Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ star, has died at the age of 54
The actor and Grammy Award winner died in a drowning accident Sunday while on vacation in Costa Rica. (Image credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Community bail funds face backlash from GOP lawmakers after a 2020 surge in popularity
Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they’ve faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them. (Image credit: Brian Cassella)
Trump said he’d ‘try to save’ Afghan refugees in the UAE. That could be complicated
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat from Massachusetts, about President Trump’s recent social media post about Afghan refugees in the United Arab Emirates.
Trump’s spy chief claims the Obama administration ‘manufactured’ intel on Russia
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old intel community conclusions about Russian interference in the 2016 election. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
White House bans Wall Street Journal from press pool covering Trump trip as feud escalates
The White House is banning The Wall Street Journal from traveling with President Trump during an upcoming trip to Scotland over the outlet’s reporting on the president’s alleged relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The Wall Street Journal or any other news outlet are not guaranteed special access to cover President Trump in the…
Thune keeps door open to nixing August recess after Trump request
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is open to President Trump’s call to cancel the August recess as part of the GOP’s push to quickly confirm his nominees. Thune told reporters he was considering the move, alleging Democrats broke precedent by not allowing the expeditious confirmation of any of Trump’s…
Minneapolis mayor to appeal after losing party endorsement to democratic socialist
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) is planning to file an appeal after he lost the Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s (DFL) endorsement to a democratic socialist challenger in a process that he argues was significantly flawed. The move comes after Frey lost the backing of the party in Minnesota affiliated with the national Democratic Party, to state…
Carville: Democratic Party ‘a cracked-out clown car’
Democratic strategist James Carville said in a new opinion piece for The New York Times that the current Democratic Party is “a cracked-out clown car.” “Constipated. Leaderless. Confused. A cracked-out clown car. Divided. These are the words I hear my fellow Democrats using to describe our party as of late. The truth is they’re not…
Stephen A. Smith: Trump’s Commanders comments ‘petty’ and ‘evasive’
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on Monday called President Trump’s remarks about the Washington Commanders team “petty” and “evasive.” In Monday’s broadcast of ESPN’s “First Take,” Smith said the president is trying to “distract” from people’s frustrations by calling on the D.C. football team to change its name back to the “Redskins,” which is commonly understood…
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ will cost $3.4 trillion over about a decade: CBO
The “big, beautiful bill” that President Trump signed into law earlier this month will add nearly $3.4 trillion to the nation’s deficits over roughly the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in a report on Monday. The analysis released by the nonpartisan budget scorekeeper projected the bill would add $3.394 trillion to the…