Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)
It was always going to end like this for Pam Bondi, much like it does for everyone in Donald Trump's orbit. Eventually, you do something to upset him and you're sent packing precisely as she was on Thursday.Bondi was just another useful idiot who somehow thought she was special. But they never are. She was handpicked to protect Trump from the...
ReadPolitico - Europe (3 hours ago)
Deutschland sehnt sich nach einem Comeback, doch der versprochene Aufschwung der schwarz-roten Koalition lässt auf sich warten. Während traditionsreiche Parteien wie die SPD und die FDP schwächeln und die Union als Kanzlerpartei nach Orientierung sucht, regieren im Land eher Zweifel statt Tatendrang. In diesem Spezial analysiert Rixa Fürsen den...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)
President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl, calling him a "third-rate news anchor” and urging supporters not to buy his new book.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Karl had produced "another made up book” before going on to slam fellow ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos."Third rate news 'anchor'...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital after falling ill during a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia, according to CNN on Fridauy. The 76-year-old justice was evaluated and treated for dehydration before returning home that same evening. The incident had not been previously reported, and Alito declined to comment when...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)
A "wild card” contender has emerged as MAGA allies push for a new attorney general following the ouster this week of Pam Bondi.As loyalists jockey to replace Bondi, some in President Donald Trump's orbit are rallying behind Harmeet Dhillon, an ultra-conservative lawyer and current Justice Department official.Dhillon has "spent years as a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was spotted vacationing in Alabama as the government shutdown continues, according to photos obtained by TMZ.The Louisiana Republican, the second-highest ranking member of the House behind Speaker Mike Johnson, was seen near Orange Beach during the current congressional recess. TMZ reported Friday that Scalise...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, four-star General David Hodne, and Major General William Green Jr. without explanation, shocking senior military officials. Analysts suggest the purge target allies of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who opposed Hegseth's demands to remove Black officers and women from...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
MAGA influencer Steve Bannon characterized downed pilots as an expected consequence of military operations, after reports emerged of a crashed F-15 during the Iran war. Bannon noted CENTCOM had flown approximately 12,000 sorties, stating, "These things are going to happen. You're going to get some people shot down. That's just the reality." Author...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
MAGA fans unleashed a torrent of backlash Friday night when firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shared a photo of herself catching Opening Day at Coors Field with Democratic Gov. Jared Polis.Both Polis and Boebert shared a photo of themselves at the game decked out in purple, white and black Rockies attire. "The @rockies and baseball bring people...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
President Donald Trump is weighing additional cabinet changes following the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi – but has also signaled reassurance to at least one official who has long been rumored to be on the chopping block.According to new reporting from the Washington Post, Trump has discussed further shakeups with advisers, while seeking...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
A Republican state delegate in Maryland is being threatened with an expulsion resolution by a fellow Republican colleague, after repeatedly refusing to perform the basic duties of office.According to The Baltimore Banner, "Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat, a Republican representing parts of Carroll and Frederick counties, has abandoned most of his...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
A bipartisan duo of senators fired off a furious letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, demanding to know how a delegation of Russian lawmakers was allowed to visit Capitol Hill and tour it with members of Congress.The letter, sent by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), flagged...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson clashed over a DHS funding compromise, exposing deep rifts within Republican leadership. Thune negotiated a Senate deal to fund most of DHS while deferring contentious provisions, but Johnson rejected it after President Donald Trump's support wavered. Johnson claimed Thune excluded...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
The New York Post reported a startling possible explanation for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's spree of firing top Pentagon leadership this week: he's trying to get his potential replacements fired before he himself can be.Specifically, said the report, Hegseth fears the possibility President Donald Trump could replace him with Secretary of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
Donald Trump fired his attorney general Thursday, but one analyst said Friday the most significant purge happening inside his administration isn't in the Cabinet, it's at the Pentagon.While the media focused on Pam Bondi's ouster, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly fired three generals the same day, including General Randy George, the Army's...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
Confusion is swirling at a small Virginia church after it appeared on the cover of Vice President JD Vance's new memoir – despite members saying he's never set foot inside. Members of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church say Vance has never visited, and they have no known connection to him, according to the Washington Post."I'd have to see it to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
The Republican Party is losing patience with President Donald Trump over his frequent Cabinet dismissals, political analyst Chris Stirewalt wrote for The Hill. Trump recently fired both his Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, causing concern among GOP leaders facing potential losses of both the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
As President Donald Trump's Pentagon pushed Congress to approve $1.5 trillion in new military funding, including $200 billion for the US-Israeli war on Iran, congressional Democrats found that the working Americans whose taxes would fund those appropriations have spent $8.4 billion that otherwise could have gone to groceries, childcare, and other...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
