Trump's Hard Choices
Last week I interviewed a president who is at a post-midterms crossroads. His party may be defeated, but he still has decisions to make that will determine his legacy.
Last week I interviewed a president who is at a post-midterms crossroads. His party may be defeated, but he still has decisions to make that will determine his legacy.
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said President Donald Trump faces a challenge amid an emboldened Democratic majority. “I think Trump’s moves are unpredictable now in this case in which he’s dealing with a...
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Fox News star Sean Hannity has backstabbed President Donald Trump live on air as Democratic wins piled up on Tuesday. Asked by his co-host Bret Baier if he believed Tuesday’s midterms would be different if...
Politico’s John Harris argues President Donald Trump lost his “aura of mysticism” in Tuesday’s midterm results, and that his political style leaves him poorly suited to adapt. The wave swept Republicans out of former...
Anthony Zurcher explains how the results of the midterm elections could reshape the rest of Trump's presidency. Covered by 5 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 are centre, 2 lean right.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Angry residents of Indonesia’s Batam island staged spontaneous protests in October 2026, outside a park where a new cluster of data...
The American people’s verdict is clear. They have not just gone cold on Donald Trump and his Republican Party – they have defenestrated them, from sea to shining sea. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: / smh Read the...
Alleged self-dealing by the president and his allies doesn’t look so good as corruption emerges as a key issue for midterm voters Government corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll finds Voters...
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New York Gov. Nicki Minaj has attacked New York Governor Kathy Hochul and endorsed Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman, prompting Hochul to criticise the rapper's support for Donald Trump. Covered by 21 outlets: 6 lean left, 8 are...
Speculation about Nicki Minaj as White House press secretary arose after a communications director's joke and Donald Trump's reply, prompting criticism from communications expert Patrick Riccards.
Trump and Minaj still command enormous audiences, but their alliance raises questions about their fading cultural influence.
Nicki Minaj narrowly avoided a forced sale of her $20 million Hidden Hills mansion after paying a $503,318 court judgment on January 22, 2026. The payment came just before a judge was expected to decide whether the...
One of President Donald Trump's most powerful yet little-known officials faces a threat from inside his own office, an analyst warned. Catherine Rampell argued in a Thursday analysis in The Bulwark that Office of...
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Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January, though President Donald Trump says he will use his veto power aggressively. Lawmakers are...
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress in January, party leaders say they intend to hold Trump officials accountable with stepped-up hearings and...
Democrats won Congress, but Republicans must counter investigations with a practical agenda on affordability, energy, and national security.
Illinois Rep. Nikki Budzinski, newly-elected chair of the New Democrat Coalition, joins "The Takeout" to discuss her party's plans as Democrats take control of Congress.
Former Trump campaign aide Alex Bruesewitz and two others said in a 'Washington Post' report on Saturday that they paid Loomer for posts on X; she disputes their accounts. Laura Loomer, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential...
President Donald Trump’s political adviser Alex Bruesewitz sparked a wave of backlash Tuesday after announcing an abrupt truce with MAGA influencer Laura Loomer following days of bitter public feuding. “I just had a...
Could Laura Loomer's Ukrainegate Scandal Push Trump Into Punishing Zelensky Authored by Andrew Korybko via Andrew Korybko's Newsletter , He hates being made a fool out of like Zelensky might have tried doing by...
Laura Loomer allegedly charged thousands of dollars per tweet, with clients hoping to exploit her close ties to President Donald Trump
Two days after Election Day, Laura Loomer, a conspiracy theorist and proud Islamophobe who has served as one of President Donald Trump’s most fervent and influential backers, was in a reflective mood. “I just need to...
US voters will head to the polls on Tuesday in a ballot that could have a major impact on Donald Trump’s presidency. Covered by 5 outlets: 1 lean left, 3 are centre, 1 lean right.
'Swinging Giant': Hispanic voters went hard left in Texas, Florida USA Today
In this broadcast, foreign affairs and polling experts analyse the fallout from the US midterm election results. Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Head of India Practice at Eurasia Group, notes that the Trump administration is...
Voters are heading to the polls today to cast their ballots in the midterm elections. But if you haven’t been keeping up with the races across states, here are three things you need to know. Subscribe to our channel...
