The Justice Department has been rocked by a wave of recent firings, a sign the administration is not done culling the ranks of career officials as it seeks to shape the department under a second Trump term. Maurene Comey, a New York-based federal prosecutor and the daughter of the former FBI director, was fired Wednesday without explanation. |
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The Trump administration's last-minute snub of the Aspen Security Forum this week betrays a growing animosity between the U.S. government and wider national security community.
The Pentagon on Monday pulled senior Defense Department officials from the annual event —only a day before the start of the four-day summit in Colorado — claiming the bipartisan gathering "promotes the evil of globalism, disdain for our great country, and hatred for the President of the United States." |
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Recent polling is painting a mixed picture for Democrats as they look to chart a path forward in the wake of their loss to President Trump in November. Trump's approval rating remains comfortably underwater as he reaches the six-month mark back in office on Sunday. But while Democrats have scored some notable victories in high-profile elections since then, they've been unable to pull away from the GOP as the party hopes to regroup for the midterms next year. |
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An already active start to the 2026 cycle has kicked into overdrive in recent weeks with a major retirement announcement, the passage of a key GOP priority and moves by candidates that could further scramble the chessboard. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) made waves in the lead-up to the passage of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" by announcing he would not be seeking a third term next year, throwing the party's push of retaining the seat in flux. |
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Justin Fulcher, a senior staffer at the Pentagon and advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has left the Defense Department (DOD), an agency spokesperson confirmed to NewsNation. Fulcher's departure is the latest shakeup in recent months in the top ranks of the DOD, which saw three top officials ousted in April. Fulcher was elevated to the Pentagon after previously working for the Department of Government Efficiency. |
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Senators hoping for an August respite after several weeks of late-night votes may not be in luck, with President Trump asking Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) Saturday to cancel the chamber's traditional late-summer recess in order to confirm his executive and judicial appointments. "Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We need them badly!!!" |
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Podcast host Joe Rogan offered high praise for state Rep. James Talarico (D) on his podcast Friday, telling the Texas lawmaker that he should launch a White House bid. "You need to run for president. We need someone who is actually a good person," Rogan said at the end of a multi-hour interview. |
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy bashed Stephen Colbert on Saturday, calling the late-night host "ungrateful" after Colbert's show was axed by CBS in what the network claimed was a "financial decision." "For these people, including like Colbert, to be like, 'This isn't really right and we're blindsided' — buddy, you're losing 40 million dollars a year," Portnoy said in a video posted to X, citing one estimate of the show's losses reported by Reuters. |
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the "big, beautiful bill" will do more to help wealthy people, according to a new AP-NORC poll. That includes 48 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents, and 83 percent of Democrats, according to the poll. |
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OPINION | Beijing's Kyodo News reported June 29 that China is planning to invite President Trump to attend a military parade at Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3. The event marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II under the banner of the "Commemoration of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War." |
OPINION | President Trump has survived everything. Two impeachments, four criminal indictments, a conviction on 34 felony counts, civil lawsuits, the "Access Hollywood" tape, Jan. 6, classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and an assassination attempt that left him bloodied but unbowed. If cats have nine lives, Trump seems to have 900. He is political kryptonite in reverse — every scandal that should have destroyed him only made him stronger. |
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BY BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL AND JULIE TATE |
People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life. |
BY BRIAN SCHWARTZ, SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN AND MICAH MAIDENBERG |
The fallout between the president and the rocket maker's billionaire founder threatened the company's multibillion-dollar agreements with the government. |
"Mr. President, this is the gavel used to enact the 'big, beautiful bill,'" House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a White House signing ceremony on the Fourth of July. |
President Donald Trump's handling of concerns related to the child sex predator who died in jail provoked a rare eruption among Trump's supporters, prompting MAGA leaders to caution that some could become disillusioned enough to sit out the midterms. |
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