President Donald Trump forecasted a potential post-midterm White House shake-up in his 60 Minutes interview that airs Sunday evening. CBS’s Leslie Stahl asked Trump about reports of “chaos” in the White House, and Trump told her that those reports are “fake news.” Trump then said that he is “changing things …
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Here’s how it’s always worked, the traditional go-to method for diving down the barrel of the smoking gun: You film a close-up of reel-to-reel tapes, the rotating wheels moving the magnetic strips through the player’s gates. Maybe you focus on the spindles in the middle of the cassette, turning and …
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On abortion, as with everything, President Trump has no moral principles. He’s happy to side with anti-abortion activists if it will help rev up his base. During the campaign, he called for “some form of punishment” for women who chose abortion; he revived the global gag rule that strips U.S. …
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The most heated moment of Brett Kavanaugh’s emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday came during Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) time to ask questions. Graham was practically frothing at the mouth as he decried the “unethical sham” he believes Democrats are trying to pull by calling for a …
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Eleven months after agreeing to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos was sentenced in federal court on Friday. He will serve 14 days in prison, submit to 12 months of supervised release and pay a fine of $9,500. Papadopoulos came under scrutiny …
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We can’t look to Donald Trump for guidance or wisdom in the wake of Tuesday’s twin blows to his presidency. We know that he’s going to go down fighting to the end, snarling back at his foes and anyone else who gets in his way. We know he’ll continue to …
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President Trump is never more at home than when watching cable news with his Twitter app fired up. Sunday was no exception. Beginning at 8:30 a.m., the president threatened to shut down the government if Democrats don’t vote to fund the proposed border wall, touted Friday’s GDP report and once …
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A group of 11 Republican lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.Led by Reps. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), the resolution accuses Rosenstein of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” alleging that he has been withholding information from Congress regarding Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s …
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Of all the atrocities perpetrated by the Trump administration, the separation of children from their parents at the border is hitting the nation on a primal level. Officials have largely demurred when confronted with the issue, and Trump has falsely blamed family separation on Democratic legislation. On Wednesday, journalists were …
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On Wednesday afternoon, mere hours after Dennis Hof won the Republican primary for a seat in the Nevada state legislature, he was speeding across the Mojave desert, on his way to Las Vegas. His reason? CNN wanted to have him on-air. A national news network typically wouldn’t have much interest …
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