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House Republicans will move Tuesday to select their leader in the minority after a brutal drubbing at the polls, with the two candidates being House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan...
Rep. Jim Jordan’s rise to House Republican leader may have finished off the hard-right caucus he helped create, according to a new analysis. House Republicans chose the Ohio congressman as their leader Tuesday, which...
With Jim Jordan as leader, House Republicans signal they're ready to fight CBS News The Freedom Caucus comes to grips with a new reality: They won the war Politico Inside Jim Jordan's effort to usher in new era of...
Jim Jordan won the House GOP minority leader race over Steve Scalise by a 106-73 margin, and Republicans are rallying behind his combative style.
House Republicans have chosen Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their leader when they become the minority pitted against a massive Democratic majority in the next Congress. By a vote of 106-73 Tuesday, they picked the...
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Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings. Covered by 30 outlets: 8 lean left, 16 are centre, 6 lean right.
An Iranian expert says "now it is Europe's turn to pay the price for accompanying and provoking the U.S. and Israel against Iran."
Contributor / Getty Images Ukraine’s military battered a Russian oil refinery in an overnight drone strike, humiliating Russian President Vladimir Putin as he battles a deepening fuel crisis. Fire engulfed the...
China is forced to tread carefully as it considers hosting a meeting between Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump. While the optics are sure to favor Moscow, Beijing is risking its image at the global stage.
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress said it was disgraceful that Father Vladimir Malchenko shook hands with Putin two days after Russia bombed a school in Ukraine, killing 55.
Exclusive: Internal polling by Greens shows progressives ahead of Hanson’s party, as Sandell and Pickering to join Wilson and Carroll at leaders’ debate Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Two things happened...
No "gotcha" moment can force a party as shameless as One Nation to change, and that shamelessness is the entire point of its online cartoons.
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Scientists are predictng this could be the hottest year on record as the COP31 climate summit opens. Increased heat will supercharge extreme weather events, warns UN agency as Cop31 climate summit begins Heat is accumulating in Earth’s...
Turkey's president calls the war in Gaza an 'ecocide' at the UN climate summit
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres took aim at 'big emitters' and the fossil fuel lobby at the 31st Climate Change Conference (COP31), calling for drastic emissions cuts to keep global warming below...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference on the sidelines of COP31. Guterres, during his speech at the climate summit on November 11, said, "The brutal truth is that the climate crisis is...
A giant Trojan Horse overflowing with plastic waste has appeared in Antalya as Greenpeace International staged a striking environmental protest during the COP31 climate summit. Created with Danish artist Thomas...
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The race for the Senate has moved from off-the-radar a year ago to a dramatic, hard-to-predict finish where Democrats stand a chance of retaking the chamber. Covered by 18 outlets: 11 lean left, 6 are centre, 1 lean right.
When a new Congress is sworn in, it will have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, prompting one representative to advise White House officials and others to “lawyer up.”
Democrat Josh Turek will win the Senate seat in Iowa. CNN’s Betsy Klein explains how he turned the reliable GOP stronghold under President Trump into a blue state.
Josh Turek, a Democrat who flipped Iowa's Republican-held Senate seat in Tuesday's election, celebrated the win that seemed far-fetched in the state Trump won by 13 percentage points just two years ago. #joshturek...
Josh Turek's Iowa Senate win over Ashley Hinson marks the first time Democrats captured the seat since 2008 in a state Trump won by double digits.
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Data center regulation itself was not on most midterm ballots, but hard-line stances against the server warehouses were woven into the platforms of Democrats who upended longtime Republican control of the governorships in Texas, Ohio...
Cerebras Systems CEO Andrew Feldman joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the company's latest earnings report, the data center buildout, and more.
Republicans weren’t the only big losers in last week’s midterms: Across the country, voters also backed restrictions on data centers and elected candidates promising tougher oversight of AI companies. Out of 41 local...
Newsweek’s "Politics of AI" webinar examined data center opposition, the need for oversight and the struggle to protect jobs.
The historic repudiation of President Donald Trump’s agenda on Election Day had lots of ingredients. Voters were outraged over data centers, ICE cruelty, DOGE’s trashing of the federal workforce, the gutting of...
Members of the House Freedom Caucus will hold a news conference Wednesday as Republicans grapple with sweeping midterm losses that cost them control of both chambers of Congress. Members of the hard-line conservative House Freedom...
