Trump 10% blanket tariff gets rare backing from House Democrat: ‘Pleased’

A moderate Democrat is expressing cautious optimism at President Donald Trump’s stance on tariffs in a stark departure from most of his party’s infuriated reaction. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, pointed out in a lengthy statement that he himself proposed a 10% blanket tariff on U.S. imports earlier this year and said he was happy Trump’s … Read more

U.S. stocks plunge just minutes into trading day as tariffs wreak global havoc

U.S. stocks plunged at the opening bell Thursday after President Trump rocked global markets, announcing tariffs that would affect almost all imports into the United States. The S&P 500 tumbled 3.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,200 points, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq sold off by 4.6%. Those market swings wiped out trillions of … Read more

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Ep. 605 — Ambassador Rahm Emanuel The Axe Files with David Axelrod This week marks a significant moment for The Axe Files: our final episode. We hope you have found these conversations to be as eye-opening and inspiring as we have, and we’ll miss sharing stories with you each week. For the final episode, David … Read more

Switch 2 Nintendo Direct: Everything announced

The wait is almost over, Nintendo fans.  During today’s Nintendo Direct event livestream, we received a slew of information about Nintendo’s new upcoming console, Nintendo Switch 2. Mashable has compiled every single detail that was shared, including a release date. Here’s everything Nintendo announced: Switch 2 release date The Switch 2 officially has a release … Read more

DOGE Lands at NEH – TPM – Talking Points Memo

DOGE has made landfall at the National Endowment for the Humanities. They are demanding roughly $175 million out of an annual grant budget of just over $200 million and fire about 80% of state. In internal conversations the new bosses apparently speak of “select opportunities” soon to be offered to favored organizations. That sounds to … Read more

Trump’s tariff strategy is a surefire loser

At this writing, President Trump plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on imports from around the world. We’re told that “Liberation Day” tariffs will raise $6 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, plus another trillion from automobile tariffs. But the only true “liberation” will be us Americans — consumers and taxpayers — being … Read more

U.S. revokes visas of Mexican band members accused of ‘glorifying’ drug kingpin

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department has revoked the visas of musicians in a popular Mexican band after the group flashed big-screen images of the notorious Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, reputed leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel. The band, Los Alegres del Barranco, projected a likeness of the secretive capo during … Read more

Corinne Found the Perfect Way to Rebel Against ‘The Bachelor’

This post reveals “plot” points of episode 10 of The Bachelor season 21. According to the fabricated lexicon of The Bachelor, the show’s characters do not participate in a mere televised dating competition. They have been brought together, instead, on an emotional adventure that the show refers to, infallibly, as “a journey.” The Bachelor’s insistence … Read more

The Consequences of the Signal Breach

This week, The Atlantic reported that Trump officials shared military-attack plans in a Signal group chat and inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined him to discuss. In the Trump administration’s insistence that the information in the “Houthi PC small group”—including the exact times American … Read more