June 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM EDT
Debt setting U.S. up for 'economic heart attack' as Trump bomb rounds the corner: report

The Wall Street Journal is reporting some of the biggest names in finance are sounding the klaxon horn on decades of U.S. off-the-hinges borrowing. "Ray Dalio, founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, has warned of a debt crisis akin to an 'economic heart attack.' Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, is predicting a breakdown in financial markets," the Wall Street Journal reports.

June 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM EDT
Critics say Karoline Leavitt's 'reckless dismissal' of new report 'reeks of desperation'

In an article published by the Washington Post on Tuesday afternoon, June 10, journalists John Hudson and Alex Horton reported that the Trump Administration -- as part of its mass deportations programs -- "is preparing to begin the transfer of potentially thousands of foreigners who are in the United States illegally to the U.S. military base in Guanta'namo Bay, Cuba." According to Hudson and Horton, "It is far from clear whether the facilities there can accommodate 9000 new detainees, an influx that would amount to a massive increase from the several hundred migrants moved to and from the base earlier this year. But Trump Administration officials say the plan is necessary due to a need to free up capacity at domestic detention facilities, which have become overcrowded amid President Donald Trump's pledge to implement the biggest deportation of undocumented migrants in American history."

June 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM EDT
'Unbridled looting': How the Trump family is raking in billions -- while no one is watching

National Memo editor Joe Conason says President Donald Trump glommed "approximately $1.6 billion" in revenue and income during his first four years. Six months into his second, he and his family are grabbing "billions already""and by the time he's done, he may make off with tens of billions." In his New Republic piece, Conason ticks down a long list of Trump's despot-style self-enrichment schemes, proving again "an old truism that applies to authoritarian regimes throughout history." Sure, they curtail civil liberties, target alleged "enemies of the state" and repress disfavored groups. But, "most of all, they enrich themselves and their families."

June 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM EDT
'Unacceptable and egregious': Veterans blast Trump for goading troops to boo his opponents

In an address at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump once again targeted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), former President Joe Biden and the media, urging military personnel to boo reporters in attendance as he lashed out at what he called "fake news." The president's action of inciting active-duty soldiers to boo those he sees as his opponents has been strongly criticized on social media, including by war veterans.

June 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM EDT
'Blood, detentions and incarcerations': Analyst says Trump isn't satisfying MAGA's demands

Despite President Donald Trump sanctioning ongoing immigration raids nationwide and deploying U.S. troops to the second-largest city in the United States, it still might not be enough to please his base, according to a recent analysis. In a Tuesday article for anti-Trump conservative news outlet The Bulwark, journalist Will Sommer argued that there was a "vicious MAGA feedback loop" that is dictating the administration's latest actions, and that it's showing no sign of slowing down. In fact, Sommer suggested that even Trump circumventing California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) in calling up the California National Guard (the first time a president went around a governor to call National Guardsmen since 1965) and sending roughly 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles may still not be enough to give his MAGA supporters what they want.

June 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM EDT
Only 12% of Congressional Republicans surveyed plan to attend Trump's military parade

On Saturday, President Donald Trump's 79th birthday will coincide with a parade he's hosting on Constitution Avenue in Washington D.C. However, many Republicans aren't planning to join him. That's according to a Tuesday article in Politico, which reported that of 50 GOP lawmakers surveyed, only six confirmed to the publication that they would be there -- which amounts to just 12% of those asked. Those six Republicans include MAGA stalwarts like Reps. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), John McGuire (R-Va.), Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)

June 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM EDT
'Work something else out': GOP lawmakers starting to break with Trump on his top issue

As the Trump administration moves forward with plans to escalate deportation efforts, a growing number of Republican lawmakers are voicing concerns over the sweeping scope of the initiative, Axios reported Tuesday. The White House has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest 3,000 individuals per day and significantly ramp up deportation numbers. This aggressive strategy could result in a rise in workplace raids and broader enforcement actions that reach beyond criminal offenders, the report noted.

June 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM EDT
'Cares only for the rich': Catholic priest calls Trump's bill 'a disaster for America

One Catholic priest is arguing that H.R. 1 ("The One Big Beautiful Bill Act") would not only decimate public safety nets and lavish more money on the wealthiest Americans, but it would also subvert basic principles of Christianity. In a Tuesday essay for Religion News Service (RNS), the Rev. Thomas Reese -- who is an ordained Jesuit priest -- made the case that the Republican tax and spending bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate would be a "disaster for America" if passed and signed into law. Reese warned that the legislation would "add trillions of dollars to the federal debt, give tax breaks to the very wealthy and cut programs that help the middle class and the least advantaged," as well as betray Christian values.

June 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM EDT
'May be hard to fit in': Ardent pro-Trump senator doubts 'one big beautiful bill' strategy

Even one of President Donald Trump's biggest supporters in the U.S. Senate isn't sure the president cramming his entire agenda into "one big beautiful bill" is a smart play. Semafor reported that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is now pushing for multiple tax and spending bills, arguing that it may be necessary to break up some elements of H.R. 1 ("The One Big Beautiful Bill Act") in order to get something to Trump's desk. Graham suggested splitting H.R. 1 into as many as three separate pieces of legislation that would be debated by the House and Senate.

June 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM EDT
'Watch out': Republican Senator warns GOP may lose Congress over this line in Trump's bill

In a stark warning to fellow Republicans, Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) cautioned that their plan to require states to share the burden of funding the U.S.'s largest food assistance program could backfire and cost the GOP control of Congress. Speaking candidly in an interview Tuesday, as reported by Politico, Justice warned of the potential political fallout: "If we don't watch out, people are going to get hurt, people are going to be upset. It's going to be the No.1 thing on the nightly news all over the place. And then, we could very well awaken to a situation in this country where the majority quickly becomes the minority."

June 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM EDT
'Heated moment': MAGA activists now using a four-letter slur they hate against each other

In an article for Slate published Tuesday, writer Molly Olmstead noted that several key thinkers who helped shape the modern Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement are now expressing concern over the direction it has taken. Elements within the movement, she observed, appear to be straying from their original vision. Olmstead highlighted how tensions within the conservative movement escalated Sunday following the publication of a provocative essay by Rod Dreher, a prominent right-wing commentator and longtime ally of Vice President JD Vance.

June 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM EDT
'Preaches humility while flying private': Analyst exposes Steve Bannon's 'shameless act'

Since being ousted from his position in President Donald Trump's first administration, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has carved out a new lane casting himself as a populist outsider advocating for the American working class. But one analyst is arguing that Bannon's new image is simply an elaborate ruse. In a Tuesday essay for the Hill, writer and researcher John Mac Ghlionn pointed out the numerous ways in which Bannon has "conned" his target audience. He accused the "War Room" podcast host of "LARPing as a coal-dusted crusader for the common man" despite having a net worth in excess of $20 million and a cushy career on Wall Street before launching his political career.