Friends,It's important that we demonstrated against Trump's assertion of royal powers.It's at least as important to follow the money — and learn the identities of America's billionaire royalty who crowned Trump in the first place. They're now spending another regal fortune to keep Congress under his control.Today I'm going to name names.As of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
Online betting site Polymarket came under fire Friday for allowing users to gamble on the date that U.S. pilots downed over Iran would be rescued or recovered — and, faced with criticism, pulled this option from their platform.The bet, which stated "U.S. confirms pilots rescued by...?" and allowed people to buy yes or no for April 3 or 4, was...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) warned newly elevated Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that he has 30 days to release remaining Epstein files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act before facing criminal liability. Blanche, President Donald Trump's former lawyer in classified documents cases, replaced fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. The...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
President Donald Trump seeks hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate the White House residence, according to a new budget request. The administration's fiscal 2026 proposal includes more than $377 million "for repairs and renovations to the executive residence,” with another $174 million projected for 2027, according to budget documents...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
A mix of mockery and eye-rolling spread across social media Friday as Marco Rubio's State Department quietly issued a formal dress code for diplomats and staff for the first time in the agency's history.The new "business formal" standard was added in recent days to the Foreign Affairs Manual, the department's central policy bible, requiring...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville has a blunt message for President Donald Trump: hold it together, mentally and physically, at least until November — so you can see your party lose in a record blowout."You sit down and you listen to me, you fat [expletive], all right?" said Carville in a clip that made the rounds on X Friday. "I'm...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Friday tore into President Donald Trump's claims about Iran's military following reports that a U.S. aircraft had been shot down.On his eponymous show, "The Lead with Jake Tapper,” the host used Trump's own words in a prime-time address this week to challenge his claim that Iran had been "completely decimated.” "Iran's...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
The story of Attorney General Pam Bondi's rise, fall, and firing is the story of the Trump administration failing to bend the federal courts to their will, said MS NOW's Ari Melber on Friday — and taking it out on the woman given that impossible task."Washington is still absorbing Trump's firing of Attorney General Bondi yesterday after a brief...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, on Friday debunked reports that said the president was angry with Pam Bondi and suspected the now former attorney general had tipped off a candidate for California governor about a potentially damaging FBI investigation about him and his relationship with an alleged Chinese...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Real America's Voice host Gina Loudon warned acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday that he must release the Jeffrey Epstein files, criticizing his statement that there is no evidence Epstein was a spy. Loudon said her audience predicted Pam Bondi's firing and expressed frustration that Blanche chose the day of Bondi's dismissal to make...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
More congressional Republicans have quit, declined to seek reelection, or jumped to different races than in any year since President Donald Trump's last midterm catastrophe, according to a new analysis, and the president's historic approval rating collapse may explain why.At least 39 GOP lawmakers have headed for the exits, Slate's Ian Prasad...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
Republicans on vacation amid the government shutdown were mocked Friday online for posting videos and photos of themselves shooting guns on their social media to apparently try to distract voters. Rep. John James (R-MI) was reportedly vacationing in Turks and Caicos. TMZ caught wind of it and shared photos of the GOP lawmaker's getaway on Thursday...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
The Wisconsin Examiner's Criminal Justice Reporting Project shines a light on incarceration, law enforcement and criminal justice issues with support from the Public Welfare Foundation.Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that he had signed two executive orders to begin offering commutations, a reduction of a criminal sentence by the governor's...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
Democrats are seizing on a new opening against President Donald Trump described as a "political gift,” just months before the midterm elections. The moment was highlighted during a CNN segment on Friday, where New York Times congressional correspondent Annie Karni said Democrats were "agog” at what amounted to a "political gift” handed to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
A writing expert is raising alarms about how Donald Trump uses language, arguing that the president's word choices can distort reality and "mislead” the public.In a guest essay for The New York Times, author and former Washington Post critic Sarah L. Kaufman points to Trump's repeated claim that "we won” during the ongoing conflict with Iran...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
Attorney General Pam Bondi's successor will face an "uphill battle" during confirmation as the midterm elections draw near, according to former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore.Moore explained that senators become more cautious with their votes as election day approaches, making confirmation contentious.President Donald Trump fired Bondi over the DOJ's...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
The budget document that President Donald Trump's White House is set to release Friday calls for $1.5 trillion in military spending for the coming fiscal year, an unprecedented sum that—if approved by Congress—would add nearly $7 trillion to the US national debt over the next decade.The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, which got an early...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
Newly-appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin has apparently removed a key department official installed by a controversial on-again, off-again Trump adviser who was effectively running large aspects of the department under former Secretary Kristi Noem.According to Anna Giaritelli of the Washington Examiner, "Two senior federal...
