Raw Story - Politics (21 minutes ago)
Liberal commentator David Pakman ridiculed Vice President JD Vance in a video published Sunday over a recent Fox News interview with Jesse Watters, calling it an "embarrassment" that exposed Vance's inability to carry the Republican torch after President Donald Trump leaves office.Vance was asked by Watters to comment on the recent Democratic...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 minutes ago)
MS NOW's Joe Scarborough highlighted new reporting about the inner workings of President Donald Trump's White House that will likely become the subjects of criminal prosecutions.New York Times correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller proposed suspending habeas corpus to speed up mass...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 minutes ago)
President Donald Trump was captured on video "smiling” Sunday after an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter dropped a shockingly "offensive” and false remark about former First Lady Michelle Obama during the UFC event at the White House, CNN reported.Mixed martial artist Joshua Hokit, 28, defeated his opponent Derrick Lewis Sunday night...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 minutes ago)
Republicans have made a dramatic U-turn on the 2028 presidential election, with dozens of contenders now expected to enter the race to succeed Donald Trump as president, an insider told Raw Story.And while no candidates have officially announced their campaigns yet, Rick Wilson, former Republican operative and co-founder of The Lincoln Project,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (50 minutes ago)
Eric Trump fiercely denied accusations Sunday night that he had contacted an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) commentator about whether any of the fights at the White House event that day were "rigged” – a denial that only intensified scrutiny from critics.In a social media post published just ahead of the White House UFC event, an X user...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (50 minutes ago)
A small group of arch-conservative lawyers inside the Trump White House quietly fought back against Stephen Miller and Vice President JD Vance's push to suspend constitutional rights, according to internal memos and accounts drawn from a forthcoming book on Donald Trump's second term.The internal resistance — remarkable in an administration that...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (An hour ago)
MS NOW's Joe Scarborough dumped cold water on an agreement President Donald Trump has reached to end his war in Iran.Iranian officials confirmed an agreement has been finalized, and Trump has said Strait of Hormuz will reopen Friday once the deal has been signed, but the "Morning Joe" host slammed the president for starting the war in the first...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's senior personal counsel has quietly become one of the most influential figures in Washington, operating largely outside public view while maintaining near-constant access to the president and extending his reach across the federal government.Legal adviser Boris Epshteyn speaks with Trump so frequently that the president...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)
A Cable TV host did an extended rant a few days ago about how many cases Trump has lost in court, arguing that "these guys are really bad at what they do” or words to that effect. I beg to differ: they know exactly what they're doing, and getting convictions to imprison protesters isn't (yet — they haven't yet finished building out their...
ReadPolitico - Europe (5 hours ago)
How is Keir Starmer planning to play this week? It is a week which could end with Andy Burnham back in parliament. We know the prime minister’s got a social media ban for under-16s to announce today and a G7 summit to attend. But Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy discuss what else is on his […]
ReadPolitico - Europe (8 hours ago)
French presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella wants Brussels to know that if he reaches the Élysée, he won't follow Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's path from insurgent outsider to pragmatic EU power broker. POLITICO's Marion Solletty joins Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur to discuss her wide-ranging interview with the far-right leader — including...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
A Supreme Court expert warned on Sunday that the Court has a "self-serving" interest in helping Republicans hold their majority in Congress after the midterm election, and that this could influence how the court rules in a major upcoming case. Lisa Graves, executive director of True North Research and co-host of the "Legal AF" podcast, argued...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
A psychologist and author shared a sobering warning about President Donald Trump on Sunday, noting that the president's symptoms appear to be as bad as ever. Dr. John Gartner, a former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, argued on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" with host Joanna Coles that Trump appears to be...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
Eric Trump, one of President Donald Trump's sons, was allegedly texting a UFC insider about whether any of the fights on the "UFC Freedom 250" event card were "rigged," according to a new report. Daniel Cormier, a UFC commentator, shared images on his X account of Trump texting him for information about whether any fighters were injured ahead of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's announcement on Sunday that the U.S. and Iran had reached a new agreement that provides a pathway to ending the more-than 100-day-old conflict was mocked by some political analysts as "insulting."Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had fully authorized the "toll-free" reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a global waterway...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Lawyers in the District of Columbia revealed on Sunday how President Donald Trump's U.S. Attorney in the area has affected their ability to do their work, according to a new report. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has billed herself as a tough-on-crime prosecutor in D.C., but her actions inside the grand jury room have caused headaches for other...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
