December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM EST
Former Republican official says Trump's 'monumental ego' responsible for GOP's downfall

Former Illinois Lt. Gov. Bob Kustra (R) says he is surprised President Donald Trump is mulling naming the Republican Party after himself at a time when the party should be going out of its way to avoid him. "Some will write off Trump's ruminations about changing the name to 'Tpublican' ... as another of his egomaniacal rants to distract the media from learning about playboy Trump's earlier years with Jeffrey Epstein," said Kustra. "Yet, few believed Trump would tear down the entire East Wing of the White House to create a Mar-a-Lago North."

December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM EST
Trump appears to admit defeat in deep-red state in 'flatly unhinged' post

President Donald Trump may be giving up on redrawing Indiana's U.S. House of Representatives districts to be more favorable to Republicans, according to a new post to his Truth Social account. On Wednesday evening, Trump wrote a 414-word post to his social media platform in which he appeared to despair over Indiana Republicans not being able to muster enough votes to pass the new 9-0 gerrymandered redistricting map. The president lamented that Indiana Senate president pro tempore Rodric Bray was "the only person in the United States of America who is against Republicans picking up extra seats" and issued a veiled threat to both Bray and other Hoosier State Republicans.

December 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM EST
Former Fox News host warns Trump 'can't lie his way out' of a bad economy

Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson warned that President Donald Trump won't be able to deny the state of the economy to American voters, no matter how hard he tries. "The one thing that doesn't lie is the economy," Carlson told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. "I mean, it's one of these things that Trump just can't lie his way out of or talk his way out of. And that is extremely problematic because when people go to the polls for the midterm elections, that are going to be here before we know it, they're going to be voting on how they feel on that particular day. And the economy is an incredibly emotional feeling."

December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM EST
GOP congressman accuses Trump admin of 'trying to hide' video of controversial strike

The longer President Donald Trump's administration delays releasing the video of the deadly September 2, 2025 boat strike in the Caribbean Sea, the more suspicious they appear, according to one Republican member of the House of Representatives. CNN correspondent Manu Raju reported Wednesday that Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) -- who is the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee -- issued a new call for the Department of Defense to release the video of the strike, which reportedly shows a U.S. missile blowing up a boat with 11 people on board, before a second missile blows up two survivors clinging to the boat's wreckage roughly 40 minutes later.

December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM EST
White House may deter Trump from future rallies as aides say he's not 'capable' of empathy

Politico reports MAGA is thrilled to see President Donald Trump back on the road and in his campaign rally element. But the things he's saying at rallies are scaring them. "Trump stirred up fresh concerns Tuesday at a Pennsylvania rally that was supposed to focus on easing Americans' anxieties over pocketbook pressures," reports Politico. "Instead, he veered off script, at one point urging austerity amid the holiday shopping season by resurfacing a line from earlier this year that American kids should be happy with 'two or three' dolls."

December 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM EST
'Nothing is stopping him': Veteran calls Trump's tanker seizure a 'significant escalation'

Veterans of America CEO Paul Rieckhoff likened President Donald Trump's recent seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker as an official announcement that he can take other nations' property with impunity "You and I have talked for months about this," Reickoff told MS NOW anchor Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday. "I think the biggest story in the world is that Donald Trump can do anything he wants with the most powerful military the world has ever seen, and nothing is stopping him. That includes now seizing oil tankers. It includes potentially killing survivors. It includes potential black sites. I mean, he is all gas and no brakes right now. And when I spoke to you a couple weeks ago, I said the pieces were in place for a strike on Venezuela. It was just a matter of when. This is a significant escalation today."

December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM EST
'Special kind of delusion': Top Democrat calls Trump's speech on prices a 'train wreck'

Tuesday night was the first stop on President Donald Trump's new affordability messaging tour, but it was a "train wreck," U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said. Trump may have read all his lines at his Pennsylvania rally, but he also ad-libbed a lot, mocking the affordability crisis in America as a "hoax."

December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM EST
Federal grand jury keeps rejecting Trump's Justice Department

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is no stranger to losing grand jury cases, but now that federal agents have moved into Chicago, prosecutors there are being blocked from prosecutions, too. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday that a federal grand jury has turned down another case connected to the so-called "Midway Blitz."

December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM EST
Lauren Boebert accused of violating campaign finance laws to go on date with Kid Rock

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo) is now in hot water after her latest campaign finance filings show questionable expenditures that are believed to be unrelated to official campaign business. According to a Wednesday report in the Daily Beast, the 38 year-old Colorado Republican is accused of spending campaign money to see 54 year-old Kid Rock (whose real name is Robert James Ritchie) at his Rock N Rodeo in May of this year at the Professional Bull Riding Championship World Finals at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Federal Election Commission filings show that three days after the event, Boebert spent $2,455.83 at "Live by Loews," which is an Arlington hotel. She also spent $925 on "event tickets" at AT&T Stadium.

December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM EST
Pentagon insiders say his war threats have no teeth

In his interview with Politico on Monday, President Donald Trump threatened Venezuelan President Nicola's Maduro and wouldn't rule out sending American soldiers to fight in a ground war in the country. But according to six GOP lawmakers, Pentagon officials and White House advisers, the threats are empty. According to a Wednesday report, the lawmakers and top officials told Politico that for all of Trump's tough talk, there's no real action behind it.

December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM EST
GOP strategist: Trump's 'meandering' PA speech reveals 'confusion and mental weakness'

President Donald Trump made a rare appearance at a Pennsylvania event on Tuesday to convince voters of his economic agenda, but according to one Republican strategist, his "meandering" speech only showed that his "confusion and mental weakness" are getting worse. Trump's Pennsylvania speech was part of an effort by the GOP to have Trump campaign more for the party ahead of the 2026 midterms, where they face strong headwinds from Democrats over voter discontent over affordability. Trump is also attempting to convince voters that his economic agenda remains sound, and that concerns about the cost of living are a "con job" against him by his political enemies.

December 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM EST
White House official admits Trump was wrong on Putin -- and says he knows it

When President Donald Trump came into office, Secretary of State Marco Rubio counseled him not to believe Vladimir Putin. Now, according to Semafor,Trump realizes Rubio was right all along. Semafor reported Wednesday that a top official to the White House said that Trump may not admit it, but he knows he was wrong.