One year after the initialing of the peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the United States has cemented its lasting influence in the South Caucasus. On Aug. 8, 2025, longtime enemies Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met alongside President Donald Trump as newly christened friends, ready to put aside decades […]
Vice President JD Vance took a swing at Michigan’s Democratic Senate candidate, leftist Abdul el Sayed, calling him “crazy” in an interview on Saturday morning. “The problem with el Sayed is that he is a person who claims to stand for working people, and yet he opposed [President] Donald Trump‘s policies that have quite literally […]
Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general was on thin ice when Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reached out with a plea. “Don’t overcomplicate this. Get it done,” Grassley said in a late July phone call to Blanche, encouraging him to compromise with two holdouts on his committee who wanted […]
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher called Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong a “Debbie Downer” and said her policy about Thanksgiving is “not popular.” “Democrats have found a candidate who hates Thanksgiving and wants to get rid of it,” Maher said on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday. “I say, ‘Good.’ Finally, a politician […]
Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden spoke about his father’s decision to pardon him at the end of his presidential term in a Friday interview, saying it was not “good for” the U.S. Constitution, his father’s legacy, or the American people. “Was it good for our Constitution? Was it good for the American people? […]
President Donald Trump took aim at Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on Truth Social Saturday morning, railing against the GOP senator for not voting to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. Murkowski was one of two Republican Senators, alongside Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), to dissent from the GOP and join Democrats against Blanche’s confirmation, which the […]
The first round of August Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The second round will go out on Aug. 19 to those born between […]
Former Biden administration staffers who struggled to form a political message about high inflation now see the Trump administration tripping over the same problem. Former President Joe Biden’s approval ratings were dragged down largely by rising inflation, and his team failed to find a winning strategy to stave off voter criticism. Now, President Donald Trump‘s […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) is mixing it up with celebrities as he campaigns for reelection as Pennsylvania’s governor, but whether it will raise his profile before a possible 2028 presidential run remains an unanswered question. Weeks after Shapiro promoted his pitch to the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, LeBron James, to become a forward for his […]
The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as President Donald Trump’s attorney general in the early morning hours Saturday, one of its final votes before leaving for the August recess. The 50-49 vote fell largely along party lines, with two Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME), joining Democrats in opposing Blanche’s nomination. The outcome […]
