Cracker Barrel Caves on New Logo Hours After Trump Remark
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Trump Tower in North Korea Suggested as Kim Jong Un Meeting Teased
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung floated the idea of building a Trump Tower in North Korea during a meeting at the White House this week, as U.S. President Donald Trump expressed interest in reviving direct talks with Kim Jong Un. The meeting marked the first between Trump and Lee, who took office earlier this […]
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Schumer Sounds Alarm on Savings, Mortgages as Trump Moves to Fire Lisa Cook
By Robert Birsel is a Newsweek reporter based in Asia with a focus on political and general news. Robert joined Newsweek in 2025 from Radio Free Asia and had previously worked at Reuters. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics. You can get in touch with Robert by emailing r.birsel@newsweek.com. Languages: English. […]
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RFK Jr. May Roll Back Major Achievement Donald Trump Called ‘Monumental’
President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are allegedly planning to ban the COVID vaccine “within months,” years after Trump labeled the vaccine’s development during the pandemic as a “monumental achievement,” according to an associate of Kennedy’s. Newsweek reached out to HHS via email for comment. Why It Matters […]
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Speaks Out on Donald Trump
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said President Donald Trump has laid bare Washington’s true goal toward Iran—submission. “The man who is now in office in the U.S. wants Iran to be obedient to the US,” Khamenei said on his official X account, signaling Tehran has no intention of backing down even as U.S. […]
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Trump Says His Constitutional Right to Appoint Judges Being Denied
President Donald Trump said he is being denied his constitutional right to appoint judges by the “blue slip” tradition that allows senators to object to presidential judicial appointments. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, Trump complained that the process prevented him from appointing Republican judges. Why It Matters Trump appointed 234 […]
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Comedian Marc Maron Calls Trump a ‘Puppet’ of Project 2025 Architect
Comedian and podcast host Marc Maron has called President Donald Trump a “thug” who is a “puppet” of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russ Vought. Newsweek contacted the OMB and the White House for comment via email outside of regular working hours. Why It Matters Project 2025 outlines sweeping plans to consolidate presidential […]
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Trump Taps Airbnb Co-Founder to Overhaul 26,000 Federal Websites
President Donald Trump has appointed Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia as the nation’s first Chief Design Officer to lead a sweeping overhaul of federal digital services, according to Reuters. The newly established National Design Studio, created through an executive order signed on Thursday, will target approximately 26,000 federal web portals as part of Trump’s “America by […]
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John Bolton Was Asked If he Was Worried About Trump 12 Days Before FBI Raid
John Bolton told a journalist he thought President Donald Trump was running “a retribution presidency” which had already “come after me” just days before the FBI raided his Maryland home on Friday. Newsweek contacted Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser turned trenchant critic, for comment on Saturday via email outside of regular office hours. Why […]
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No Tax on Social Security for Seniors? Trump Big Beautiful Bill Policies Explained
President Donald Trump pledged to end taxes on Social Security as part of the GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ signed into law on July 4. The exact wording of the law actually stipulates a $6,000 tax deduction for individuals aged 65 and older, likely raising the number of seniors who won’t pay taxes on Social […]
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