ReadAustralian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (15 hours ago)
Lebanese families have been told to flee homes that they might never be able to return to, and families are setting up tents for an uncertain and dangerous life on the streets of Beirut all because of a conflict not of their making, brought about by another state.
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's impersonations of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have led to a damaged relationship "beyond repair" between the two countries amid the ongoing Iran war, according to reports on Friday. Trump had mocked Starmer and ridiculed him during an Easter lunch speech at the White House, saying the UK was "not our best" ally...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
President Donald Trump reportedly "expressed frustration" after the news media focused on the downing of an F-15E fighter jet in Iran.NBC News said that Trump complained about the coverage during an interview on Friday."In a brief phone interview, President Donald Trump refused to discuss the specifics of ongoing search and rescue efforts in Iran...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
With the war in Iran escalating to new heights, the foreign power has discovered they have true leverage over the United States, Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group wrote for The New York Times — and it's not the threat of developing a nuclear weapon."American and Israeli forces have been dominant from the air, able to penetrate the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is being mocked behind his back by servicemembers, who have come up with a devastating new nickname for the Pentagon under his leadership, according to The Daily Beast.Per the report, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), a Marine combat veteran, confirmed to MS NOW reporters that, "I know active-duty Marines who now refer to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
U.S. forces reportedly struck an Iranian highway twice on Thursday while people celebrated the final day of Persian New Year. A U.S. military official claimed the bridge was a military supply route for Iran's missile and drone forces, but Iran's deputy governor denied the characterization, stating the bridge was not operational and "there was...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin seemed to contradict President Donald Trump's claim that Iran was "not shooting" at U.S. forces.After two U.S. aircraft went down near Iran on Friday, Griffin indicated that search teams were still trying to rescue one crew member."Any of your sources find it unusual that 13,000 sorties into this war, that...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
President Donald Trump joked about confiscating Iran's oil as search crews were desperately trying to find a fighter pilot who was downed in the war-torn country."KEEP THE OIL, ANYONE?" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday while the search was underway.Hours earlier, an F-15E crashed in southern Iran. One pilot was rescued, and a search for the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Digital privacy researchers were reportedly concerned over the White House's news app — not just its "rose-tinted view of the president" — but what it can actually doSome experts have questioned whether the app, which was apparently downloaded about 700,000 times in the first week alone, could serve as a surveillance tool to keep an eye on the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's executive order demanding states put new procedures in place for mail-in voting and turn over information about who is voting by mail is almost certain to be struck down in court, Jim Saksa wrote for Democracy Docket on Friday — but that's not the only way it could derail Trump's ambitions.That's because this order could...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
An American's whereabouts were unknown on Friday after Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet, as questions mounted online over what happened to the missing service member and if the Trump administration would comment on it. President Donald Trump had not yet responded to the attack, which was the first time an American jet had been shot down since the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
Donald Trump has fired two high-profile Cabinet members over the last month, and it could be because a crucial aide is absent, a political analyst has claimed. Both the Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi were shown the door in quick succession, with the latter fired by Trump earlier this week. Trump has...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
Data journalist and pollster Elliott Morris was taken aback on Friday after new polling showed President Donald Trump receiving his single-lowest favorability rating of his political career, and the lowest of any past president at this point in their term since the 1940s.According to the polling aggregator FiftyPlusOne, as of Thursday, Trump's net...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
MS NOW's Rachel Maddow revealed on the latest podcast episode of "Clock It with Symone & Eugene" some of the things she'd ask of President Donald Trump, if she hypothetically managed to sit him down for an interview.Maddow prefaced her explanation by saying she isn't terribly interested in interviewing Trump in the first place, because it's exactly...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
