Local news reporter Spencer Allan Brooks on Friday posted a photo out of an airplane window looking over the new face of Washington D.C. after President Donald Trump’s birthday weekend, complete with algae blooming the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial.There are 15 days until the 250th birthda…
Almost 17 months since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, conservative Washington Post columnist George Will offers a blistering “autopsy” on his second presidency. And he is downright scathing, attacking a broad range of Trump policies in his June 19 column.”Deferring gratification can be vi…
Over the course of his second term, President Donald Trump has been focused on his wide-ranging vanity projects above almost anything else. While some of his efforts have encountered obstacles due to building regulations, his administration is now attempting a new argument to skirt one rule in parti…
During an interview with Axios’ Marc Caputo, U.S. President Donald Trump discussed his ceasefire deal with Iran. Caputo asked Trump about the “limits” on his power, and his response is generating a lot of discussion on social media — some of it quite negative.Caputo asked Trump, “What have you learn…
There is a major irony to President Donald Trump’s ‘humiliating defeat’ in Iran, writes Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. While Trump loathes green energy and is spending billions in taxpayer dollars to oppose it, in an ironic twist of fate, his misadventures in the Middle East have accele…
In the background of the failures around the reflecting pool and the Iran war agreement, Republicans see another pending disaster on the horizon. President Donald Trump has asked Republicans to jam through the “SAVE Act,” even if that means they will sink the crucial reauthorization of the spying bi…
On Friday, the New York Times revealed more about the company that secured a no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and though the investigation has continued to reveal ties between the company and President Donald Trump, the White House insists these links have nothing to do…
President Donald Trump’s new intelligence community chief came into his appointed post ready to fire people, CNN reported Friday morning. Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte has now also taken over as director of national intelligence and began “asking for a list of every emplo…
At the 2026 G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, France — which concluded on Wednesday June 17 — U.S. President Donald Trump met with leaders ranging from French President Emmanuel Macron to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Right-wing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also met with Trump at the G7,…
CNN kicked off its morning show discussions talking about the epic failure that President Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool project has become. There are ongoing questions about whether the algae can be fully removed, and now it appears the $14 million paint job is peeling off in chunks. The U.S. Depar…