President Donald Trump called a White House reporter a “dumb person” over her request for comment about Trump’s ballroom budget doubling. Trump was leaving the White House for China when he took questions from reporters on Tuesday, which was streamed on Fox News’s America Reports. “We have a ballroom that’s under budget, it’s going up […]
Former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined to endorse fellow Biden administration Cabinet official Xavier Becerra in the latter’s bid for California governor. Mayorkas was asked in a rare public appearance at a Politico event in Washington on Tuesday if he would support the former health and human services secretary and California attorney general in […]
CNN commentator Bakari Sellers clashed with Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary on Monday over GOP redistricting and told O’Leary, “Don’t be a d***.” “What I’m telling you is that there are people in this country that fought, died, and bled for the right to vote. Don’t be a d***,” Sellers said on CNN’s NewsNight With […]
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he doesn’t need Chinese President Xi Jinping to intervene in the war in Iran. Trump spoke to reporters before departing the White House for a multiday summit with Xi in Beijing. The president voiced confidence that the conflict would soon come to a conclusion, but said the two […]
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his ballroom project has “doubled” in size. Speaking to the press before departing the White House for a visit to China, the president defended the fluctuating cost of the ballroom project. “We have a ballroom that’s under budget,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn. “It’s going up […]
South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a redistricting proposal, marking the Republican Party’s latest effort to boost its power in the House of Representatives. The state’s House judiciary subcommittee passed the proposal in a 3-2 vote. It is now headed to the full judiciary committee for approval. If approved by the state legislature and upheld […]
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the “financial situation” of voters was not a motivating factor to end the Iran war. Speaking to the press before departing the White House for a visit to China, the president was asked how people’s financial situation was “motivating” negotiations to make a deal with Iran. “Not even […]
The Alabama governor has set new election plans after the Supreme Court cleared the state to move forward with its preferred congressional map. The decision, issued Monday in a 6–3 ruling by the Supreme Court, allowed Alabama to revert to its 2023 legislature-approved congressional map while lower courts revisit the case under a new legal […]
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that PayPal agreed to a roughly $30 million settlement to resolve allegations that the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion investment initiative illegally favored businesses based on race and national origin. Under the agreement, PayPal will waive processing fees on roughly $1 billion worth of transactions for eligible small businesses as […]
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said the contradictory U.S. and Israeli messaging over what Iranians should do has harmed the opposition and discouraged defections. Speaking with Dasha Burns at the 2026 Politico Security Summit, Pahlavi criticized President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dueling messaging regarding whether Iranians should rise up […]