A second Air Force combat aircraft reportedly crashed on Friday at the "same time" that an F-15E fighter jet went down in Iran. The New York Times reported that the second aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz. The pilot was recovered, the report said. An A-10 Warthog attack plane was said to be involved in the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
Donald Trump publicly reversed himself on a key endorsement after an army of lobbyists and Republican insiders convinced him his vindictive primary challenge was a political blunder heading into the midterms. The result: a humbling walk-back and a cushy administration job for the candidate he'd thrown overboard.According to The Washington Post,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
Ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi was hit with a fierce reminder Friday that, despite being fired by President Donald Trump this week, she still had a legal obligation to testify before Congress on the Justice Department's handling of its release of files on Jeffrey Epstein.Bondi was axed by Trump earlier this week over what reports suggest was the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital last month after falling "ill” in a previously unreported incident, CNN reported on Friday.Citing "people with knowledge of the incident,” CNN reported that on March 20 during a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Alito had fallen "ill” and was taken to a nearby...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
The speed at which the Department of Justice employees literally threw away Pam Bondi tells you everything you need to know about how despised she was by career officials.According to reporting from Ken Dilanian and Carol Leonnig obtained by MS NOW, "Within hours of the news that President Donald Trump had fired Pam Bondi as attorney general,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro, a candidate for President Donald Trump's next attorney general, once forced an author to clean her home, including her dog's feces.In a Friday profile of Pirro, writer Lisa DePaulo told Intelligencer that the former judge had asked her to move in while writing her latest book."It was going to be a great...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
The Republican Party's internal warfare over the DHS shutdown has exposed a stunning divide between Senate and House leadership, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) cutting a deal that left House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) completely out of the loop — and fuming.According to MS NOW's Mychael Schnell, Thune won the political war, but...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
As President Donald Trump's war in Iran goes further off the rails, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth carried out a "purge” of US Army leadership on Thursday, ousting its most senior general and two other top officers and reportedly leaving many senior officials stunned.The Pentagon has not provided an official explanation for the sudden firing of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
Conservative pastor and former GOP lawmaker Tony Perkins lashed out at Pope Leo XIV recently over the religious leaders' comments against the U.S. war against Iran, telling the head of the Catholic Church that he "needs a history lesson,” and sparking outrage in the process.In an apparent response to the Trump administration's ongoing war against...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
GOP representatives do not have long to pass a funding bill for ICE, and doing so may prove impossible, according to party members. The Republican Party cannot muster the votes necessary to pass a funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with the Democratic Party standing in the way of a funding measure. The bill would see the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
By Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of TechnologyWith the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post highlighting a radical idea: Use nuclear bombs to cut a new channel along a route that would avoid Iranian threats in the Strait of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
WASHINGTON - Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its decision to strip Endangered Species Act protection from imperiled species threatened by oil-and-gas offshore drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico. The unprecedented blanket-exemption would leave numerous Gulf species and ecosystems unprotected and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
An ocean conservation ship operated by anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson collided Tuesday with a commercial krill trawler off Antarctica in what the fishing vessel's owner described as a "deliberate attack,” but activists called "a David-and-Goliath battle against an industrial giant.”The Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) said on Facebook...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
The labor union leading the fight for California's billionaire tax on Wednesday pointed to recent reporting about hospital layoffs to make the case for the ballot measure, which would impose a one-time 5% tax on state billionaires' wealth to fund healthcare.The Orange County Register reported last week that "the more than 400 hospitals statewide...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
U.S. officials reportedly confirmed that one of two pilots who were downed in Iran has been rescued.Officials told CBS News that an F-15E fighter jet went down in Iran on Friday. U.S. forces later rescued a crew member, the officials said.Search-and-rescue operations were continuing for the second crew member.
