrowest of margins (51-50), is one of the youngest (44) Defense Secretaries, and had already been one of the most controversial. His Senate hearings were flooded with allegations and questions about sexual assault, use of alcohol, infidelities, position on women in combat, previous alleged poor leadership and financial mismanagement at several small nonprofits, and general lack of experience""sans his weekend gig as a Fox News host.

April 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM EDT
'This is war, actually': Expert explains how 'Trump is picking up where Biden left off'

Former Bank of America strategist David Woo said Thursday President Donald Trump's tariff policy is much more than just a trade war, calling it "very combative." "I think this is much more than just a trade war. I think this is war, actually," he said on the Odd Lost podcast, adding that "it is not surprising the way it is gone, because in a way, the whole thing has been heating up under [former President Joe] Biden."

April 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM EDT
Trump's sinking poll numbers reflect his 'terrible effect on the American psyche': conservative

More often than not, Fox News and its sister channel, Fox Business, are extremely supportive of Donald Trump's second presidency. But a late April poll from Fox News shows Trump with low approval ratings on a range of issues. According to the poll, Trump enjoys only 33 percent approval on "tariffs" and "inflation," while his approval is 38 percent on "the economy" and "taxes" and 40 percent on "foreign policy." Trump's overall approval on job performance, according to Fox News, is 44 percent positive.

April 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM EDT
'Repressive tactics': Highly-respected global org issues Kristi Noem a warning

The global human rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday called on supporters of the United States' core constitutional rights to write to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, demanding that the Trump administration stop its campaign to strip foreign students of their right to be in the country for exercising their First Amendment freedoms. As Common Dreams reported Tuesday, since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accosted former Columbia University student organizer Mahmoud Khalil, forced him into an unmarked vehicle, and took him to a detention center in Louisiana thousands of miles from his pregnant wife in March, the administration's attacks on international students have only intensified.

April 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM EDT
'Chilling': Trump official threatens staff with criminal sanctions for speaking with press

A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business. A memo sent Monday by Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer's chief of staff, Jihun Han, and obtained by ProPublica, states that "individuals who disclose confidential information or engage in unauthorized communications with the media may face serious legal consequences."