Year: 2025
August 19, 2025
Congress
Why Senate Republicans won’t scrap the ‘blue slip’
Senators are fiercely protective of the longstanding precedent that gives them deference over who serves as U.S. attorneys and district court judges back home.
August 19, 2025
Politics
White House mocks ‘unserious’ NJ Dem Rep. LaMonica McIver after she claims ‘Liberation Day’ is ‘racist’ and code for ‘white power’
The New Jersey Democrat charged that Trump’s push to clean up DC and end sanctuary city policies “show us each and every day how much of a bigot he...
August 19, 2025
Politics
Judges approve Trump pick Jay Clayton to remain interim US attorney for Southern District of New York
President Donald Trump’s pick to be the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan will get to stay in the job, even though he hasn’t been confirmed by the US Senate....
August 19, 2025
Politics
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey stepping down to become FBI co-deputy director
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Monday that he is resigning to take a leadership position at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Monday that he...
August 19, 2025
Politics
NY’s hooker-scandal ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer talks about today’s accused politicians in rare chat
The disgraced former governor dishes on everyone from Donald Trump to Andrew Cuomo to Zohran Mamdani. The disgraced former governor dishes on everyone from Donald Trump to Andrew Cuomo...
August 18, 2025
Politics
Zelensky: Funding Ukraine military with $90B weapons package, security guarantees discussed
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said multiple aspects of security guarantees were discussed with President Trump and European leaders Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said multiple aspects of security guarantees...
August 18, 2025
Politics
Deranged woman arrested after threatening to ‘sacrificially kill’ President Trump in unhinged social media posts
“I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present,” the woman allegedly wrote in...
August 18, 2025
Politics
Hot mic catches Trump’s ‘crazy’ whisper to French prez Macron before multilateral meeting
“I think he wants to make a deal,” Trump whispered to French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room. “I think he [Russian President Vladimir...
August 18, 2025
Congress
DOJ to start turning over Epstein files to Capitol Hill
A House committee was forced to issue a subpoena to DOJ compelling the release of the materials.
August 18, 2025
Politics
Former AG Bill Barr shared ‘new’ details on Jeffrey Epstein’s prosecution, death in House deposition: GOP chairman
Former Attorney General Bill Barr shared "new" details about the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein — and his death in federal custody before heading to trial — during a deposition...