Tillis renews calls for Hegseth's ouster  —  Sen. Thom Tillis renewed his call for President Donald Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, following the resignation earlier this week of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.  “I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men …

Good Riddance, Seth Moulton: You Got What You Deserved  —  The biggest reason that Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election is probably the post-Covid-19 inflation and anti-incumbent sentiment that resulted in parties in power across the world being defeated.  It didn't help that she refused …

New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials' Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement  —  In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.

Trump approves disaster relief funds for 7 red states, after denying aid to blue states  —  Ahead of the midterm elections, the president isn't even being subtle about his scandalous politicization of disaster aid.  —  Donald Trump's politicization of federal disaster relief funds has become …

Republicans aren't exactly flocking to Trump's midterm convention  —  President Donald Trump has a vision for next week's GOP convention in Dallas: a televised spectacle putting Republican candidates in front of midterm voters and top party donors just two months before the Election Day — with Trump himself headlining the show.

Poll shows nearly 90% of Americans believe government corruption is widespread  —  The belief increased by 10 percentage points compared with last year, a Gallup poll found.  —  Summary  —  A record number of Americans believe there is widespread corruption in the U.S. government …

The Court's Ballroom Decision Is a Sign of Deeper Problems  —  The conservative justices have separation of powers exactly backwards.  —  In deciding to allow President Trump to proceed with constructing a new ballroom, which Congress has not authorized, at the White House, which Trump does not own …

Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz the ‘Trump Strait’ … President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz — the central point of contention in the ongoing war against Iran that the U.S. and Israel started — after himself.  —  The proposal via a Truth Social post came less …

What JD Vance's Eruption of Rage Over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals  —  JD Vance is pretending to be very, very angry at Abdul El-Sayed for drawing his wife, Usha Vance, into our political debates.  “Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth,” Vance seethed while campaigning …

US Mint officially launches $1 coin featuring Trump  —  The United States Mint released 250,000 $1 coins Wednesday featuring President Trump's likeness to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary.  —  The design of the coin shows a simple portrait of the president …

Can Susan Collins Survive the Craziest Race in the Country? … Yet nowhere has been as idyllic as Perry's Lobster Shack.  —  Set on a harbor, where — in local parlance — Midcoast meets Downeast, the view from Perry's over the water is of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.

CNN: Is Capitalism Tied to White Supremacy?  —  Yesterday, CNN unearthed some comments James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas, made about capitalism back in 2020.  Ed covered Talarico's comments and the story about them by CNN's Andrew Kaczynski.

The Air Marshals Keeping Watch On Eric Swalwell  —  On August 8, former Representative Eric Swalwell boarded a United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C. He didn't know it, but federal agents were watching him throughout the nine-hour trip.

Rogue House Democrats face growing push for “consequences”  —  Two centrist House Democrats who voted to help Republicans get a procedural motion across the finish line are now facing down possible punishment from party leaders who say they were blindsided by the move.

The Hits Keep Coming  —  How much chaos can the economy take?  —  Here's the good news: The U.S. economy has proved remarkably resilient since the chaos monkeys, aka Donald Trump and company, took over the zoo.  —  There has been shock after shock: A trade war against everyone …

Trump's Speed on the White House Ballroom Threatens to Outpace the Courts  —  In his breakneck construction of a grand ballroom and in many other initiatives, critics say, the president has tried to outrun judicial review.  —  The courts cannot keep up with President Trump.

The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”  —  Top military officers from a secretive command watched a speedboat cut through the waters of the Caribbean Sea, early last September.  A plane above provided live video of the vessel and the 11 men on board.

Birth Tourism Mastermind Pleads The Fifth, Dismissed From Congressional Hearing … The doctor behind a Miami company that markets services to foreign nationals seeking to give birth in the United States was subpoenaed to testify before Congress Tuesday.  He invoked the Fifth Amendment 11 times …

Kennedy Center Begins Removing Outdoor ‘Blue’ Sculpture  —  The towering artwork, added to the campus in 2019, was targeted for elimination after President Trump's takeover of the center.  —  The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts began removing a major outdoor sculpture from the center's grounds on Wednesday.

US lawmakers demand investigation into Trump administration's secret surveillance of Americans  —  Exclusive: Two congressmembers respond to revelations of government snooping on journalists, non-profits and unions  —  Two congressional Democrats asked a government watchdog Tuesday …

Record-High 47% Want Unions to Have More Influence  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly half of Americans (47%) want labor unions in the U.S. to have more influence than they do today, a record high in the past quarter century and roughly double the 23% who want unions to have less influence.

‘Pitiful’: experts condemn initial US aid contribution for Nepal flood victims  —  Sum of $500,000 has been increased as death toll passes 1,000 but specialists decry Trump dismantling of USAID  —  Aid experts have denounced the US's “embarrassing” and “pitiful” initial response …

Apple's Map Acquiescence … On Tuesday afternoon, Apple began rolling out a small, yet quite consequential, change to its Maps product: Under direct pressure from the White House, the Cupertino-based company opted to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” complying with an executive order Donald Trump signed last week.

New Epstein Files Discharge Petition Grows to 49 Signatures  —  2nd Republican joins bipartisan effort to hold pedophiles accountable.  —  Add us on  —  Rep. Thomas Massie's bipartisan effort to force a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II has gained 32 additional signatures since Monday …

Chevron expands position in Venezuela  —  Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced agreements with Venezuela that establish updated terms for its joint ventures, supporting future investment, project development and production growth in the country.  —  The agreements set out provisions …