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) is calling on Senate Republicans to take a 10-day recess during the lame-duck period in order to give President Donald Trump time to make recess appointments ahead of...
Members of the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their proposals on Tuesday to strip the incoming Democratic Congress of some of its power.
The House Freedom Caucus is holding a news conference to urge Republicans to unite during the current lame-duck session of Congress. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/iSgMue ––– Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube:...
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Trump's social media post about the offer came as his White House is in a period of major transition and struggling with his party's deep losses in Tuesday's midterm elections. Covered by 68 outlets: 17 lean left, 32 are centre, 12 lean...
Fresh Off Turning Down Trump, Dana White Finds Himself In A Fight With... 'Power Spank' Power Slap, the slap-fighting league co-owned by UFC CEO Dana White, has sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that Lingerie...
ESPN Commentator Stephen A. Smith spoke to reporters on Thursday after interviewing President Trump at the White House. Smith told NewsNation's Libbey Dean that he and President Trump did not discuss the press...
The 59-year-old TV star was filmed casually strolling into the West Wing on Thursday afternoon, sparking immediate speculation across social media regarding his visit.
LFC has been issued a cease and desist order by UFC president over their Power Spank event, a parody of Power Slap.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for another wave of strikes on Iran after the U.S. Covered by 65 outlets: 16 lean left, 27 are centre, 17 lean right, 5 are not rated.
President Donald Trump reiterated a sweeping claim about U.S. troops in the war he's waging while revealing who's really setting its pace. In a pair of interviews that aired Thursday, Trump told conservative radio...
Gofman's visit comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing US President Donald Trump to return to fighting against Iran.
Can Netanyahu launch a strike on Iran before he leaves? Al Jazeera Trump And Netanyahu Get Into "Shouting Match From Hell" Over Iran War: Report NDTV Mossad chief holds Iran war talks in Washington as Trump resists...
PM's caretaker government can legally go to war, though it would likely inflame domestic divisions.
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The president has bulldozed through obstacles as he has sought to remake the face of Washington. Covered by 18 outlets: 6 lean left, 5 are centre, 6 lean right, 1 are not rated.
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance blasted Attorney General Todd Blanche for shrugging off grand juries’ repeated refusals to indict President Donald Trump’s foes. In an interview with Dan Abrams released...
Attorney General Todd Blanche is the latest Trump Cabinet official revealed to have been moved to a military base as security threats continue to hang over administration leaders.
Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.) on Thursday accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of failing to understand the constitutional power of Congress to provide oversight of the executive and judicial branches of...
Attorney General Todd Blanche has admitted that there was absolutely nothing illegal about Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin’s supposedly “extortionist” remark about working for Donald Trump. During an interview on...
Voters demand a new way of doing things in Washington. Covered by 8 outlets: 3 lean left, 5 are centre.
Photos of Natalie Harp holding an umbrella while other officials walked uncovered at Joint Base Andrews sparked online debate as Stephen Miller's appointment as chief of staff dominated headlines.
Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's new chief of staff, was reportedly seen chatting and giggling with the president's close aide Natalie Harp.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters Stephen Miller and Natalie Harp were spotted giggling together and chatting as they left the White House on Friday shortly after the president’s personnel...
Donald Trump’s favorite aide Natalie Harp appears to have taken control of the president’s cellphone as everything crumbles around him. The Independent reported Wednesday that their attempt to contact Trump at his...
Defense lawyers and Democrats say a blitz of headline-making actions and cases is no coincidence and reeks of politics — in both the timing and the targets. A crucial and contentious midterm election arrives next week, and President...
Trump weighed in Saturday after a series of legal setbacks for the Justice Department.
The Justice Department has targeted President Trump’s political opponents and sued states over election administration ahead of the midterms. Our reporter Devlin Barrett explains how this activity compares with the...
The Trump administration's push to back up its unproven voter fraud claims in California has now followed one election worker home. The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into alleged noncitizen...
A crucial and contentious midterm election arrives next week, and President Donald Trump's Justice Department has been scrambling with a blitz of headline-making actions and cases that defense lawyers, Democrats and...
Democrats’ Senate victory means President Trump for the first time will lose a glide path to nominate judges and Supreme Court justices. Republicans gained from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's refusal to retire and, now, Clarence Thomas and...