President Donald Trump announced that his administration had reached a "deal" with the Iranian regime that would "reopen" the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global waterway that has been shut down since the early days of the war against Iran. "The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Congratulations...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's lawyers made a big mistake in the president's $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, one so big that two legal experts argued on Sunday that it could be evidence of malpractice.Trump initially sued the BBC in Florida in December 2025, claiming the network defamed him by mischaracterizing the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
An elections expert on Sunday flagged the "unforced error" that could determine which political party controls the Senate following the 2026 midterm election. Democrats have been vying for control of the Senate, as it would give them leverage to potentially convict President Donald Trump if he is impeached after the midterms. The Democrats have...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was one of the lucky Trump administration officials who was asked to go on the Sunday morning news shows, but things apparently didn't go according to plan, according to some political analysts and observers. Hegseth joined CBS News' Margaret Brennan on Sunday, where he was asked about the ongoing negotiations between...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Political analysts and observers were floored on Sunday after reports indicated that President Donald Trump's signature birthday bash faced a "chaotic" risk that could prevent the event from going forward. The Weather Channel reported on Sunday that Trump's "UFC Freedom 250" event on the South Lawn of the White House could be delayed or canceled...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
President Donald Trump received praise from his own Homeland Security (DHS) secretary on Sunday for apparently not taking the day off on his 80th birthday, which comes as the White House scrambles to seal an interim agreement with Iran to end the president's deeply unpopular war.Markwayne Mullin, who replaced Kristi Noem as DHS secretary, appeared...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller launched into a tirade Sunday over wind turbines, which he described as "monstrous” and a "visual assault on God's creation.”A social media user on X published a photograph Saturday that showed several wind turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach. The image apparently upset Miller, who on...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
A well-known nemesis of Donald Trump is seizing on the president's birthday.Alex Vindman is trying to give Trump a birthday he won't enjoy.As the president marked his 80th on Sunday, the retired Army lieutenant colonel and key witness in Trump's first impeachment blasted out a fundraising appeal billing himself as the president's "worst nightmare"...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
A grim weather forecast for President Donald Trump's UFC spectacle on the White House South Lawn has handed his critics a gift, and they are not letting it go to waste.After The Weather Channel warned that UFC Freedom 250 could be hammered on Sunday by thunderstorms, 34 mph wind gusts, a triple-digit heat index and "massive swarms of mosquitos and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
Mark Levin, one of President Donald Trump's most reliable media defenders and a leading hawk on the Iran war, is breaking with the president over the peace deal Trump is racing to sign — demanding to actually see the agreement before it's locked in.In a post on X on Sunday, the conservative radio host pressed for transparency on the memorandum of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical reason, his spokesperson confirmed on Sunday, NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reported."Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” said McConnell's spokesperson David Popp, according to Tsirkin.Formerly the Senate majority...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's UFC spectacle on the White House South Lawn may have to contend with one thing his administration can't bully into submission: mosquitos.According to a forecast from The Weather Channel, UFC Freedom 250 is walking into a near-biblical mess on Sunday. Forecasters put the chance of thunderstorms at 60 percent, with heavy...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is accusing his own state Republican Party of selling out the state's voters to serve interests beyond Florida — a barely disguised swipe at President Donald Trump, whose endorsement has turned Rep. Byron Donalds into the runaway frontrunner in the 2026 governor's race.DeSantis never said Trump's name. But the target was...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
Noah Kai Newkirk, a prominent activist and Democratic congressional candidate from Arizona, filed an official complaint with the state's attorney general recently alleging that the state of Israel had interfered in the Arizona Democratic primary election using artificial intelligence (AI)."Just dropped off an official complaint with Arizona...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
President Donald Trump expressed outrage Sunday in a purported phone call with Axios' Barak Ravid over Israel's latest act of defiance, one that risks jeopardizing his long-sought peace deal with Iran that he's shown a "strange insistence” for finalizing on Sunday, his 80th birthday.On Saturday, Trump said that a peace deal between Washington and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
A wave of anger erupted online this weekend after U.S. military honor guards were spotted taking part in the run-up to President Donald Trump's UFC spectacle at the Lincoln Memorial.The backlash took off after progressive commentator LanaQuest, who posts as RosaSparks, shared video of uniformed service members flanking the memorial's steps as UFC...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
A political columnist is comparing President Donald Trump's gilded redecoration of Washington to the excesses of the French monarchy on the eve of the revolution that toppled it.In a column titled "Caligula on the Potomac," political analyst and longtime federal trial attorney Sabrina Haake argues that Trump is "desecrating the nation's capital...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
A new national NBC News poll published Sunday spelled trouble for Republicans as the midterm elections approach, with one GOP pollster who helped conduct the survey reacting to the news with concern."These are rocky numbers for Republicans,” said Republican pollster Bill McInturff with Public Opinion Strategies, speaking with NBC News, noting...
Read