Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now fighting for his job leading the U.S. military after the second scandal in which he allegedly mishandled classified information in as many months. And the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake is exploring why Congressional Republicans seem hesitant to hold him accountable.
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Rolling Stone writer Fortesa Latifi says Redditors are mouning what looks like the permanent loss of family members as Trump 2.0 drowns the national argument in lies and conspiracy. The subreddit r/QAnonCasualties subreddit crawls with alienated family members saying “Dad has gone full nazi,” or “Mom finally contacted me after my late stage cancer diagnosis…
Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson delivered a metaphor for the decline in several major economic measurements of the U.S. market this month. Thompson described President Donald Trump as a bully who wants to strong-arm universities, the chairman of the federal reserve, and law firms into doing what he wants, using the “same Trump playbook over…
On automaker Tesla’s first quarterly earnings call of 2025, the electric vehicle manufacturer made a stunning admission that public animus toward CEO Elon Musk has directly contributed to its abysmal profits.
One former military leader who now serves in Congress took Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to task over his recent scandal involving yet another disclosure of classified information via text message. During a Tuesday interview on CNN, Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) emphasized that the embattled Pentagon chief was not only reckless when texting highly sensitive attack…
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) warned U.S. Secretary Pete Hegseth that he was now occupying “a sober job,” requiring more skill than he is presently delivering. “Here’s what Pete Hegseth is,” McCaskill told Deadline: White House anchor Nicole Wallace. “He’s a show off. He’s a braggart. He wants to show off to his friends what…
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President Donald Trump continues to insist that his steep new tariffs will lead to a manufacturing renaissance in the United States and an era of widespread prosperity. But Wall Street is not responding favorably to either Trump’s tariffs or his call for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to be fired.
During his first presidency, Donald Trump clashed with one conservative Republican after another — from a secretary of state (Rex Tillerson) to two U.S. attorneys general (Jeff Sessions and William Barr) to a White House chief of staff (retired Gen. John F. Kelly) to a national security adviser (John Bolton). But Trump is trying to…