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a new policy on the protection of the women's category that will force thousands of elite women athletes from around the world to undergo genetic sex testing in order to compete.Critics argue the policy is based on weak science and raises urgent and important questions about fairness and human...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
Donald Trump's decision to remove Attorney General Pam Bondi — despite her loyalty to the president — has reportedly revealed how he really sees even the most supportive women around him: disposable. Salon's Amanda Marcotte described how even "the most faithful MAGA acolytes" could be cut from their Trump administration jobs. And for Bondi,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
MAGA women in the Trump cabinet were reportedly "on edge" Friday after President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi's ousting followed the removal and demotion of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as questions arise over who might get the axe next, according to The Swamp, the Daily Beast's Substack. "Pam Bondi's...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
MAGA influencer Steve Bannon suggested downed pilots were the price of fighting a war with Iran.After reports said that the U.S. military was searching for the pilots of a crashed F-15 on Friday, Bannon noted that CENTCOM had flown around 12,000 sorties during the war."First off, that's an extraordinary amount just in the time we've been there," he...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
There are growing concerns among liberal advocacy groups that Donald Trump is going to be afforded a chance to put two more of his appointees on the Supreme Court, maintaining a 6-3 conservative majority and, more importantly, a 5-4 Trump majority for decades to come.Trump has already installed three justices — Neil Gorsuch (2017), Brett...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
Donald Trump ignored a war games scenario that predicted the Strait of Hormuz would be closed following strikes on Iran, an analyst has claimed. David Rothkopf, speaking to The New Republic's Greg Sargent, says the president was made aware of a scenario in which the United States would likely suffer the impact of the Strait of Hormuz's closure....
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst CollegeAfter President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, news reports suggested that she fell from grace, not for being too independent, but for not being effective enough at defending him and prosecuting his political...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)
With Pam Bondi out as Attorney General, her eventual replacement is expected to meet several requirements, one of which will likely be "impossible for anyone” to meet, former U.S. attorney Elie Honig said on Friday.Bondi was ousted as the nation's top law enforcement official this week by President Trump, who reportedly was dissatisfied with her...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
Former Marine fighter pilot and current Newsmax host Greg Kelly continued his war on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday morning over reports that the Donald Trump appointee has ousted another high-ranking Pentagon official.On Wednesday, Hegseth countermanded an order that would have punished two Apache helicopter Army pilots for doing a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top aide reportedly gossiped with his colleagues that he and the Pentagon boss had worn disguises and went out for drinks together — an alleged plot to try to discover potential leakers inside the department, according to a report Friday from The New York Post. Ricky Buria, Hegseth's chief of staff, started...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has become the "most despised" Republican senator, according to Puck News. He has surpassed previous antagonists like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY)."John Thune needs to shove Mike Lee in a locker," one Trump ally in the Senate said. The comment captures the depth of animosity toward the Utah Republican.Lee has...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
Attorney General Pam Bondi was axed this week by President Donald Trump, and her eventual replacement, as predicted by a former U.S. attorney on Friday, is likely to face an "uphill battle” and a "heated” confirmation process."Whoever is appointed is going to have an uphill battle in confirmation because we're mighty close to the midterms, and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
MAGA host Gina Loudon concluded that former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was in a worse spot than ever after a court upheld her conviction on election tampering charges. However, she was also ordered to be resentenced."Yeah, well, I thought it was really good news, and I was really excited about it until I texted my Tina Peters, reliable people...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
Even from a distance of several kilometres, the Artemis II rocket looked huge.Then, there was a moment that felt like an eternity, as around 2,600 metric tons of spacecraft lifted off.I was honoured to receive an invitation from the Canadian Space Agency to attend this historic launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. I am a professor, an explorer...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)
Pro-MAGA Real America's Voice host Gina Loudon warned future interim Attorney General Todd Blanche that he must follow through with his duty to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.During a Friday segment about Attorney General Pam Bondi's firing, Loudon said that the RAV audience had predicted her ouster."Our entire chat every single day was full of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)