As Republicans prepare to cede control of the Senate to Democrats, some conservative commentators already are expressing concerns about the health prospects of Clarence Thomas, 78, and Samuel Alito, 76.
Republicans gained from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's refusal to retire and, now, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito face a similar gamble.
Samuel Alito confirmed he has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court, but analysts warn the GOP may not control the Senate for six years.
The work his administration is doing to change the physical face of the District of Columbia is sure to encounter far more roadblocks than it did for the first two years of his second term. Covered by 5 outlets: 2 lean left, 3 are centre.
Democrats have joined in lawsuits opposing the various projects.
The next debt-ceiling confrontation could reverse Washington's traditional political roles, raising the possibility of spending concessions, market volatility and a damaging default.
The Democrats have one chance to extract concessions from Trump. Markets will hate it Forex Factory US Bond Yields fall after midterm election 2026 results: Why are 10-year, 30-year, 2-year treasury notes d The...
Taken together, bilateral deals risk fueling regional rivalries that undermine U.S. Covered by 3 outlets: 2 are centre, 1 lean right.
SAVANNAH, Georgia — Although Democrats expect Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) to cruise to reelection next week, they are less convinced that Keisha Lance Bottoms, the party’s nominee for governor, can replicate his success...
A Purple Heart Vietnam veteran who was far-left Sen. Jon Ossoff's (D-GA) personal guest to President Donald Trump's Joint Address to Congress in March 2025 is accusing the incumbent of abandoning veterans altogether...
A big midterms win for Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff will intensify calls for a 2028 presidential run—so why does he seem reluctant?
Democrats preparing to take over key congressional investigative committees are targeting Donald Trump’s chief fundraiser, Meredith O’Rourke, over more than $800 million she has helped raise for the president’s pet projects, The Wall...
'Emily Saves America' podcast host Emily Wilson discusses renewed efforts by House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump again, as well as the Seattle school board's legal push to block a girls' sports...
House Democrats are reportedly opening an inquiry into leading Trump fundraiser Meredith O'Rourke, a longtime ally of the president who has helped raise money for his top projects.
Several fuel tankers bound for the U.S. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 2 lean right.
Moscow announces 'sudden death' of ambassador to USA... (Second column, 3rd story, link ) Related stories: Trump Plan to Import Russian Diesel Stalls on High Seas...
Several fuel tankers bound for the U.S. shifted course following difficulties finding buyers willing to accept the cargoes.
President Donald Trump launches Task Force Iron Gate to choke off Iran's land borders, but experts warn squeezing Tehran could trigger escalation. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 2 lean right.
Pentagon's 'Iron Gate' Operation: Washington Moves To Choke Off Iran's Overland Military Trade Despite the Iran war being very obviously deeply unpopular with the American public, Washington is seeking to tighten the...
The Boeing E-4B known as the 'Doomsday Plane,' serves as a survivable airborne command post from which senior leaders can direct US forces during a national emergency. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 2 lean right.
Trump's 'Doomsday Plane' Left Nebraska And Flew East Across America - Nobody Is Saying Why The Air Force's E-4B "Nightwatch," the airborne command post built to run a nuclear war, took off from Offutt Air Force Base...
'Doomsday Plane' spotted flying across USA on undisclosed mission... (Second column, 15th story, link )
Investors say the artificial intelligence boom that has propelled U.S. Covered by 3 outlets: 3 are centre.
Investors say the artificial intelligence boom that has propelled U.S. economic growth and stock markets could slow down.
Democrat victories in recent midterm elections signal a shift in public sentiment regarding data centers and AI technology. Key races in Texas and Georgia brought significant wins for candidates opposing data center...
As tech bosses get richer and ordinary Americans struggle, Democrats put the case against the US’s grotesque unfairness – and voters responded Remember the “vibe shift”? Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 are centre.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, says the "lack of a feedback loop" between the Republican-controlled Congress and the Trump administration concerns him as voters cast their ballots in the midterm elections. "We got a little...
IndianAmerican voters swing towards Democrats amid backlash against Trump
Contestants from Zambia and the Republic of Congo have withdrawn from this year’s Miss Universe in Puerto Rico after failing to secure US visas.