Raw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
President Donald Trump wants to send Americans $2,000 checks as a "tariff rebate.” Senate Republicans, however, are far from convinced.Speaking to The Hill on Wednesday, various top Republicans in the Senate added to the growing skepticism surrounding Trump's new tariff check proposal. As is commonly the case with matters involving federal...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal stripped away the polite fiction that wealthy white men in America are held to the same standards as everyone else.Epstein wasn't an exception. He was the rule, laid bare.From the first days of European settlement, powerful white men have moved through this country with a kind of immunity that would be unthinkable for...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
The attempt by Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to quash the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and their failure to do so, has demonstrated a vulnerability that could make them both lame ducks, according an CNN analysis by Steven Collinson.Hours after both chambers of Congress passed a bill that will put in motion the release of the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
An endorsement from Donald Trump could be a "kiss of death" for Republican candidates in the midterms next year. Stanford professor David Brady believes the seal of approval from the president could make no difference or even impede candidates from securing their seat at the elections. Speaking to The Mirror US, Brady said, " think it'll have just...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
President Donald Trump's MRI and rumors about his health are what pushed the Epstein vote in Congress, an analyst reports Wednesday. After blocking the release of the Epstein files for months, Trump suddenly reversed course Sunday — despite his attempts to try and stop people from talking about his relationship with the late financier and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
New details have emerged about a Ukraine peace plan secretly worked up between the U.S. and Russia – and how Trump administration officials intend to impose its conditions.President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has been drafting the 28-point plan with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev, according to reporting from Tuesday night, and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is expected to force a vote that could result in committee assignments being removed from a fellow Republican over a range of grievances with him.According to Axios, Mace decided to move forward with a privileged censure vote against Rep. Cory Mills (R-SC) on Wednesday after Democrats backed off a plan to censure him when an...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (36 minutes ago)
Experts are warning that Republicans are "losing faith" in President Donald Trump as his approval rating drops to its lowest during his second term. Trump's handling of the economy and affordability, combined with his response to the Epstein file release, has brought his rating to 38% — the lowest since he returned to the Oval Office, The Daily...
ReadCBC - Politics (38 minutes ago)
Prime Minister Mark Carney is slated to meet with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi with the explicit focus on expanding the Canada-U.A.E. economic partnership in key sectors such as energy, agriculture, infrastructure and AI.
ReadRaw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)
President Donald Trump shocked and disgusted many by purportedly suggesting Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi deserved to be brutally murdered by Saudi agents, but Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) claimed what he said to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a private phone call was even more "deeply disturbing and frankly shocking."The Virginia...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)
Lawyers representing New York Attorney General Letitia James have accused President Donald Trump's controversial Eastern District of Virginia prosecutor of covering up large amounts of evidence that needs to be turned over in discovery, Talking Points Memo reported on Wednesday.Lindsey Halligan, who was appointed as a federal prosecutor after her...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — Even after winning key battles in the ongoing Epstein files saga Tuesday, Democrats still fear President Donald Trump's planning to quietly kill the bipartisan effort."Every time I think that this Republican leadership can't sink lower, they do. I don't trust these people. I don't trust [Speaker Mike] Johnson. You know, I don't trust...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)
The flip-flopping from Donald Trump on the issue of releasing Jeffrey Epstein's files had him "fall in line" with the GOP. The president ultimately supported the move to force the Department of Justice to release non-classified files related to Epstein following pressure from members of the Republican party and the Democrats. Trump's decision to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)
Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, was punched in the face while leading a march against Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan.Before the Dearborn protest began, Lang arrived on a bus obtained from a former campaign staffer of Republican gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson. Lang Slammed Hudson after he denounced the anti-Muslim protest and said he...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)
A former Navy serviceman has warned one implementation means "it's over" for democracy. The ongoing implementation of the Trump administration-backed Project 2025 could be a point of no return, according to ex-service member Michael Bedenbaugh. The former serviceman raised the issue of authoritarianism and has since penned a new book, "Reviving Our...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)
CNN's Scott Jennings tried to downplay the significance of the overwhelming passage of a measure calling for the release of Jeffrey Epstein's files, but his Democratic counterpart Bakari Sellers argued the vote had exposed President Donald Trump's kryptonite.The House passed the procedural measure 427-1 and the Senate quickly passed it on to the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)
The GOP could be set for a "crash into reality" as representatives struggle to bring legislative change into focus. There are "deep divisions" within the Republican party, according to Politico, which has suggested the GOP will struggle to make good on any legislative wins in the next few months. The congressional GOP could be part of the problem...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)
Donald Trump's fury at watching Congress vote almost unanimously to open the Jeffrey Epstein files to the public within 30 days by the DOJ — presuming he doesn't veto the bill — has set the stage for a new wave of White House retribution.According to a report from Politico's Dasha Burns and Diana Nerozzi, Trump is already making plans to vent...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)
Far-right influencer and Donald Trump confidante Laura Loomer is turning up the heat on her own party as she continues to sound the alarm about "Nazi" figures in the GOP ranks.Loomer, who has mounted multiple failed bids for Congress and has such influence over Trump that she has gotten multiple figures fired from his administration, has frequently...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)
For several weeks now, the American right has been embroiled in a bitter internal fight about Nazis and antisemitism.Specifically, the fight has centered on a Nazi sympathizer who keeps finding his way into the orbit of influential conservatives: Nick Fuentes.Fuentes, a far-right activist and Holocaust denier, has summed up his political worldview...