Pam Bondi's firing marks another casualty in what's becoming a bloodbath of Trump administration appointees and nominees from his home state of Florida. But unlike her predecessors, Bondi faces an additional humiliation: forced testimony before Congress about the administration's bungled handling of Jeffrey Epstein files.According to Politico's...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)
A U.S. fighter jet in the Middle East was shot down by Iran, according to a breaking news report from Axios on Friday, the first such instance since the Trump administration launched Operation Epic Fury alongside Israel in late February."An American fighter jet was shot down by Iranian fire,” reads a statement from Axios' Barak Ravid, issued on...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)
The Republican Party is running out of patience with Donald Trump because of his frequent cabinet firings, a political analyst has claimed. Trump has cleaned house in recent weeks, firing Kristi Noem from her position as head of the Department of Homeland Security, and then removing Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post. The GOP, just months out...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)
JD Vance could quietly shift himself away from Donald Trump over the next few months to preserve his presidential run, a political analyst has suggested.While Vance has not yet confirmed if he is running to replace the president, analysts believe the Vice President will have a better chance of fronting the Republican Party at the 2028 Election if...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)
President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to insist that the United States could "easily” achieve its objectives in its war against Iran, "take the oil” and "make a fortune,” but only if afforded "a little more time.”"With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE,” Trump wrote on...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)
Appearing on MS NOW on Friday morning, former Naval College professor Tom Nichols was asked about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's latest firing of top Pentagon officials and he pointed out a distinct pattern that deserves additional scrutiny.On Thursday, the volatile Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy A George, which the New York...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)
President Donald Trump officially dubbed Vice President JD Vance as his administration's new "fraud czar” in an announcement on Friday, with his first assignment being to "primarily” target Democratic-controlled states."Vice President JD Vance is now in charge of 'FRAUD' in the United States. It is massive and pervasive, and the job he will be...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)
Donald Trump's "no scalps" doctrine is officially dead. The White House is now actively discussing the removal of multiple Cabinet officials — and the pace is about to dramatically accelerate.According to The Atlantic's Ashley Parker and Sarah Fitzpatrick, Trump administration insiders confirm that "there are active discussions about others...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)
Ex-GOP strategist Rick Wilson has laid bare what he calls the "ultimate collapse of the MAGA self-image," pointing to an unlikely source: Pornhub search data tied to Byron Noem, husband of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.Wilson noted that the word "bimbofication" received a 724% increase in searches on the adult materials website on April 1, just...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)
In his efforts to pass his voting restrictions bill the SAVE Act, President Donald Trump has ramped up calls for Republicans to amend the Senate's rules, but has largely been rebuked and issued a "reality” check by members of his own party."President Donald Trump's nonstop lobbying of Senate Republicans to weaken the Senate's institutional powers...
ReadCBS News - Politics (A day ago)
When asked if the war in Iran is justified, U.S. Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio told "Face the Nation," "Under the just war theory, it is not, because while there is a- there was a threat with nuclear arms, it's a- it's compensating for a threat before the- the threat is actually- is actually realized."
ReadRaw Story - Politics (A day ago)
Outgoing Attorney General Pam Bondi may have sealed her own fate just last week with a move that likely enraged Donald Trump, a legal analyst has suggested. Bondi, who was removed from her post in the Trump administration yesterday (April 2), will serve in a new role outside of the administration. The president announced the move in a Truth Social...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (A day ago)
Moments after President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was elevated to her position and named acting attorney general, a promotion that was immediately met with a fierce warning from one Republican lawmaker."Congratulations AG Blanche,” wrote Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) Thursday night in a social...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (A day ago)
President Donald Trump's firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi – just weeks after ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem – was likely the beginning of many high-profile dismissals, Trump biographer Michael Wolff predicted on Thursday, who went on to name who he believed would be in Trump's crosshairs next."This is now a set of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (A day ago)
Newly fired Attorney General Pam Bondi lavished excessive, cartoonish praise on Donald Trump. It didn't matter. He fired her via social media post anyway, blindsiding the attorney general who had bent over backward to prove her loyalty.According to the New York Times, Bondi saw the writing on the wall last month when Trump abruptly fired Kristi...
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