Donald Trump won’t be back in the White House until January, but his allies are already reviving their first-term practice of hosting expensive events at Trump-owned properties. According to Punchbowl News, this year’s House Republican retreat will take place at the president-elect’s Doral golf resort in Miami. Prices for rooms …
Read More »Biden Says He Regrets Not Signing Name to Covid Checks Like Trump Did
President Joe Biden is leaving office in a few weeks and — as presidents tend to do — is sharing some self-reflective thoughts in the twilight of his term. Not about the war in Gaza or about his decision to remain in the 2024 race long after it became clear …
Read More »Trump Picks Another One of His Personal Attorneys to Join Administration
Donald Trump has appointed his personal criminal defense attorney, Alina Habba, as a counselor to the president in his incoming administration. “I am pleased to announce that Alina Habba will join my White House Team as Counselor to the President,” Trump wrote in a Sunday Truth Social Post. Alina has …
Read More »Dozens of Nobel Prize Winners Urge Senators to Reject RFK Jr.
A group of 75 Nobel Prize winners have issued an open letter calling on members of the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to become Secretary of Health and Human Services. “Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s …
Read More »Biden Calls Assad's Fall a 'Historic Opportunity' But Expresses Caution
“At long last, the Assad regime has fallen,” President Joe Biden said in a speech from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. The president’s remarks on Sunday followed the news that President Bashar al-Assad’s government had fallen to rebel forces who united from across the nation against the brutal …
Read More »Trump's Day One Plans: Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters, Try to End Birthright Citizenship
Donald Trump has promised to be a “dictator” on day one in the White House, and in a recent interview he revealed two things he plans to do his first day back in office: pardon the Jan. 6 rioters and attempt to end birthright citizenship — a right guaranteed by …
Read More »Trump's Biggest Lies From His 'Meet the Press' Interview
Donald Trump gave his first network interview since the election and spread falsehoods about immigrants, the Affordable Care Act and — of course — the 2020 election. In an interview that aired on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Trump gave his usual bluster and ignored some important facts. 13,099 Murderers Trump …
Read More »Trump Wants Jan. 6 Committee Members Imprisoned
Donald Trump, in addition to saying he wants to pardon those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, said that members of the Jan. 6 committee “should go to jail” for investigating him. “Everybody on that committee … for what they did, yeah, honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump …
Read More »Trump Won't Commit to Protecting Abortion Pills
Donald Trump gave a noncommittal answer when asked about his plans for abortion pills. The president-elect, in an interview with Meet the Press that aired Sunday, was asked by moderator Kristen Welker if he would restrict access to abortion medications. At first he said he “probably” would not, before leaving …
Read More »Elon Musk Spent $239 Million on His Pro-Trump Super PAC — and Maybe More
In an election cycle where billionaires flooded the race with hundreds of millions in cash to support their preferred candidates, apparently no one spent more than Elon Musk, who donated a grand total of $239 million to America PAC, a Super PAC he initially formed to support Donald Trump. Musk …
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