Who leads on the economy? Republicans by seven. Immigration? Republicans by 13. How about crime? A big issue for Donald Trump and the Republicans. Look at that, lead by 22 points! So the bottom line is, at this particular point, the ball may be on the ground, but the Democrats have not picked up the ball and running with it.
The memo arrived around the same time the Defense Department rolled out new media guidelines that require reporters to sign a pledge not to gather any information that hasn't been officially authorized for release, or risk losing their press credentials. Zoom in: The Sept. 15 memo to senior Pentagon leadership, combatant commanders and other national-security leaders lays out what is and what isn't subject to an "enhanced framework for participating in external engagements."
On Monday, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the US is endorsing a bid from a consortium of majority US investors who will own and operate TikTok in the US. President Donald Trump told Fox News on Sunday that a slew of billionaires are expected to be involved in the deal, including Oracle's Larry Ellison, Michael Dell, and, potentially, the Murdochs.
I just wanted to follow up quickly on something that the president had said yesterday. So we heard from Erika Kirk. She said she forgives the man who shot and killed her husband, Landers began, adding: And then right after that, we heard from the president who said, I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them. How does that square with bringing down the temperature of political violence in this country?
The president is fulfilling his promise to restore a Department of Justice that demands accountability. And it is not weaponizing the Department of Justice to demand accountability for those who weaponized the Department of Justice, and nobody knows what that looks like more than President Trump. We are not going to tolerate gaslighting from anyone in the media or from anyone on the other side who is trying to say it is the president who is weaponizing the DoJ.
Shapiro shared the details during the Monday episode of his eponymous show. The Daily Wire co-founder was recapping his time at the memorial service, which he said was emotionally overwhelming, when he briefly touched on the rekindled Musk-Trump relationship. I got a chance to say hello to Elon afterward, and he was quite happy, obviously, that he and the president have made up, Shapiro said. A moment earlier, the conservative commentator said the Trump-Musk moment was one of the big takeaways from the event.
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Two prominent gun-rights groups and a handful of Santa Clara County residents have sued the sheriff's office in federal court over its methods for issuing concealed-carry weapons permits, saying high fees along with required psychological exams and political contribution disclosures are violations of the Second Amendment. The lawsuit, filed with the Northern District of California on Monday, represents the California Rifle & Pistol Association, the Second Amendment Foundation based in Washington State,
In a letter to the city on Sept. 9, U.S. DOT said it was immediately withdrawing the funding for the RAISE grant awarded for the Roxbury Resilient Transportation Corridors project because the project misaligns with the federal government's priorities of promoting "traditional forms of energy and natural resources," due to its use of EV charging stations. U.S. DOT awarded the RAISE grant in fiscal year 2022, covering $20 million of the project's estimated $34 million total cost.
At Charlie Kirk's memorial service, his widow, Erika, stunned mourners and a deeply divided nation by publicly forgiving her husband's assassin. But the solemn moment was soon undercut when President Donald Trump, speaking at the same event, veered off script to joke that, unlike Kirk, he hates his opponents. The crowd laughed, but the remark underscored just how quickly grace can be drowned out by grievance.
Corruption is one of the most important-and misunderstood-concepts in contemporary American politics. Some examples are unambiguous: for instance, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez taking gold bars from foreign governments in exchange for policy favors. But corruption covers a wide range of behavior, far beyond kickbacks and bribery. I've spent my career studying how it shapes legal and political systems, and I've found that it's rarely a single act or brazen deal;
