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=I don’t know why this wasn’t above-the-fold news all across the country over the past few days as the details of the “peace plan” Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff took to Vladimir Putin this week came out. Kushner, it appears, had added in a provision that would have forced both Ukraine and Russia to take actions that would specifically benefit Saudi Arabia, a country that is paying the presidential son-in-law at least $25 million a year. Can you imagine what the response would have been if George Marshall, while negotiating the 1948 Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after WWII, had been personally taking millions from, say, Saudi Arabia, and thus inserted a provision ensuring that country could permanently benefit from the peace plan? Given that then-President Truman and Marshall were Democrats, it’s safe to predict that the GOP would have melted down, but so would have the press. After all, the early-1920s Teapot Dome scandal — then one of the most infamous in US presidential his...
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Democrat pardoned by Trump now wants to help Republicans punish his prosecutors

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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife both received an official pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this week , and he's now eager to go after the federal investigators who indicted him. That's according to a Friday article in Politico , which reported that Cuellar is now indicating he'll assist House Republicans in pursuing an investigation into the prosecutors involved in his case. The outlet reported that Cuellar may be helping Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, with his ongoing "weaponization" probe into officials who worked in former President Joe Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ). "I really think what they did was wrong," Cuellar told Politico. An unnamed source told Politico that Cuellar spoke with Jordan after Trump announced his pardon. The Texas Democrat reportedly encouraged Jordan to subpoena the DOJ for records pertaining to his case, and Jordan appeared open to the idea. "Based on...
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'He was furious': MTG says Trump told her releasing Epstein files would 'hurt people'

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is now offering new details of conversations she had with President Donald Trump pertaining to deceased child predator Jeffrey Epstein. CBS' 60 Minutes teased its interview of Greene in a post to X on Friday . In the clip, reporter Lesley Stahl is seen asking the Georgia Republican about behind-the-scenes conversations she had with the president about her push to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all remaining evidence on Epstein from his two federal criminal investigations. "We did talk about the Epstein files, and he was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the files," Greene said. "I fully believe that those women deserve everything they're asking, they're asking for all of it to come out. And they deserve it. And he was furious with me." "What did he say?'" Stahl asked. "He said that it was going to hurt people," Greene replied. Gre...
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Admiral admits boat targeted in controversial strike was not headed toward US: report

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The alleged drug boat at the center of a developing controversy was not on a course toward the United States, according to a new report. CNN reported Friday that during his recent closed-door session with lawmakers about the September 2 boat strike, Admiral Frank M. Bradley — who was the commander overseeing the mission – said the boat in question was actually headed toward Suriname, on the northern coast of South America. Two of CNN's unnamed sources who have "direct knowledge" of the admiral's comments said Bradley testified that the boat was on a path to another vessel, where it was expected to transfer drugs on board toward its final destination. The network cited drug enforcement experts, who said that trafficking routes via Suriname are typically bound for Europe, whereas drug shipments to the U.S. are typically concentrated in the Pacific Ocean. Admiral Bradley's testimony counters President Donald Trump's official justification for the ongoing b...
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Voters who swung from Trump to Dems reveal 'most important' factor in winning them over

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A significant number of voters in 2025's statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia voted for Democrats this year despite casting their ballots for President Donald Trump in 2024. Now, some of them are hinting at what types of candidates they aim to support in next year's midterms. NBC News reported Friday that focus groups interviewing voters who pivoted from Trump to Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia found that while those swing voters sharply critical of both major parties, they still identified several criteria that they preferred in candidates. The 14 voters themselves are 12 self-described independents, along with one Democrat and one Republican. According to NBC's report, the group was drawn to Governors-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) due to their moderate posture. Swing voters viewed more positively than the Democratic Party's tarnished brand, which they described with words like "dishonest," "weak,"...
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'79 year-old kid': Joe Rogan mocks Trump's 'ridiculous' texting style

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Podcaster Joe Rogan recently revealed that President Donald Trump often sends him text messages out of the blue, and ridiculed his style as childish. That's according to a Thursday article in The Daily Beast , which reported that Rogan said the president texts like a "79 year-old kid" while interviewing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on his podcast. He further described him as "an odd guy." "He makes the text go big, like ‘USA is RESPECTED again’ — all caps — and it makes the text enlarge," Rogan said. "It’s kind of ridiculous." Huang laughed at Rogan's anecdote, but went on to say that Trump was "surprising" in person. The Nvidia CEO has found common ground with the Trump administration on the matter of regulating artificial intelligence (AI), with Huang's company manufacturing a bulk of the chips that power AI globally. Both Trump and Huang have publicly opposed state-level efforts to regulate AI. "The one-on-one Trum...
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Trump DOJ 'failed' to clear 'low bar' in convincing grand jury to re-indict New York AG

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Despite President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) promising to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), a Virginia grand jury has declined to return an indictment. CNN reported Thursday that despite a judge dismissing the criminal charges against James just 10 days ago, the DOJ's latest attempt to re-indict New York's top law enforcement official has failed. Prosecutors have been attempting to indict James on charges of mortgage fraud after Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue James and other political opponents. "It's said that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Well, apparently the T rump people can't do that," CNN host Jake Tapper quipped, before pivoting to CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins. "They made clear when [James' case was dismissed] that they were going to try this again. But today, Jake, they have failed and did not secure a new indictment against the New York attorney ...
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