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Onlookers alarmed as conservative sets up JD Vance for ‘stab in the back’ on Fox News
The memorandum of understanding President Donald Trump brokered to negotiate an end to the Iran war is already being harshly panned by many on the right — and some are beginning to set up Vice President JD Vance to take the fall. This pivot was demonstrated clearly on Fox News Wednesday, as GOP personality Ben…
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Michigan pollster accuses McMorrow campaign of killing unfavorable Senate poll
A prominent Michigan pollster is accusing state Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s Senate campaign of pressuring a state capitol news outlet into killing a survey of the heated Democratic primary. The pollster, Steve Mitchell, told POLITICO the survey was conducted on behalf of Michigan Information & Research Service, an independent news outlet covering the state capitol that…
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Trump administration pays $765M to kill more offshore wind projects, including one off California
In yet another blow to the beleaguered offshore wind industry, the Trump administration said Wednesday it will pay developer Invenergy $765 million to walk away from four U.S. wind leases, including one off the coast of California, and invest instead in geothermal and fossil fuel projects. Under the agreement, Chicago-based Invenergy will “voluntarily terminate” its…
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GOP luncheon turns nasty as Republican senators ‘pile on’ Mike Lee over voter ID: report
Republican senators reportedly ganged up on Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) at a closed-door Republican lunch Wednesday over his push to keep the Senate in session until a voter ID bill passes. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and John Kennedy (R-LA) led what one source described to Punchbowl News reporter Andrew Desiderio as a “pile-on” against the…
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Haunting final words B-52 pilot told his wife before doomed flight
Lt. Col. Gabriel “Journee” Estrella, one of the eight people killed in Monday’s B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, told his wife before boarding the aircraft how important the mission was to him. Estrella, 40, a weapons systems officer assigned to the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, had been…
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Stephen Baldwin claims he was fired from rom-com for being ‘funnier’ than Jennifer Aniston
Stephen Baldwin claimed he was fired from the 1998 film “The Object of My Affection” for being “funnier” than co-star Jennifer Aniston. During Sunday’s episode of his podcast “One Bad Movie,”Baldwin revealed he was initially cast as Vince McBride, the boyfriend of Aniston’s Nina Borowski, in the rom-com directed by Nicholas Hytner. “I get there…
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The phone-sized dramas competing with theaters are coming to theaters
Before the lights dim and the trailers roll, moviegoers will start to see microdrama ads in movie theaters. National CineMedia (NCM), the company responsible for the pre-show programming on the big screen, announced a new partnership with AI-native microseries studio aTwist on Wednesday. The company will begin advertising aTwist’s upcoming slate of vertical series in…
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Trump’s approval of murky merger might gut California’s economy: former GOP operative
Former GOP operative Steve Schmidt warned the Trump administration’s approval of Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will economically devastate California. In his podcast, The Warning, Schmidt suggests CEO David Ellison will relocate Paramount from California to Texas, crushing Los Angeles and the state economy altogether. Schmidt characterized the deal as a…
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Trump’s pick to lead FEMA pledges to be ‘fair and reasonable’ in assessing disaster aid requests
WASHINGTON — Cameron Hamilton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, pledged to senators Wednesday to be “fair and reasonable” in assessing requests for disaster aid as he seeks to run an agency roiled by the administration’s threats to dismantle it. Hamilton appeared before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at…
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Republicans flummoxed by Trump ‘throwing a grenade’ into latest nomination fight
President Donald Trump‘s order to halt the nomination process for director of national intelligence sent Republican lawmakers scrambling on Wednesday, according to CNN. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) announced just an hour before Jay Clayton, Trump’s pick for the job, was set to testify before the Senate confirmation hearing that it was being postponed after the…