ReadAustralian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)
The federal government has begun to contact Pacific leaders to canvass a COP31 "Plan B" which would see Adelaide abandon its bid for the global United Nations climate summit so long as Pacific nations are guaranteed a role in next year's conference.
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
The Democrat who partnered with Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to push for the release of Jeffrey Epstein's files believes their ultimate success should boost his profile.Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) makes no secret that he believes Tuesday's 427-1 vote, which came after President Donald Trump finally gave up his opposition, should position him as a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
Senate Republicans are expected to vote soon on whether to keep a controversial provision that was included in the legislation that reopened the federal government after the recent 43-day shutdown. But that language is causing significant division among the Senate Republican Conference.That's according to a Tuesday article by Politico's Hailey...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
Donald Trump is "collapsing on multiple fronts" according to a veteran economist. Paul Krugman believes the president will struggle in the coming weeks, especially after the Senate voted unanimously to release Jeffrey Epstein's files. The Epstein Transparency Act passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday by a vote of 427-1. The bill was then...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
When President Donald Trump called on the Republican-controlled Texas legislature to redraw new U.S. House of Representatives district maps earlier this year, he expressly hoped GOP lawmakers could find five additional Republican seats by carving up Democratic districts. But after federal judges in Texas ruled those maps illegal, some House...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
Author Jonathan V. Last, editor of the center-right news site The Bulwark, says President Donald Trump is exhibiting what he calls a "shocking” level of "noticeable mental decline,” citing the president's remarks during his Monday speech to McDonald's franchise owners and suppliers as his evidence.Several times he quotes Trump at length,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
Far-right Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) published a furious video on X Wednesday, calling the GOP caucus a "bunch of losers" after the failure of the Freedom Caucus' bid to censure Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a nonvoting member of Congress who allegedly received contributions from deceased financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and is...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
Donald Trump's continuing reluctance to allow the opening the Jeffrey Epstein files to public scrutiny has members of his inner circle worried that he is hiding something from them, reports MS NOW's Jonathan Lemire.The day after House and Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to adopt a bill to make the Epstein files public within 30 days,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)
President Donald Trump claims he's negotiating with Democrats on health care, but not one lawmaker from that side of the aisle was willing to own up to it.The president said Sunday that's "had personal talks with some Democrats” about the idea he's floated to give cash for health care coverage directly to consumers, but Politico contacted two...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)
President Donald Trump surrendering American security for the sake of cozying up to Saudi Arabia should have even MAGA questioning their life choices, Axios CEO Jim Vandehei told MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Wednesday's "Morning Joe.""If you're in MAGA and you're America First, what the hell are you thinking today?" said Vandehei. "You're watching...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)
As Donald Trump watches Republican Party lawmakers balk at his demands, he is seeking support elsewhere to soothe him after another legislative defeat.That is the opinion of MS NOW's Joe Scarborough and Politico's Jonathan Martin, who both reacted to Tuesday's events where the House and Senate both vote overwhelmingly -- and in a bipartisan manner...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)
Donald Trump's niece, Mary Trump, has hit out at the president for a "wildly inappropriate and despicable" remark.While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, the president interrupted a Bloomberg News journalist who was asking a follow-up question on the Jeffrey Epstein files. He told the journalist, "Quiet. Quiet, piggy." The remark has...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)
Tierra Walker had reached her limit. In the weeks since she'd learned she was pregnant, the 37-year-old dental assistant had been wracked by unexplained seizures and mostly confined to a hospital cot. With soaring blood pressure and diabetes, she knew she was at high risk of developing preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication that could end her...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)
Senate Republicans are expected to vote soon on whether to keep a controversial provision that was included in the legislation that reopened the federal government after the recent 43-day shutdown. But that language is causing significant division among the Senate Republican Conference.That's according to a Tuesday article by Politico's Hailey...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)
