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Six-month check-up on Trump’s economy: Inflation and gas prices down, but consumers still nervous

While it is still early goings, the second Trump administration crossed the six-month mark on Sunday, and its impact on the economy is beginning to show up in data and public polling. “Six months is not a long time to have totally revived a major country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social to mark the occasion. […]

Children’s National Hospital ends its gender-affirming and transition programs

The Gender Development Program at Children’s National Hospital will discontinue its gender-affirming medication prescription program for transgender minors and no longer offer transition services at the health institution. An announcement was made on the program’s website on Monday. The change will go into effect on Aug. 30, according to a statement on the hospital’s webpage […]

Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Theo Huxtable from ‘Cosby Show,’  dead at 54

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, made famous for his role of Theo Huxtable, died on Sunday after an accidental drowning while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. He was 54 years old. Warner was swimming in the Caribbean Sea off of Playa Cocles beach when a current pulled him deep into the sea, the Associated Press […]

Judge extends pause on Trump’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts the Trump administration from defunding the nation’s largest abortion provider through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani found that the law passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump violates Planned […]

Andrew Garbarino selected as Homeland Security committee chairman, to succeed Mark Green

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) will serve as the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee after the House Republican Steering Committee selected him over three other contenders late Monday night. Garbarino, the co-chair of the SALT Caucus, defeated Reps. Michael Guest (R-MS), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), and Clay Higgins (R-LA). He will replace former Tennessee Rep. […]

Billy Joel says he’s ‘inured’ to woke criticism ‘at this point’

Legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joel said he no longer cares what “woke” critics think of him or his music, telling Bill Maher during a recent appearance on the Club Random podcast that he’s “inured” to criticism. “And you don’t care what they say about you — the woke or … ?” Maher asked Joel on his […]

Epstein drama puts key House votes on ice

Republican infighting over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files is causing delays in the House of Representatives, putting key votes at a standstill as the Rules Committee is on track to cancel a meeting meant to set the agenda for the week. The Rules Committee was expected to meet on Monday evening to vote on procedural measures that would advance a […]

Ex-officer sentenced nearly three years for excessive force in Breonna Taylor raid

A federal judge sentenced a former Kentucky police officer on Monday to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during a 2020 raid in which medical worker Breonna Taylor was fatally shot. United States District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings handed down a 33-month sentence to Brett Hankison after the Department of Justice recommended […]

Joe Concha: Colbert’s show was ‘late-night therapy session’ for Democrats

Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha weighed in on the recent cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, saying the program’s end has deeply disappointed Democrats, having served as a “late-night therapy session” for them during the Trump years. Appearing Monday on Fox News’ America Reports, Concha rebuffed critics, including Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who framed […]

10 takeaways from Hunter Biden media blitz: drug use, laptop scandal, Joe Biden’s dropout 

Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, sat down for two lengthy interviews in which he discussed his past drug abuse, denied that a bag of cocaine found at the White House during his father’s administration was his, and discussed his father’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election.  The younger […]
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