Month: May 2025
May 18, 2025
Politics
Jim Clyburn acknowledges Dems still being hurt by cover-up of Biden’s declining health
CNN host Jake Tapper asked Clyburn, 84, whether the Democrats' "incredibly low standing" with the public is related to the impression among many that they "hid his actual dysfunction,...
May 18, 2025
Politics
Vance and Zelensky shake hands at Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass — in first encounter since Oval Office blow-up
On Sunday, Ukraine was hit with one of the largest known drone attacks from Russia, including over 273 that pummeled the central Kyiv region as well as the Donetsk...
May 17, 2025
Politics
Key GOP holdout on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ calls for deeper cuts to Medicaid, ‘Green New Deal’ spending
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) huddled with White House officials and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on Saturday to voice those concerns -- but didn't commit to...
May 17, 2025
Politics
‘Eat the tariffs’: Trump warns Walmart after retail giant cautions steep price raises
President Donald Trump ripped into Walmart, saying on social media that the retail giant should eat the additional costs created by his tariffs. President Donald Trump ripped into Walmart,...
May 17, 2025
Politics
9 Ukrainian civilians killed in brutal Russian drone attack following failed cease-fire talks
Nine Ukrainians trying to flee heavy Russian shelling were killed early Saturday, just hours after talks between the two countries failed to yield a cease-fire. Nine Ukrainians trying to...
May 17, 2025
Politics
Pfizer scientist claimed delay of COVID jab results until after 2020 election ‘wasn’t a coincidence,’ House GOP panel alleges
The House Judiciary Committee revealed Thursday that Pfizer's former Global Head of Vaccines Research and Development, Dr. Philip Dormitzer, may have "conspired to withhold public health information to influence"...
May 17, 2025
Politics
Trump says Biden’s ‘autopen’ looks like a ‘bigger and bigger scandal’ after full special counsel Robert Hur audio leaks
"Whoever had control of the 'AUTOPEN' is looking to be a bigger and bigger scandal by the moment," Trump posted on his Truth Social. "Whoever had control of the...
May 17, 2025
Politics
Trump-backed NJ gov hopeful Jack Ciattarelli vows congestion pricing revenge: ‘We’re not going to be pushed around by New York’
Republican Jack Ciaterelli -- President Donald Trump’s choice to become New Jersey’s next governor -- is vowing to slap a “reverse congestion pricing” fee on all New York vehicles...
May 17, 2025
Congress
While Trump Was Away, His Megabill Went Astray
After a five-day, eight-time-zone hiatus from Capitol Hill drama, the closer has to start closing.
May 17, 2025
Politics
NYU withholds diploma from student who decried ‘genocide’ in Gaza during commencement speech — as Dem says, ‘Good luck getting a job’
“You know, in fact, they can give him his diploma, it’s not going to matter. Good luck getting a job. That was a stupid, selfish thing — ruined the...