Two analysts were stunned on Tuesday after Republicans seemed to be staring a "worst-case scenario" in the face as the 2026 midterm election approaches. On Tuesday, a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas ordered Texas Republicans to throw out the election map they drew during a special session over the summer. The judge, who was...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)
Donald Trump could still delay the release of Jeffrey Epstein's files, but it would prove very difficult to do so, according to a law expert. Eric A. Baldwin, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford Law School, told The Mirror US how the president could move to delay the release of Epstein's files, and how the chances of such a delay happening...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)
I'm sure my mom was proud to see me as the closing speaker at the No Kings Day rally in San Diego. While she couldn't be there physically, she joined me in a symbolic manner: I brought with me the American flag that draped her coffin. I received the flag at her funeral, held with full military honors, recognizing her service as the first woman ever...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)
The end of MAGA could be in sight, according to an expert who believes Donald Trump is making his presidency harder for himself.Speaking with Fast Politics host Molly Jong-Fast, journalist Mehdi Hasan believes the president is having a massively negative effect on his own voter base. Hasan cited the recent fallout between Marjorie Taylor Greene...
ReadPolitico - Europe (9 hours ago)
With just one week until the budget - what levers are left for the chancellor to pull to plug the black hole in the public finances? Sam and Anne assess the current economic outlook and explore what tax options are on the table for Rachel Reeves - and whether a set of announcements could alleviate […]
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
Democrats are hoping to introduce a bill that would bring transparency to Donald Trump's White House renovation project. The "Stop Ballroom Bribery Act" has been sponsored by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Robert Garcia, the latter from the House Oversight Committee. The bill is aiming to put guardrails around private donations to fund construction...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
The GOP could face a difficult midterm period, according to a Republican strategist who says some will be "whistling by the graveyard".Victory is not guaranteed for the Republican candidates in next year's voting, an anonymous strategist claimed, suggesting that Donald Trump would be crucial to the GOP's campaign efforts. Speaking to Politico, the...
ReadPolitico - Europe (12 hours ago)
Endlich Gold für Deutschland? Das Bundeskabinett beschließt heute die Unterstützung für eine deutsche Olympia-Bewerbung für 2036, 2040 oder 2044. Gordon Repinski analysiert den anstehenden Wettstreit der Regionen zwischen München, Rhein-Ruhr, Hamburg und Kiel sowie Berlin und erklärt, warum Kanzler Friedrich Merz jetzt sechs Millionen Euro...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
A legal expert warned President Donald Trump on Tuesday night that his latest "galling" outburst may have just become his "Joseph McCarthy moment."On Monday, Trump was asked by a reporter on Air Force One about the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump snapped at the reporter and said, "Quiet, Piggy." Joyce Vance, a law professor at the University of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
President Donald Trump appears likely to sign the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act into law this week, which would compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all remaining evidence pertaining to deceased child predator Jeffrey Epstein that has yet to be made public.However, Epstein's brother, Mark, recently said that a "pretty good...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
The Washington Post's editorial board slammed President Donald Trump on Tuesday over comments he made about one of the outlet's assassinated journalists during a press conference in the Oval Office. Trump hosted Saudi Arabian Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman on Tuesday, and the foreign leader faced tough questions about journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
The prosecutor President Donald Trump hand-picked to take his political foes to court hit back at a CNN guest on Tuesday over a perceived slight during an interview on the network. On Monday's edition of CNN's "NewsNight," attorney Stacy Schneider, who appeared with interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan on Trump's TV show "The Apprentice," clashed...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson thinks the vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files Tuesday afternoon was a genuine turning point against President Donald Trump by his own supporters — and outlined why on MSNBC's "The Beat.""There's ... been this large clash inside MAGA that Trump has failed to quell," said anchor...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
One of President Donald Trump's staunchest supporters on television admitted on Tuesday that he couldn't defend the president's latest outburst. David Urban, a GOP strategist, was asked about a comment Trump made to a reporter on Air Force One on Monday during an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." Trump called the reporter a "piggy" and told...
Read