As the war with Iran drags on with no conclusion in sight and its consequences continue to spin out, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta has a dire assessment of the situation: the conflict in the Middle East is “Trump’s Vietnam.”Panetta — who presided over the Pentagon during the…
Politicos and pundits say the Republican Party has hopelessly welded its wagon to President Donald Trump to the point that there’s no going back over the summer.I mean, so unless you believe that Republicans are doing so well right now that they are going to hold the House despite historical trends,…
The staff of the Kennedy Center has been told to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the artifice of the building, even before the president files an appeal, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Per CBS News, the Kennedy Center’s lawyer wrote to staff that they “must immediately change em…
Former Trump Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor is warning that President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an order that roughly “triples” the number of federal employees the president can dismiss at will, for any reason, or none.“The White House quietly issued an order turn…
On Monday, June 1, Axios’ Marc Caputo reported that the Trump administration “plans to drop its controversial” $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” and a White House source told Axios, “It’s dead for now.” Countless Democrats have condemned the fund, but criticism is coming from the right as well…
A mixed martial artist and UFC talent once known as a fierce supporter of President Donald Trump tore apart his planned UFC event on the White House grounds, saying that the event is “desecrating” a government and opening the door for it to become more “corrupted,’ per a report from The New Republic…
Going down with the ship.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump posted an image of two patches supposedly worn by police officers in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, which bore the skull symbol used by Marvel Comics’ the Punisher, with each skull sporting Trump’s distinctive blonde hair style. This image caused one writer fo…
Thursday brings a consequential day for the Republican agenda, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill gather for a marathon voting session that could bring GOP priorities into conflict with those of President Donald Trump. Judging by a pre-vote statement from one senator scorned by Trump, the president faces …
In addition to his work on CNN since the early 2000s, broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper spent more than two decades on CBS’ News’ “60 Minutes” — an association that ended with his farewell broadcast on May 17. CBS News is looking for a replacement for Cooper on “60 Minutes,” and according to the …