Adam Schiff walked into a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, thinking he had a trap set for former Attorney General John Ashcroft. He was wrong. He is almost always wrong. And at 84 years old, John Ashcroft is still sharp enough to spring the trap right back on the man who set it. Schiff opened … Read more
Six weeks of maternity leave. One newborn, one toddler, and the most demanding communications job in the world waiting on the other side of it. Karoline Leavitt walked back behind the White House podium Wednesday like she’d never left — and within minutes, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins was reminded why that podium has been a very … Read more
The Trump administration is considering something so obviously correct that the only surprising thing is it took this long to propose it: requiring green card applicants to post a $100,000 bond before entering the United States, refunded only after they become citizens. The State Department is developing the proposal. The bond amount could vary by … Read more
The scene, described by several observers as a maritime nightmare, left a trail of foam, floating remains and absolute silence, a silence that now weighs more than any official statement because the answers do not arrive with the speed that the drama demands. The initial version speaks of a cargo ship that was carrying about … Read more
Cutting open a watermelon only to discover large cracks or hollow spaces inside can be surprising, and it’s easy to assume the fruit has gone bad. In reality, these internal splits—often called “hollow heart”—are fairly common and usually develop while the watermelon is growing in the field. Hollow heart is most often caused by … Read more
A state attorney general brushed off a “blackmail” attempt by a media executive amid a lawsuit against a Trump-backed merger. During an interview with former CNN anchor Jim Acosta, California Attorney General Rob Bonta talked about how David Ellison, the head of Paramount Skydance, threatened to pull out of Hollywood if his merger with Warner … Read more
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly refused to answer questions under unrelenting grilling from Democrats, prompting Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) to begin yelling at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Walter “Jay” Clayton III, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, appeared before the Senate Select continue reading … Read more
You cannot be a prominent spokesperson for Donald Trump and not live in a liminal space of existential hypocrisy, and so perhaps one shouldn’t be all that hard on White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, who had a less-than-fantastic holiday and summer-opening; it is, after all, her job to defend this administration and all it does. … Read more
At the beginning of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was forced to listen to a lengthy list of all his alleged failings and controversies while serving in the Justice Department (DOJ) – and the White House immediately rushed to Blanche’s defense in a scrambled frenzy. Blanche was nominated by … Read more
A former Department of Homeland Security official warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump has imminent plans to invoke emergency powers he’s never actually had authority to use, and that unlike his first term, there are no guardrails to stop him. Miles Taylor, ex-DHS chief of staff, argued on his Substack that Trump will address … Read more
